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Cheryl L. Mason is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Her major is Social Studies Education. She completed a M.Ed. from NC State in 1993 and a B.A., in History from Meredith College in 1991. Cheryl's current research studies the computer-mediated communication within a cohort of social studies student teachers. Her future plans include teaching and conducting research on the integration of instructional technology in the social studies. http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/c/clmason/www/mason.html clmason@unity.ncsu.edu |
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William H. Bares is a computer science graduate student completing his PhD research in automated generation of 3D animated explanations and for interactive educational software. He completed a Masters degree in computer science in 1994 at NCSU, and earned a bachelors degree in computer science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in 1992. His future plans are to teach and conduct research in educational and computer graphics software. whbares@eos.ncsu.edu |
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Alec M. Bodzin is a NSF Graduate Research Trainee in Instructional Technology for Science Education. He is a science educator with a biological sciences background and has an interest in the improvement of K-1 2 science education. His interests include incorporating telecommunications into science curriculum development and implementation with emphasis on the roles that visual instructional technologies can play in these areas. He is currently involved in the d evelopment of a variety of interactive multimedia projects, including CD-ROM and World Wide Web technologies. ambodzin@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Timothy Buie is a design graduate student completing his Masters' Degree. His areas of interest and research are: teaching, comics, animation, painting, computer media. blacklobster@mindspring.com |
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Whitney Cain is fourth year doctoral student in Developmental Psychology. She earned her Masters degree from Boston University in the Spring of 1994. During her graduate training, Whitney has taught courses at N.C. State, as well as at two of the area colleges. Her teaching interests include Developmental Psychology, the Psychology of Sex and Gender. Whitney's previous research has focused on children's memory competencies, with special emphasis on the implications of such in forensic settings. Currently, she is beginning work on her dissertation study which will explore class and context differences in the maternal narrative styles. She looks forward to completing her Ph.D. in the Spring of 1998 and pursuing a career in academics. wjcain@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Charles B. Callaway is a PhD computer science student. He works in the area of Computational Linguistics including natural language generation, revision, lexicons, and explanation for intelligent tutoring systems. He received a Masters of Arts in computer science in 1996 from the University of Texas at Austin as well as separate undergraduate degrees in computer science, mathematics, and Latin in 1993. He plans to teach artificial intelligence and computational linguistics. cbcallaw@eos.ncsu.edu |
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Cris Crissman is a Ph.D. Candidate in Curriculum and Instruction with a special focus on literacy education. Her passion is to write and produce documentaries on education-related topics. http://www.marinegrafics.com/crisdcrissman@poe.coe.ncsu.edu |
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Lisa Leonor Grable is an NSF Graduate Research Trainee inthe Instructional Technology for Science Education program (InSTEP). During her teaching career, Lisa has taught middle school physical science, high school biology, chemistry, and physics, university introductory physics, and numerous in-service workshops for teachers. She is an active member of the American Association of Physics Teachers and will become the chair of the Instructional Media Area Committee in 1998. Her research interests are technology enhanced learning, learning styles, multicultural diversity in science, and in-service science teachers. She is working on a PhD in Science Education. Lisa also writes for the web magazine RETRO (http://www.retroactive.com). grable@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Kirsten Hale is in her last year of the M.S. in Technical Communication at NC State University. She is currently researching the student assessment and performance in both a face-to-face and online learning environment. Other research interests include computer-mediated communication, effectiveness of online design, and effective ness of distance education learning methods. She will graduate in May, 1998 and hopes to continue her education at UNC-Chapel Hill in the Library and Information Science PhD program. kehale@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Michelle Hsiang is a doctoral student majoring in Instructional Technology at the College of Education and Psychology. Her area of concentration in her study is in Teacher Education and Technology, especially in the pre-service teacher education field. http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/middletech/ ymhsiang@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Trish Watson is currently enrolled in the M.S. Technical Communication program at NCSU with a focus on scientific communication, and teaches ENG333, Communication for Science and Research. She is also a research assistant for the Center for Communication in Science, Technology, and Management, in the College of Humanities and Social Science, and manages the NCSU Student Researcher, an electronic journal for excellent undergraduate research. pjwatson@unity.ncsu.edu |
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Edwin R. Gerler Associate Dean for Research and External Affairs, College of Education and Psychology http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/counselor_ed/faculty/gerler.html NEDPERG@gwgate.bas.ncsu.edu |
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Beckey Reed Consultant for School Services, College of Education and Psychology http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/project/megaworks/mega1.htmlhttp://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/cep/OSS/ossline.html beckey@ibm.net |