Noshir Contractor




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Education

  • Ph.D., Communication, University of Southern California, 1987.
  • M. A., Communication, University of Southern California, 1986.
  • B. Tech. Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1983.

Academic Appointments

  • 2007–present
      Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences
      Departments of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences, Communication Studies, and Management & Organizations
      Northwestern University

  • 2001-date
      Professor of Speech Communication
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
        Other Appointments:
        Department of Psychology, 1994–date,
        Coordinated Science Laboratory, 2003-date
        Director, Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Group, NCSA, 2004-date
        Affiliate, Human Perception and Performance Group, Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date
        Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, 2003-2004
        External Faculty, Center for Organizational Innovation, Columbia University, 2002-date

  • 1993-2001
      Associate Professor of Speech Communication
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
      Other Appointments: Department of Psychology (0%), 1994–date
      Affiliate, Human Perception and Performance Group, Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 2000—date
      Director, Team Engineering Collaboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1991-date
      Director, Computing & Instructional Laboratories, Department of Speech Communication, 1987-date

  • 1987-1993
      Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
      University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Short-term, Visiting, and Advisory Appointments

  • Van Zelst Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Northwestern University, May 1-5, 2006
  • Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication, Purdue University, April 3-7, 2006
  • External Faculty, Center for Organizational Innovation, Columbia University, 2002-present
  • Visiting Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China, November 2004
  • Annenberg Scholar, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.
  • Faculty Advisory Board, M.A. Program in Business Communication (1994—present), B.A. Program in Business Communication (1996—present), Jones International University, Englewood, CO.
  • Invited Faculty, Executive M.B.A. Program, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995.
  • Annenberg Scholar, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.
  • Faculty Advisory Board, M.A. Program in Business Communication (1994—present), B.A. Program in Business Communication (1996—present), Jones International University, Englewood, CO.
  • Invited Faculty, Executive M.B.A. Program, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1995.
  • Advisory Intranet Advisory Board, Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1996-99.
  • Research Associate, Intranet Working Group, Stanford Computer Industry Project, 1997-1998.

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Invited Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, forthcoming.
  • Fellow, The Field Museum, Chicago, Division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo).
  • Resident Associate & Co-Director, Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006.
  • Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China, 2004.
  • Beckman Associate, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003-2004.
  • Outstanding Research Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003.
  • Resident Associate, University of Illinois’ Center for Advanced Study. 2005-2006. Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological connections.
  • Visiting Professor (Honorary Professor), University of Science and Technology of China. Hefei, China.
  • Research Award, Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association, 2003.
  • Outstanding Member Award Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2000.
  • Award for Excellence in Distance Education, Purdue University, 2000.
  • Incomplete List of Teachers Rated as Excellent by Their Students, University of Illinois, 1987-1998, 2000.
  • Institute Gold Medal for outstanding achievement. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1983.
  • National Merit Scholarship, Indian School Certificate, Ministry of Education & Social Welfare, Government of India, 1978.
  • Top Conference Paper Awards
      International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 2000.
      International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1998.
      International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1997.
      International Communication Association, Communication and Technology Division, 1993.
      Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1993.
      International Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.
      Speech Communication Association, Organizational Communication Division, 1988.

Keynote Addresses

  • Contractor, N. (June 29, 2006). Keynote address: From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure at the 2nd International e-Social Science Conference, Manchester, UK. http://www.ncess.ac.uk/events/conference/2006/keynotes/
  • Contractor, N. (May 1, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. Van Zelst Distinguished Lecture. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (February 2, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. Walter Fisher Distinguished Lecture, Annenberg School of Communication, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Contractor, N. (October 7, 2005). Keynote address: Social Networks & Organizing. 18th Annual Organizational Communication Miniconference. Athens, OH.
  • Contractor, N. (September 15, 2005). Keynote Address: Social Networks and Distributed Communities of Practice. Workshop on Sustaining Distributed Communities of Practice at the International Centre for Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
  • Contractor, N. (June 14, 2005). Keynote address: Socio-technical challenges in designing 21st cyberinfrastructure to enable networks in communities at the 2nd International Communities & Technologies conference, Milan, Italy. http://www.cct2005.disco.unimib.it/speakers.htm
  • Contractor, N. (November 14, 2003). Keynote address “Emergence of Communication Networks in the 21st Century” at the inauguration of CITÉ de l'Université de Montréal - Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Emerging Technologies at the University of Montreal. http://www.cite.umontreal.ca/
  • Contractor, N. (October 17, 2003). Communication Technology in Organizations. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy.
  • Knowledge networks Contractor, N. (April 22, 2002). The power of the network: Technology and new organizational forms. Keynote address at the National Laboratory of Tourism and e-commerce Forum on Technology and Change. Urbana, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (May 2, 2001). Collaborative knowledge in the e-Economy. Keynote address to Workshop on Collaborating in the e-Economy: Legacies, Practices, and Prospects hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 2001). The use of technologies to support and reconfigure Human Resource functions in 21st cetnruy organizational forms. Featured Speaker, at the Spring Roundtable on Human Resource Management and the Web: Evolution or Revolution? Center for Human Resource Management, Oak Brook, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (August, 2000). Communication through knowledge networks and the future of organizational structures. Keynote address, Association of Indiana Convention and Visitors Bureau 2000 Annual Educational Conference. Merrillville, IN.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 2000). Emergence of communication networks: A self-organizing systems perspective. Keynote address, meeting of the Finnish Speech Communication Association. Helsinki, Finland. Press Coverage.
  • Contractor, N. (July, 1999). Social capital and knowledge capital in network forms of organizing. Keynote address, Laboratorio di Knowledge Management: Il contributo delle tecnologie al knowledge management. Workshop organized by Istituto RSO (Institute for Action Research on Organizations and Systems). Sede Fiat, Centro Incontini, Marentino, Torino, Italy. Press Article
  • Contractor, N. (June, 1999). Using technologies to build productive relationships. Keynote address, McKinsey & Co.’s "Mini-Oxford." British Library Conference Centre, London.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 1999). Self-organizing systems research in the social sciences. Keynote address, Texas Conference on Organizations, Kerrsville, TX.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1999). Communication skills in the 21st century. Keynote address, The Communication Conference: Setting the Standards for the 21st Century, hosted by McKinsey & Co.’s Global Client Communications Practice, Berlin, Germany.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Unintended consequences of new information technologies: The case of the Internet. Keynote address to the Spring 1996 Training Day Workshop of the UIUC Computer Consultants Support Program (CCSP). Urbana, IL.

