Dr. Ulla Bunz
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Hi - my name is Ulla Bunz and in 2004/2005 I m a third-year Assistant Professor in (Technology-) Mediated Communication in the Department of Communication at Rutgers University. Since I first failed a junior high programming class because I was still working on weekly assignment #2 by the end of the semester, my fascination with technology and my abilities to use this technology have increased drastically. Now, my main area of research focuses on technological aptitude which I define as a person's ability to understand, appropriate, and effectively use current and future computer and internet technologies (and which encompasses a whole bunch of stuff which is why I am currently developing an inventory of concepts). I also tap into other topics, such as instructional technology. Most recently I have ventured into the field of cybergeography which is fascinating, but requires me to learn a whole new set of methodological skills. I am also active in the Association of Internet Researchers.
 
I grew up in Brussels, Belgium, and have since lived on three continents. From Belgium I moved to Germany to start college, then Mobile, AL, where I got a BA in Corporate and Public Communication and an MA in Communication at the University of South Alabama. From there I moved to Lawrence, KS to start my PhD program at the University of Kansas, but interrupted that to go to New Zealand and the University of Waikato in Hamilton for 6 months. Then I returned to Kansas, graduated, and moved to New Jersey. For more information on my professional life you can visit my website at http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~bunz but for more information on my personal life, you actually have to talk to me.

Dr. Nanette Hogg
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication,
University of Nebraska at Kearney

Nanette received her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction,
Instructional Technology from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln.
She has a Masters in Instructional Technology from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is married with five
children and four granddaughters. (308) 865-1574.

Student Representatives

Daniel McRoberts
Assistant Professor, Communication Arts
Valley City State University, North Dakota

I teach a variety of online and face-to-face Speech Communication courses for the general education curriculum and an online communication major. As a student, I am nearing completion of a doctorate in Communication at North Dakota State University. I am very interested in pedagogy and the impact technology is having on pedagogy on college campuses and to the discipline. In my free time, I assist my spouse coaching the local high school competitive speech program.
(701) 845-7431

Salam Talib
Graduate Student, Department of Communication
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

After spending her formative years in Nigeria and Pakistan, Ms. Talib now calls New York her home. Here, she has attended the New School University and worked at CNNfn, The UN, FOXNews.com, and PBS. Currently, Ms. Talib is a graduate student at the School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies at Rutgers University, NJ. Her research has focused on the evolution of the global public space as seen through the communication technology lens.