The University of Toledo
jbenjam@utnet.utoledo.edu
Jim Benjamin, Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication. He taught at The University of Hawaii and at Southwest Texas State University before joining the faculty at The University of Toledo in 1986. He is the author of over two dozen research and instructional publications including articles in Philosophy and Rhetoric, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Communication Quarterly, and The Southern Speech Communication Journal. His areas of interest include rhetorical theory and criticism, visual communication, and communication technology.
Virginia Commonwealth University
mmessner@vcu.edu
Marcus Messner is an assistant professor of mass communication in the School of Mass Communications at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research interests deal with new media formats such as blogs and wikis. In particular his research focuses on the intermedia agenda-setting effects between blogs and traditional media as well as the impact of the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia on corporate images.
University of North Carolina
smithjes@unc.edu
Jessica Smith is a doctoral student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on communication technologies and media effects, and she has published one article and presented a number of others at AEJMC and ICA. Smith has worked as a copy editor at The Tampa Tribune.
Baylor University
amanda_sturgill@baylor.edu
Amanda Sturgill is an assistant professor of journalism at Baylor, where she teaches copy editing and converged media courses. Her research areas include fair and equitable access to on-line media and use of communication technology by religious groups.
University of Texas at Austin
hgz@mail.utexas.edu
Homero Gil de Zuniga is assistant professor at University of Texas – Austin. His area of research resides on the intersection between the Internet and civic and political life. More specifically, his work examines the implications of new media use for democratic functioning at both political and civic participatory levels. Samples of his research may be found in diverse peer reviewed journals. Professor Gil de Zuniga is an editorial board member for the Journal of Information Technology & Politics and also serves as a reviewer ad hoc for New Media & Society and Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. He earned a Ph.D. in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a Ph.D. in European Studies from the Universidad Europea de Madrid, in Spain.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
robinson4@wisc.edu
Sue Robinson is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she helps head up the M.A. professional-track journalism program. She researches online journalism, particularly issues of authority, narrative, and collective memory.
University of Florida
dstanton@ufl.edu
David Stanton is a visiting professor of online journalism at the University of Florida. His research involves newsroom routines and supervision, new media in journalism, and usability. He currently teaches classes in the online sequence of the journalism department. He previously worked on The Poynter Institute’s Eyetrack 2007 study.
Iowa State University
jgroshek@iastate.edu
Jacob Groshek recently earned his Ph.D from Indiana University and now is an assistant professor in the Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication at Iowa State University. His research interests include the democratic utility of new media technologies and the ways in which the structure, content, and uses of those media may influence social and political environments. His work on this subject has appeared or been accepted to The International Communication Gazette, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Social Science Computer Review, and Media, War & Conflict. Professionally, he has experience as an editor and graphic designer across several media platforms at an independent publishing house in Denver, Colorado.