Dissertation

Dynamic reformulation of perceptions of inequity: Their organizational antecedents and outcomes . Ph.D. dissertation, 1987, University of Southern California (Peter Monge, Advisor).


Manuscipts in Preparation or Under Review


Publications

Books
Journal Articles
Book Chapters 
Magazine Articles
Book Reviews

Software Development

  • Cyberinfrastructure Knowledge Networks on the Web – CIKNOW. SONIC Research Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. ©Board of Trustees, UIUC. Continued Development.
  • Inquiring Knowledge Networks on the Web - IKNOW (along with Barbara O'Keefe, Patricia Jones). ©Board of Trustees, UIUC. Continued Development. http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/TECLAB/IKNOW/ 
  • Blanche: A computational modeling environment for network evolution. ©Board of Trustees, UIUC. Continued Development. http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/TECLAB/BLANCHE

Participation in conferences and invitational workshops

2007
  • Contractor, N. (April 19, 2007). Theorizing social processes in multidimensional networks. Symposium on Network Science: New Directions following the National Academy of Science/National Research Council report organized by the Army Research Institute and hosted by the U.S. Military Academy, West Point NY.
  • Contractor, N. (March 29, 2007). MTML meets Web 2.0. Symposium on Self-organizing Networks and Communities. Cornell University.
  • Contractor, N. (February 8, 2007). Science of networks in communities related the future of digital learning and media. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (January 29, 2007). Semantic Web and social network analysis. Open Grid Forum workshop on Semantic Web, Social Networks & Web 2.0. Chapel Hill, NC.
2006
  • Green, H. D., Contractor, N., & Yao, Y. (December 13, 2006). CI-KNOW: Cyberinfrastructure Knowledge Networks on the Web. A Social Network Enabled Recommender System for Locating Resources in Cyberinfrastructures. Poster presented at the annual meting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco.
  • Minsker, B., Myers, J., Marikos, M., Wentling, T., Downey, S., Liu, Y., Bajcsy, P., Kooper, R., Marini, L., Contractor, N., Green, H., Yao, Y., & Futrelle, J. (November 15, 2006). Environmental Cyberinfrastructure Demonstration Project: Creating Cyberenvironments for Environmental Engineering and Hydrological Science Communities. Paper presented at Supercomputing 2006 (SC 06), Tampa, Florida.
  • Ostergaard, J., Wali, A., Contractor, N., Green, H. D., Mason, S., Severson, R. & McClure, H. (November 12, 2006). Artistic, Cultural and Social Network Assets of Recent Mexican Immigrants in Chicago. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Fort Worth.
  • Contractor, N. (August 21, 2006). Social network methods and tools to advance public health. Invited lecture at National Institutes of Health Road Map Summit on Methodology & Technology. Rockville, MD.
  • Contractor, N., Butts, C., Harper, S., & Auvil, L. (August 17, 2006). Mapping and Analyzing Emergent Multi-Organizational Networks in the Hurricane Katrina Response. Invited paper at the NSF Conference on “Methods for the Study of Social Networks during Disasters.” Crystal City, VA.
  • Contractor, N. (June 19, 2006). Panelist on The Network Society and Evolving Communication Theory at the Annual convention of the International Communication Association. Dresden, Germany.
  • Contractor, N. (May 1, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. Van Zelst Distinguished Lecture. Northwestern University. Evanston, IL.
  • Palazzolo, E., Leenders, R., & Contractor, N. (April 30, 2006). Multilevel Modeling of Retrieval Behaviors in Transactive Memory Networks. Paper presented at the Annual Social Network Sunbelt Conference. Vancouver, Canada.
  • Wotal, B., Green, H., Williams, D., & Contractor, N. (April 28, 2006). WoW!: The dynamics of knowledge networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG). Paper presented at the Annual Social Network Sunbelt Conference. Vancouver, Canada.
  • McClure, H., Wali, A., Severson, R., Green, H. & Contractor, N. (April 27, 2006). Ethnography and Social Network Analysis as Complimentary Methodologies for the Study of Artistic, Cultural and Networking Practices among Recent Mexican Immigrants in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Paper presented at the Annual Social Network Sunbelt Conference. Vancouver, Canada.
  • Contractor, N. (April 25, 2006). Enabling knowledge networks in Communities of Practice. 2006 Communities of Practice Network (CoPNet) Symposium. Procter & Gamble. Cincinnati, OH.
  • Pathak, N., Mane, S., Srivastava, J., & Contractor, N. S. (April 21, 2006). Knowledge Perception Analysis in a Social Network. Workshop on Link Analysis, Counter-Terrorism and Security, at the 6th SIAM – International Conference on Data Mining (SDM 06) Bethesda, MD.
  • Contractor, N. (April 19, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. NASA Goddard Information Science & Technology Colloquium Series. Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. http://mediaman.gsfc.nasa.gov/colloquia_asx/Public/IST/2006/IST20060419.asx
  • Contractor, N. (April 10, 2006). Mapping Knowledge Networks: The Case of the Santa Barbara Forum. 2006 Santa Barbara forum on Digital Transitions: Social Collaboration & Dynamic Communities. Santa Barbara, CA.
  • Contractor, N. (April 4, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/general/noshircontractor.wmv
  • Contractor, N. (March 8, 2006). Social networks theory and practice in public health. Invited panel on “Social networks and public health” at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Health Behavior.
  • Contractor, N. (February 2, 2006). From Disasters to WoW: Enabling Communities with Cyberinfrastructure. Walter Fisher Distinguished Lecture, Annenberg School of communication, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
2005
2004
  • Contractor, N. (December 3, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Nanyang Technological University. Singapore.
  • Contractor, N. (December 1, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. United Nations University. Macau.
  • Contractor, N. (November 30, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
  • Contractor, N. (November 24, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Visiting Professor Distinguished Lecture. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
  • Contractor, N. (November 22, 2004). Co-evolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Communication, Peking University. Beijing.
  • Contractor, N. (November 20, 2004). The role of networks in crisis management. 4th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Press and Scientific and Social Progress: Science-Technology, Media & Major Crisis Management. Beijing. http://www.nationalpress.org/usr_doc/Agenda_for_APSP_2004.doc
  • Contractor, N. (November 18, 2004). Visioning a cyberinfrastructure for transnational digital government research. EU-US electronic government research collaboration meeting, Technical University of Delft, Delft, Netherlands.
  • Contractor, N., Brandon, D., Huang, M., Palazzolo, E., Steinley, D., Su, C. Suri, V. R., Swarbrick, S. A., Templin, J., Wasserman, S. (November 13, 2004). Extensions to information retrieval in transactive memory systems. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (October 29, 2004). Challenges, opportunities, and strategies for fostering transnational collaboration on e-Government research: The Budapest Workshop. EU/NSF collaboration on digital government research. E.2004 eChallenges. Vienna. http://www.echallenges.org/2004/default.asp
  • Contractor, N. (October 9, 2004). Closing Panel. The agent 2004 conference on social dynamics: Interaction, reflexivity and emergence. University of Chicago, Chicago. http://agent2004.anl.gov/agenda2004.html
  • Contractor, N. (September 24, 2004). Using technologies to support and enhance organizational knowledge networks. Center for Human Resource Management (CHRM) Roundtable on Communication Strategies to Drive Results. Oak Brook, IL. http://www.ilir.uiuc.edu/chrm/images/fall%202004%20invite.pdf
  • Contractor, N. (September 22, 2004). Role of knowledge networks in fostering community. UIUC’s Cross-campus initiative on the Ethnography of the University. http://www.eotu.uiuc.edu/
  • Contractor, N. (August 31, 2004). Challenges, opportunities, and strategies for fostering transnational collaboration on e-Government research. NSF-Delegation panel on eGovernment research in the US. eGov 2004, Zaragoza, Spain. http://falcon.ifs.uni-linz.ac.at/news/cfp_egovernment2004.html
  • Contractor, N (May 28, 2004). Network theory and small groups. In a panel titled “Theories of Small Groups: Integrative Perspectives.” Annual convention of the International Communication Association, New Orleans. 
  • Contractor, N. (May 18, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms. Plenary lecture at the 2004 Understanding Complex Systems: Networks conference, Urbana, IL. http://www.how-why.com/ucs2004/schedule.html 
  • Contractor, N. (May 14, 2004). Principles of network management. Invited presentation at the “Connect and Develop: Managing Networks of Innovation”, Conference organized by the Mack Center for Technological Innovation at the Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. http://emertech.wharton.upenn.edu/Agenda_5.14.04.html 
  • Su, C., Steinley, D., Klein, K. J., & Contractor, N. (May 11, 2004). Co-evolution of team members’ attachment to the team and team interpersonal networks. Symposium on dynamics of network and behavior, Portorož,, Slovenia. http://ppswmm.ppsw.rug.nl/%7Esteglich/dynamics/piran2004/programme.html
  • Contractor, N. (May 7, 2004). Theories of communication networks. Invited presentation jointly sponsored by the University of Trieste’s Faculty of Communication Sciences and Faculty of Economics and Statistics. Trieste, Italy. 
  • Contractor, N. (April 30, 2004). Designing knowledge networks for organizational change. Invited keynote speaker at the “Network of Networks” meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD. 
  • Contractor, N. (April 24, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks and policy formation in 21st century organizational forms. Invited presentation at the “Voice and citizenship: Re-thinking theory and practice in political communication” symposium. organized by the Department of Communication, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • Contractor, N. (April 2, 2004). How policy shapes networks and networks shape policy. Institute for Communication Research/Ford Policy Series, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 
  • Contractor, N. (March 24, 2004). Multi-theoretical multilevel models to study the co-evolution of knowledge networks. Invited presentation jointly sponsored by the Central European University’s Departments of Sociology and Psychology, Budapest, Hungary.
  • Contractor, N. (March 5, 2004). Coevolution of knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Department of Marketing Proseminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Contractor, N. (March 3, 2004). Enabling entrepreneurial networks. Coleman Entrepreneurship Center. DePaul University, Chicago.
2003
  • Contractor, N. (December 5, 2003). Using social network analysis to leverage tobacco control networks. U.S. National Cancer Institute.
  • Contractor, N. (December 2, 2003). Participant, Panel on Modeling al-Qa’ida. Sponsored by U.S. Government.
  • Contractor, N. (November 25, 2003). Networks in the interest of society. Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society. University of California at Berkeley. http://www.citris.berkeley.edu/
  • Contractor, N. (October 23, 2003). Challenges and opportunities for international collaboration on information society and technology. E2003, Annual Conference of the European Union Information Society and Technology Program. Bologna, Italy.
  • Contractor, N. (October 20, 2003). Multi-theoretical multilevel models for the study of knowledge networks. Bocconi University, Milan.
  • Contractor, N. (October 12, 2003). Social network application in data mining. Data Mining 2003 Conference. Las Vegas.
  • Contractor, N. (August 3, 2003). Facilitator, Professional Development Workshop on Knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms at the Annual Convention of the Academy of Management, Seattle.
  • Contractor, N. (May 24th, 2003). Roundtable participant. Integrating the theoretical and the practical: The KDI Story. Annual convention of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA. http://convention.allacademic.com/ica2003/session_info.html?c_session_id=290&dtr_id=14
  • Contractor, N. (May 18th, 2003). Developing a socio-technical research agenda for international digital government. In a session titled “Challenges and Opportunities in International Digital Government Research” at the Digital Government 2003 Conference. http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2003/program/schedule_text.jsp#2a
  • Contractor, N. (April 25th, 2003). Multi-theoretical multi-level models for the emergence of knowledge networks. Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • Contractor, N. (March 26th, 2003). Networks vs. Hierarchy: Implications for learning & development. Chief Learning Officers Forum sponsored by Executive Development Associates. Atlanta, GA.
  • Contractor, N. (March 4th, 2003). Electronic surveillance and the “dual-effects” hypothesis. Guest lecture, Professor Christian Sandvig’s course titled “Internet Policy.” Urbana, IL.
  • Contractor, N., Huang, M., Palazzolo, E., Steinley, D., Su, C., Suri, R., Swarbrick, A., & Templin, J. (February 17th, 2003). Multi-Theoretical Multi-Level (MTML) models for understanding the emergence of knowledge networks. Paper presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science session on Social Networks, Science, & Society. Denver, Colorado.
  • Monge, P. R., & Contractor, N. (February 15th, 2003). Coevolutionary principles for 21st century organizational networks. Paper presented at Sunbelt XXIII International Conference on Social Networks. http://www.iimas.unam.mx/sunbeltxxiii/schedule0.htm
  • Contractor, N., Huang, M., Palazzolo, E., Steinley, D., Su, C., Suri, R., Swarbrick, A., & Templin, J. (February 13th, 2003). Multi-Theoretical Multi-Level (MTML) Models for understanding the emergence of knowledge networks. Paper presented at Sunbelt XXIII session on Social Networks, Science, & Society. Cancun, Mexico. http://www.iimas.unam.mx/sunbeltxxiii/schedule0.htm
  • Contractor, N. (January 8th, 2003). Leveraging knowledge networks in a global economy. Tata International Ltd., Mumbai, India.
2002
  • Contractor, N. (December, 20th, 2002). Participant in a roundtable discussion on Criteria for credit in a collaborative world. UIUC Center for Advanced Study. Urbana, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (November 11th, 2002). Designing networks of excellence. European Research 2002 Conference: The European Research Area and the Framework Programme, Brussels, http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/conferences/2002/forum-monday-pm_en.html
  • Contractor, N., & Monge, P. R. (November 8th, 2002). Using multi-theoretical multilevel models to study adversarial networks. National Academy of Sciences Symposium on Dynamic Social Network Analysis, Washington DC.
  • Contractor, N. (November 4, 2002). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms. National Center for Digital Government Seminar Series, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/digitalcenter/events.htm
  • Contractor, N. (November 1st, 2002). Multi-theoretical multi-level models (MTML) for understanding the emergence of knowledge networks. MIT Organizational Studies Group Seminar Series. Cambridge, MA. http://web.mit.edu/sloan/osg-seminar/f02_docs/index.html
  • Contractor, N. (October 31st, 2002). Role of knowledge networks in fostering community. International conference on “Virtual Reality and Ethics” at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Contractor, N., Patel, S., & Mincyte, D. (October 23rd, 2002). University of Illinois sandbox project. Hewlett Packard University Mobile Technology Solutions Conference. Palo Alto, CA. Available online at: http://government.hp.com/docs/UI_UC.ppt.
  • Contractor, N. (October 18th, 2002). Challenges and opportunities in EU-US research collaborations. e2002: eBusiness and e-Work conference, sponsored by European Union Information Society Technology Program. Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Contractor, N. (October 11th, 2002). Respondent to Kathleen Carley’s presentation titled “Simulating Society: The Tension between Transparency and Veridicality.” Agent 2002 conference jointly hosted by Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago. Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (September 25th, 2002). Constructing knowledge networks. Brown bag series of the Office for Information Management, College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Carley, K., Borgatti, S., & Contractor, N. (September 11th, 2002). Coordinating response to complex dynamic problems involving network information. Workshop on “Managing knowledge intensive dynamics systems”, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency.
  • Contractor, N. (August 16th, 2002). Table Presider. Roundtable on Organizational Communication/Representation. Annual convention of the American Sociological Association, Chicago.
  • Palazzolo, E. T., Contractor, N. S., & Hollingshead, A. B. (August 11th, 2002). A network analysis of information retrieval in transactive memory systems. Paper presented at a symposium on Knowledge Networks at the Academy of Management Annual Convention.
  • Contractor, N. (August 10th, 2002). Faculty advisor. Junior Faculty Consortium sponsored by the Organizational Communication & Information System/Technology, Innovation and Management Divisions of the Academy of Management. Denver, Co.
  • Contractor, N. (July 29th, 2002). p* Techniques for multi-theoretical multilevel social network analysis. Workshop on Statistical theory of Dynamically Emerging Social Groups. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
  • Contractor, N. (June 27th, 2002). Computational models of organizational networks. NASA-Ames Research Center, Ames, CA.
  • Palazzolo, E. T., Ghate, A., Dandi, R., Mahalingam, A., Contractor, N. & Levitt, R., (June 21st, 2002). Modeling 21st century project teams: Docking workflow and knowledge network computational models. Paper presented at the annual conference on Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems, Carnegie-Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Contractor, N. (May 30, 2002). Social mechanisms that facilitate the creation and maintenance of virtual networks among government agencies. Workshop on “Developing a Basic Research Agenda for Digital Governance.” Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/cbg/dgworkshop/
  • Contractor, N. (May 27, 2002). Co-evolution of communication and knowledge networks in the emergence of social capital. Workshop on "The ambivalent relationship between Social Capital and IT.” Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Contractor, N. (May 23, 2002). Multi-level, multitheoretical approach to retrieval and allocation of information in knowledge networks. Colloquium at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Contractor, N. (May 21, 2002). Social mechanisms that facilitate the creation and maintenance of virtual networks among government agencies. National Conference for Digital Government Research. Co-Sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Los Angeles, CA.
  • Contractor, N. (May 15, 2002). Designing high impact innovation networks. Procter & Gamble, Corporate Innovation, Cincinnati.
  • Contractor, N. (May 11, 2002). A multi-theoretical multi-Level agent model of the co-evolution of communication and knowledge networks. Paper presented at the “Agent-based Modeling in the Social Sciences” conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
  • Contractor, N. (May 2, 2002). Advances in computational modeling of social networks –Unclassified briefing at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center. Dahlgren, VA.
  • Contractor, N. (April 11, 2002). Multi-level, multitheoretical approach to retrieval and allocation of information in knowledge networks. Colloquium presented as part of the Groups and Organization (GO) series at the School of Decision and Social Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University.
  • Contractor, N. (April 10, 2002). Multi-level, multitheoretical approach to retrieval and allocation of information in knowledge networks. Colloquium presented at the Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Contractor, N. (March 18, 2002). Digital video applications in the classroom. Instructional Technology Lab 2002 Conference. University of Illinois at Chicago. http://www.uic.edu/depts/accc/itl/conf2002.materials.html
  • Contractor, N. (January 24, 2002). The future of virtual collaboration: Perspectives on an agenda for action. http://www.internet2.edu/activities/html/20020124.html. Internet2 Virtual Briefing. Internet2 Consortium. Ann Arbor, MI.
2001
  • Contractor, N. (August 10, 2001). EQUAD: Using advanced collaboration technologies for cooperative learning. Plenary panel on “Co-Teaching and Co-Learning in Higher Education” at the 17th Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning University of Wisconsin -Madison.
  • Contractor, N. (April 2001). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21stcentury organizational forms. Invited presentation as part of the Impact Series: Explorations of the impact of new information technology on arts, culture, politics, and society, supported by the Office of the Provost, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
  • Contractor, N. (March 2001). Communication network analysis workshop. Sponsored by Finland University Network for Communication Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 2001). H.323-based videoconferencing in the educational environment. Presented at the 2EAST: New technology series, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
2000
  • Contractor, N. (October, 2000). Social networks and distributed intelligence. Invited presentation as part of the Sawyer Seminar on Heterarchies, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) at Columbia University, New York. 
  • Contractor, N. (October, 2000). Social network formulations of knowledge and distributed intelligence. Invited presentation at the workshop on Heterarchies: Distributed Intelligence and the Organization of Diversity, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
  • Contractor, N. (October, 2000). Advanced collaboration tools to support multi-university collaborative learning in Organizational Communication. Megaconference 2000: The world’s first online conference on the use of teleconferencing in research and education. Press Coverage.
  • Contractor, N. (June, 2000). Managing social and intellectual capital. Workshop for Korean advertising executives sponsored by the University of Illinois. Champaign-Urbana, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (June, 2000). New media and organizing. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico.
  • Contractor, N., Stohl, C., & Monge, P. R. (June, 2000). E-Quad: Experiences with advanced collaboration tools to support graduate education. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association. Acapulco, Mexico.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 2000). E-communities reconfiguring traditional communities. Major Cities of Europe Conference, Nice, France.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 2000). Knowledge networks. Invited presentation at the Caught in the Web II conference, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
  • Contractor, N., & Wasserman, S. (April, 2000). Reconsidering the arbitrary specification of parameters in the computational modeling of organizational networks. Paper presented at Sunbelt XX: International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Vancouver, BC. Canada.
  • Contractor, N. (March, 2000). Communication network analysis. Workshop for Communication scholars in Thailand hosted by the Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
  • , N. (February, 2000). Structuration theory and self-organizing networks. Paper presented at the Organization Science Winter Conference, Keystone, CO.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 2000). Co-evolution of knowledge networks and 21st century organizational forms. Tieto 2000: Professional Forum on New Information Technologies, Helsinki, Finland.
  • Contractor, N. (January, 2000). Invited address to the "Forum on New Technologies in Information and Communication for the XXIth Century", hosted by Barcelona University (UB) and the Technical University of Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain.
1999
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). Emerging web technologies for the tourism industry. Invited panelist at the Workshop on Advertising Strategy and Information Technology in Tourism, National Laboratory for Tourism and eCommerce (NLTEC), Champaign-Urbana, IL.
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). What's new about new media? Panel at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). Advanced collaboration tools to support multi-university distributed learning in organizational communication. Panel at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). Chair, Doing sponsored research in organizations: The ethical and practical implications of coloring outside the lines. Panel at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). Respondent, Top 3 competitive papers in Organizational Communication Division, panel at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (October, 1999). Collaborative learning in graduate education: The case for greater bandwidth. Invited presentation at the Internet2 Fall 1999 meeting, Seattle, WA.
  • Contractor, N., & Bishop, A. (September, 1999). Reconfiguring community networks: The case of PraririeKNOW. Invited symposium presentation at the Kyoto Meeting on Digital Cities, Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan.
  • Contractor, N. (August, 1999). Collaborative learning: Experiences from a graduate course on globalization. Invited presentation to the Video Working Group of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), State College, PA.
  • Contractor, N., Bishop, A., & Zink, D. (August, 1999). PrairieKNOW: A tool to assist and study the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of community networks. Paper presented at HCI International ’99 (the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction), Munich, Germany.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 1999). Tools to support knowledge networks on the web. Invited presentation at the U.S. Federal Web Consortium ’99 meeting, Washington, DC.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 1999). Supporting social and knowledge capital in organizations. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 1999). Respondent, Top 3 competitive papers in Organizational Communication, meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 1999). Emergence of communication and knowledge networks in 21st century organizational forms. Invited presented at the Doctoral Consortium sponsored by the International Communication Association’s Organizational Communication Division, San Francisco.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 1999). Utah transit authority communication network study: Linking to better service. Paper presented at the Consumer Relations Panel at the meeting of the American Public Transit Association, Toronto, Canada.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1999). The use of P* techniques for testing multi-level network hypotheses. Paper presented at the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Charleston, SC.
1998
  • Contractor, N. & Fulk, J. (November, 1998). Organizations and communication technology: Lessons learned and new visions. Invited presentation at the meeting of the National Communication Association, New York.
  • Contractor, N. S., Whitbred, R., Fonti, F., Hyatt, A., Jones, P., & O’Keefe, B. (July, 1998). Self-organizing communication networks in organizations: Validation of a computational model using exogenous and endogenous theoretical mechanisms. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Contractor, N. S., Fonti, Fabio, & Whitbred, R. (July, 1998). Focusing on the forest when you can't see all the trees II - Antecedents and outcomes of Cognitive Aggregated Structures (CAS) in a virtual organization. Paper presented at the National Communication Association/International Communication Association Conference on "Communication: Organizing for the Future,” Rome, Italy.
  • Contractor, N. S., Zink, D., & Chan, M. (June, 1998). IKNOW: A tool to assist and study the creation, maintenance, and dissolution of knowledge networks. Invited presentation at the First Kyoto Meeting on "Social Interaction and Communityware."
  • Contractor, N. S., Zink, D., & Chan, M. (May, 1998). IKNOW: A tool to visualize knowledge networks. Paper presented at the Annual Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Contractor, N. S., Fonti, Fabio, & Whitbred, R. (May, 1998). Focusing on the forest when you can't see all the trees I - Antecedents of Cognitive Aggregated Structures (CAS) in a virtual organization. Paper presented at the Annual Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Contractor, N., & O'Keefe, B. (February, 1998). Learning communities and technology. Presentation at the Annual Faculty Retreat on Active Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1997
  • Contractor, N., & Hyatt, A. (November, 1997). Computational organizational modeling in the design of collaboration technologies. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Pollock, T., Whitbred, R. A., & Contractor, N. (November, 1997). Social information processing and job characteristics: A simultaneous test of two theories with implications for job satisfaction. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. S., Whitbred, R., Fonti, F., Hyatt, A., Jones, P., & O’Keefe, B. (August, 1997). Self-organizing communication networks in organizations. Validation of a computational model using exogenous and endogenous theoretical mechanisms. Paper presented at the Alta Conference on Self-Organizing Systems Theory, Alta, Utah.
  • Hyatt, A., Contractor, N., & Jones, P. M. (May, 1997). Computational organizational network modeling: Strategies and an example. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Montreal.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1997). Collaboration in the virtual organization. Paper presented at the U. S. Department of Defense Modernization Workshop on collaboration at the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experimentation Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
  • Contractor, N., Monge, P. R., Rumsey, S, & Fulk, J. (February, 1997). Network evolution of a virtual organization. Paper presented at the Sunbelt XVII International Social Network Conference, San Diego.
1996
  • Heald, M., Contractor, Koehly, L. M., & Wasserman, S. (November, 1996). Formal and emergent predictors of coworkers’ perceptual congruence on an organization’s social structure. Paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1996). WWW in the educational curriculum. Short course offered at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Diego.
  • Pollock, T., Whitbred, R., Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Social information processing, job characteristics and disposition: A test and integration of competing theories of job satisfaction. Paper presented at the Sunbelt XVI International Social Network Conference, Charleston, SC.
1995
  • Contractor, N., O’Keefe, B. J., & Hollingshead, A. B. (November, 1995). Beyond E-mail: An advanced workshop for electronic research and pedagogy. Short course offered at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
  • Jones, P., Contractor, N., O’Keefe, B., Lu, S., Case, M., Lawrence, P. (November, 1995). Workflow and cooperative problem solving in civil infrastructure management. Paper presented at the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vancouver, BC.
  • Contractor, N. (July, 1995). Technological enhancements to work group effectiveness. Workshop for MBA students from the Kymmene Corporation, Milan, Italy.
  • Contractor, N. (July, 1995). Decision development in work groups: Social influence networks as its antecedent and outcome. Paper presented at the Social Networks Conference, London.
  • Contractor, N. (May, 1995). The logics of emergence in organizational processes: A self-organizing systems perspective. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  • Ehrlich, M., & Contractor, N. (August, 1995). Constraints on the evolution of talk in talk radio. Paper presented at the meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 1995). Organizational communication and systems theory. Paper presented at the meeting of the Central States Speech Communication Association, Indianapolis.
  • Contractor, N. (March 25, 1995). Team building in engineering design teams. Paper presented at a joint meeting of the National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association and the Mechanical Engineering Heads Association, Nashville.
1994
  • Contractor, N., Eisenberg, E. M., & Monge, P. R. (1994). Antecedents and outcomes of interpretive diversity in organizations. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia.
  • Contractor, N., & Grant, S. (1994). Modeling organizations as self-organizing interpretive systems. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia.
  • Contractor, N. (June 1994). Use of supercomputing in the social sciences. Invited paper presented at the Computing in the Social Sciences annual convention, College Park, MD.
1992
  • Contractor, N. S., Seibold, D., & Heller, M. A. (1992). Interactional influence in the structuring of media use in groups. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Miami.
1991
  • Contractor, N. & Seibold, D. (1991) Review and critique of empirical research on GDSS. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. & Seibold, D. (1991). Theoretical differences between structurational and self-organizing approaches to the study of GDSS. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). Modeling an interdisciplinary research center as a shared meaning system. Paper presented at the meeting of the Institute for Management Science, Nashville, TN.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). An analysis of meetings using SAGE Groupware. Paper presented at Apple Computer's External Research Annual Conference, Cupertino, CA.
  • Davis, C. & Contractor, N. (1991). A semantic networks approach to the study of visionary leadership. Paper presented at the annual Social Networks conference, Tampa Bay, FL.
  • Michaelson, A., & Contractor, N. (1991). Comparison of relational and positional predictors of group member's perceptions. Paper presented at the annual Social Networks conference, Tampa Bay, FL.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). Self-organizing systems perspective in the study of organizational communication. Paper presented at the inauguration of the organizational communication division of the German Communication Association, Bamberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
1990
  • Contractor, N. & Seibold, D. (1990).Comparison of structurational and self-organizing perspectives to the study of GDSS. Paper presented at the meeting of the Speech Communication Association, Chicago.
  • Contractor, N., & Ehrlich, M. (1990). Role of strategic ambiguity in the birth of an organization: The $50 Million Experiment. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Contractor, N. (1990). Modeling organizations as meaning systems . Paper presented at the Annual Social Networks Sunbelt Conference, San Diego.
1989
  • Contractor, N. (1989). Conceptualizing organizations as non-linear dissipative structures. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
1988
  • Contractor, N. S., Iacobucci, D., Monge, P. R., & Eisenberg, E. M. (1988). Semantic networks and organizational climate. Paper presented at the Sunbelt Social Networks conference, San Diego.
  • Eisenberg, E. M., Contractor, N. S., & Monge, P. R. (1988). Semantic networks in organizations . Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New Orleans.
  • Monge, P. R., Rogers, E. M., Contractor, N. S., & Cozzens, M. D.. (1988). Investigating process in communication research. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers, E. M. (1988). A resource dependency perspective on television broadcasting systems in India and Mexico . Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain.
1987
  • Contractor, N .S., Cozzens, M D., & Eisenberg, E.M. (1987). Network predictors of semantic agreement in an organization .Paper presented at the Sunbelt Social Networks conference, Tampa Bay, FL.
1986
  • Contractor, N. S., Singhal, A., & Rogers, E.M. (1986). Satellite television and development in India: A utopian, dystopian, neutral, and contingency view of a communication technology. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, New Delhi, India.
1985
  • Cozzens, M. D. & Contractor, N. S. (1985). The effect of conflicting information on media skepticism. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Honolulu.

LECTURES AND SEMINARS

  • Contractor, N. (April, 2000). Knowledge networks and 21st century forms of organizing. Invited lecture at the University of Puget Sound, Puget Sound, WA. 
  • Contractor, N. (November, 1999). Communications in the global enterprise. Invited presentation to the External Advisory Board of the University of Michigan's Program in Manufacturing. Ann Arbor, Michigan. 
  • Contractor, N. (January, 1999). Unintended consequences of the Internet on organization and society. Invited presentation at Infosys, Bangalore, India. 
  • Contractor, N. & Monge, P. R. (November, 1997). Theoretical mechanisms for dynamic modeling of communication networks. Lecture, School of Communication, Stanford University. 
  • Contractor, N. (October, 1997). Knowledge networks in virtual organization: Conceptual rationale and software demonstration. Lecture, School of Information, University of Michigan.
  • Contractor, N. (October, 1997). Self-organizing communication networks in organizations. Lecture, Wharton School of Management, University of Pennsylvania. 
  • Contractor, N. (September, 1997). Self-organizing communication networks in organizations. Lecture, Department of Communication, University of Maryland. 
  • Contractor, N. (December, 1996). The Internet and global organizations. Lecture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.
  • Contractor, N. (October, 1996). The emergence of communication networks. Lecture, Department of Communication, Purdue University.
  • Contractor, N. (January - April 1996). Guest lectures in doctoral seminar titled "Communication Networks" at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.
  • Contractor, N. (March, 1996). Computational organizational theories. Workshop at Arizona State University.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Unintended consequences of new information technologies: The case of the Internet. Lecture, American Center, United States Information Service (USIS), New Delhi, India.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Unintended consequences of new information technologies: The case of the Internet. Lecture, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Baroda, India.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Communication technologies and re-engineering the workplace. Lecture, Federation of Industries, Baroda, India.
  • Contractor, N. (February, 1996). Technological enhancements to work group effectiveness. Lecture, Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Baroda, India.
  • Contractor, N. (April 25, 1995). The logics of emergence in organizational processes: A self-organizing systems perspective. Paper presented at a colloquium at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California.
  • Contractor, N. (April 10, 1995). The logics of emergence in organizational processes: A self-organizing systems perspective. Paper presented at a colloquium co-sponsored by the Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Heinz School of Public Policy, and School of Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). Modeling the use of GDSS as a self-organizing system. Lecture, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). Modeling the use of GDSS as a self-organizing system. Lecture, Department of Communication, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.
  • Contractor, N. (1991). Modeling the use of GDSS as a self-organizing system. Lecture, College of Business Administration, George Washington University, Washington, DC.
  • Contractor, N. (1990). Using social network analysis to study organizations as interpretive systems. Research affiliate presentation at the Advanced Research Institute, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Contractor, N. (1990). A theoretical framework for the study of structuring processes in GDSS. Paper presented to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Software Tools Group.
  • Contractor, N. (June, 1989). Networks as an explanatory framework in organizational communication theory. Lecture, University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • Contractor, N. (September,1988). Semantic networks in organizations. Lecture, Department of Communication, Purdue University.
  • Contractor, N. (August, 1988). Organizational chaos: Implications for training, research and theory development. Lecture, Department of Communication, University of Utah.
  • Contractor, N. (April, 1988). Semantic networks in organizations. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Commerce, Organizational Behavior Department Colloquium.

Teaching

Northwestern University
    COMMST 525, IEMS 490, MTS 525: Social Network Theories & Methods
    COMM ST 395, IEMS 395: Social Network Analysis
University of Southern California 
    ANSC 505 Communication in Work Settings (Teaching Assistant)
    ANSC 650 Research Design (Teaching Assistant)
    ANSC 700a Research Methods I (Teaching Assistant)
    ANSC 700b Research Methods II (Teaching Assistant)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    CAS 587 The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections
    SPCOM 396 Communication Technologies in the Workplace (Courtesy Login: guest1, Password: guest1)
    SPCOM 312 Organizational Communication Processes
    SPCOM 429 Seminar in Organizational Communication
    SPCOM 429 Communication Networks
    SPCOM 429 Communication and Knowledge Networks (Courtesy Login: guest1, Password: guest1)
    SPCOM 429 Dynamic Systems in Organizations
    SPCOM 429 Communication and Collaboration Technologies in Organizations (Courtesy Login: guest1, Password: guest1)
    SPCOM 429 Communicating in the Global Workplace (Courtesy Login: guest1, Password: guest1)
    SPCOM 429 Communication Technologies and New Forms of Organizing (Courtesy Login: guest1, Password: guest1)
    SPCOM 474 Communication Research Methods
    SPCOM 396 Visualizing and Navigating Knowledge Networks

Content Expert and On-Air Presenter of a 6-module video and web-based course on Emerging Communication Technologies in the Workplace. Jones International University, Englewood, CO, 1995-96.
Content Expert of a 6-module web-based course on Communication Technology Systems in Organizations. International University (Jones InterCable), Englewood, CO, 1997-98.


Professional Service

Editorial Work 
  • Editorial board memberships: Communication Theory, 2002-2005, Journal of Communication, 2001-present, Communication Theory, 2002-present, Human Communication Research, 1992-1995, 1997-present; Electronic Journal for Computer Mediated Communication, 1994-present; Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1996-1997; Management Communication Quarterly, 1992-1996; Handbook for Small Group Communication, 1996-97; Communication Studies, 1988-1991. 
  • Editorial Assistant, Communication Research , 1986-1987. 
  • Ad hoc manuscript reviewer for: Communication Theory, Communication Research, Communication Yearbook, Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociologist, International Journal of Man Machine Studies, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Business Communication, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 
  • Paper reviewer for:
    • Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association
    • Organizational Communication Division, Speech Communication Association
    • Information Systems Division, International Communication Association
    • Interdivisional Panel Proposals, International Communication Association
    • Organizational Behavior Group, American Institute for Decision Sciences
    • Research Methodology Group, Academy of Management 
  • Reviewer for Grant Proposals submitted to:
    • National Science Foundation
    • National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C.
    • University of Illinois Research Board
  • Reviewer of book manuscripts for Guilford Publishers, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, Sage Publications, SUNY Press, Texas A&M University Press, Bedford/St. Martin’s.
  • Panelist, several workshops outlining agenda and project directions for NSF’s Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence/Knowledge Network (KDI/KN) initiative,1997; and the National Digital Government initiative, 2000.
  • Panelist, NSF Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure for the Social Sciences. Airline Center, Warrenton, VA. http://vis.sdsc.edu/sbe/About, March 2005. 
  • Proposal reviewer, Technology for Information Infrastructure Applications Program. U.S. Department of Commerce,1994-1996, 2001.
  • Advisor, 1998 Summer Workshop on Collaborative Manufacturing, Purdue University, sponsored by National Science Foundation’s Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Manufacturing. 
Workshop/Conference Organizer/Program Planner
Membership in Professional Associations 
Appointed offices 
  • Chair, International Communication Association, Nominating committee, 2004-2005.
  • Member, International Communication Association Nominating Committee, 2003-2004.
  • Chair, Web Services, International Communication Association, 2000-2001.
  • Member, National Communication Association (NCA) -National Science Foundation (NSF) Task Force, 2000-2001.
  • Chair, ICA Nominating Committee, 2004-2005.
  • Member, Joint ICA-NCA Task Force on “Organizational Assessment Tools” 2004-2005.
  • Member, Best Publication Award Committee, Organizational Communication & Information Systems Division, Academy of Management, 2004-2005.
  • Member, ICA Nominating Committee, 2003-2004.
  • Chair, Web Services, International Communication Association, 2000-2001.
  • Member, National Communication Association (NCA) -National Science Foundation (NSF) Working Group, 2000-2001. 
Elected offices 
  • Chair, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2002-2004.
  • Vice-Chair Elect, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 1999-2001.
  • Secretary, Organizational Communication Division, International Communication Association, 1997-1999.

Selected University Service

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: 
  • Member, UIUC Chancellor’s Intellectual Visioning Committee, 2007-present
  • Member, Steering committee UIUC Illinois Informatics Initiative (III), 2006-present
  • Member, Steering Committee, UIUC Illinois Homeland Security Research Center, 2006-present
  • Member, Selection committee, UIUC Millercom Distinguished Lectures, 2003-present
  • Member, Steering Committee, UIUC Seedbed Initiative on Arts in a Technology-Intensive World. 2004-present
  • Member, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (LAS) Technology Advisory Committee, 2004-present. 
  • Director, Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) Research Group, National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), 2004-present. 
  • Member, Steering Committee, Campus Seedbed Initiative on Arts in a Technology-Intensive World. http://www.seedbed-initiative.uiuc.edu/ 
  • Member, Steering Committee, Campus Initiative on Food Security. http://www2.uiuc.edu/initiatives/foodsecurity.html
  • Member, Advisory Board, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH), 2004-05 http://www.iprh.uiuc.edu/iprh_advisory.htm
  • Member, UIUC Center for Advanced Study/ George A Miller Program Committee, 2004-2005. http://www.cas.uiuc.edu/staff.html
  • Co-Chair, Working Group for the UIUC Center for Advanced Study 2005-2006 Initiative on The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections. http://www.spcomm.uiuc.edu/projects/teclab/aon/index.htm
  • Member, Advisory Board, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, 2003-2004.
  • Member, Millercom Speakers Committee.
  • Member, Steering Committee, Cross-campus Initiatives, 2003-present.
  • Member, Information Technology Advisory Board, 2002-present.
  • Member, Steering Committee, Ethnography of the University Initiative, 2003-present.
  • Member, Steering Committee, Arts & Technology Initiative, 2003-present.
  • Member, Steering Committee, Food Security Initiative, 2003-present.
  • Member, Steering Committee, Madden Initiative: Silicon, Carbon, Culture: Combining Codes Through the Arts, Humanities, and Technology (2001-2003).
  • Member, Department Advisory Committee, 2001-2002.
  • Faculty Senate, 1999-2001.
  • McNair Scholar Mentor, 2000.
  • Member, Search Committee for the Director of Computing and Communications Services Office, 2000-01.
  • Chair, Oversight Committee on Computing and Communications in the Social Sciences, 1993-1996.
  • Director, Department of Speech Communication Computing & Instructional Laboratories, 1987-present.
  • Member, Department Advisory Committee, 1998-2000.
  • Chair, Lincoln Hall Building Network Committee, 1992.
  • Member, Lincoln Hall Building Network Committee, 1990-1992.
  • Member, Department of Speech Communication Human Subjects Committee, 1994-1999.
  • Department Representative, University Computing Services, 1987-present.
  • Department Representative, University Research Services, 1987-1999.
  • Faculty Coordinator, Midwest Organizational Communication Mini-conference, 1988, 1992, 1996.
  • Research Affiliate, Advanced Research Institute, Graduate School of Library and Information Science. 1990-1991.
  • Reviewer, University Research Board, 1990-present.
  • Member, Executive Committee, Language Learning Laboratory, 1988-89; 1991-1996.
University of Southern California: 
  • Member, Doctoral Research Methods Committee, 1986-1987.
  • Coordinator, Western States Communication Mini-conference, 1986.
  • Member, Facilities and Equipment Committee, 1984-1985.

Public Service

Consulting work
  • Invited Expert, Addiction Treatment Vision Panel. 2004, Organized by the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the US Government’s Center for Substance Abuse Treatment. St. Charles, IL, USA. Compensated.
  • Vodafone, 2004-present
  • Executive Development Associates, 2003-present
  • Rockefeller Foundation’s Creativity and Culture Program, 2003
  • Aspen Institute for Communications and Society, 2002
  • Procter & Gamble, 2002-present
  • Communication Research Associates, 1995-present
  • Merrill Lynch, 1997
  • Illinois Power, 1995-1996
  • Oasis Management Consultants, 1987-1990
  • McDonnell Douglas Corporation, 1987-1990
  • Communimetrics, Inc., 1984-1987
  • First Interstate Bancorp, 1985
  • KSCI-TV, Los Angeles, 1985
  • Paramount Pictures, 1984.
  • Member, Programming Committee, Champaign-Urbana Cable Commission, 1992.

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