Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel

The Society of Multi-Ethnic Studies of the United States (MELUS), Modern Language Association, Association of Writing Professionals, Pop Culture Association/American Culture Association, Association of Fundraising Professionals

MFA Creative Writing - Creative Nonfiction Thesis - Water Management Education (Literary Journalism), Advanced Certificate of Study, Composition.

Diane K. Lofstrom Miniel is currently concluding work on her MFA in Creative Writing, Creative Nonfiction, at CSU Fresno. She is the current Co-Coordinator of Students of English Studies Association. She was the editor for the San Joaquin Review and former President of the San Joaquin Literary Association. Her essay "Mystery Spot" will be aired on local Fresno radio station KVPR's Valley Writers Read, 89.3 FM, on Jan. 7, 2009 at 7 p.m.

Fabio Bianchi

Shayya,Mohammad

- Lebenese meeting of philosophy teachers, - Arab philosophy society, - Arab Sociology Society, - Lebanese union of writers, - Arab organization of translators

-ncurrently, teaching:, contmporary Lebanese and Arab Thought, Middle East cultures, Methodology, Directing Master and Ph.D theses, involved in achieving a major project about: "A comparative statistical study about the recent difficulties of philo.profession at Lebanese and Arab universities"

- 1973 master graduate on General philosophy - 1973-77 teacher vof philosophy at Secondary schools - Ph.d. on modern philosophy - 1977- full time assistant then full professor of philosophy at Lebanese University - Author and Translator( in Arabic and English) - Coordinator andco-author of the new curriculum of " philosophy and civilazation" branch of Lebanese Bac.(secondary degree)

Thomas Becker

AGRECOL association, Plattsalat organic food coop, ATSAF, network of development professionals

E-Learning, Online-collaboration

Thomas Becker is a specialist for participatory approaches and collaborative learning approaches

Jim Goldman

MIT, microsoft, google

MIT, microsoft, google, globalization, centralization, ukraine exploration, kiev business trip programm establishment

Jim Goldman, Professor of Russian in MIT

Aaron Prevots

American Association of Teachers of French, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, American Literary Translators Association, Conseil International d'Études Francophones, Modern Language Association, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, South Central Modern Language Association, Women in French

Aaron Prevots is Assistant Professor of French at Southwestern University. In addition to French through Songs and Singing, his current projects include studies of contemporary French poetry and numerous translations, in particular the full-length bilingual poetry volume Retour au calme / Return to Calm (Jacques Réa, trans. Aaron Prevots, Austin: Host Publications, September 2007).

Dr. Mel Alexenberg

National Art Education Association (USA), International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology

Writing book 'How to Photograph God' based on student work in Israel (see blog www.photographgod.com)., Creating Facebook group 'Aesthetic Peace' (see blog www.aestheticpeace.blogspot.com)., In the tradition of Picasso's Guernica, creating and disseminiating webart to prevent genocide (see web artwork www.futureholocaustmemorials.org archived by Rhizome at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York), Writing paper for the International Journal of Education through Art and a chapter in the book 'Digital Visual Culture' being published by the National Art Education Association

Mel Alexenberg lives in Israel where he is Founding Dean of a new School of Art and Multimedia at Netanya Academic College, Professor Emeritus at Ariel University Center of Samaria, Head of Programs in Art and Design, Emunah College in Jerusalem, and formerly Professor at Bar-Ilan University. In the USA where he was born and educated, he was Dean at New World School of the Arts in Miami, Professor and Chairman of Fine Arts at Pratt Institute, Associate Professor of Art and Education at Columbia University, and Research Fellow at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies. His artworks exploring digital technologies and global systems are in the collections of more than forty museums worldwide, including: Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Baltimore Museum of Art, High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Malmo Museum in Sweden, Museum Moderner Kunst in Vienna, Gemeentemuseum in The Hague, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museo de Art Contemporaneo in Caracas, and Israel Museum in Jerusalem. He is author of the books: 'Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology, and Culture' (Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press, 2008), 'Dialogic Art in a Digital World: Judaism and Contemporary Art' (Jerusalem: Rubin Mass House, 2008) in Hebrew, 'The Future of Art in a Digital Age: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness'(Intellect Books 2006), 'Aesthetic Experience in Creative Process' (Bar Ilan University Press), 'Light and Sight' (Prentice-Hall), and with Otto Piene, 'LightsOROT: Spiritual Dimensions of the Electronic Age' (MIT/Yeshiva University Museum). He was art editor of 'The Visual Computer: International Journal of Computer Graphics', and has written numerous interdisciplinary papers.

Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss

(IN)VISIBLE, Visual Knowledge Building, Envisioning new interfaces in cooperative media culture, Scale-free networks - the realm of the social, Mobile technologies - mobile thoughts?

Stefan Sonvilla-Weiss is professor of eLearning in Visual Culture and head of the international MA-programme ePedagogy Design – Visual Knowledge Building at the University of Art and Design Helsinki. He studied philosophy, graphics, art and design education and communication theory in Salzburg, Vienna (MA, PhD) and the MIT Boston. During the 1980s and 90s he worked as cross-over artist, multi-media producer, university teacher and project manager. Previous to the professor appointment in 2003, he held the position of a research group leader at the EUN in Brussels. His research interests are in the visual knowledge building in collaborative learning processes, and the media-didactical implications how technology, pedagogy and organizational structure influence and constrain each other in the process of educational change. He has served as external assessor and reviewer for a number of scientific and research bodies, including the European Commission in the Programmes IST, eLearning, Media, Erasmus, etc. and has received several honours and scholarships.

George Borisov

My name is George. I am from Russia, St. Petersburg. I am 34. I am a doctor.

Brent Graber

Brent Graber is Director of Information Technology at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.

Erick Groot

Erick Groot is a professor in the Biology Department with a cross appointment in the Fisheries & Aquaculture Dept. at Malaspina University-College on the west coast of Canada. He teaches a variety of courses including introductory biology, animal physiology, human anatomy & physiology, and aquatic ecology at both the junior and senior undergraduate levels.

Jo B. Paoletti

American Studies Association, Popular Culture Association, Costume Society of America, International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

collaborative writing spaces, multicultural learning, undergraduate research, large lecture classes

Jo Paoletti is Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Maryland.

Parme P. Giuntini

College Art Association, Art Historians of Southern California

Writing and co-editing GARB: A Reader on Fashion and Culture, Writing and co-editing a new textbook on Modern Art and Culture

Parme Giuntini is the Director of Art History at Otis College of Art and Design.

Bryan Alexander

Ourmedia Advisory Board, New Media Consortium Horizon Project Advisory Board member, Rheingold Associates, MLA (sporadically)

MANE IT leaders network, CET media studies initiative, CET Advanced Student Technology Program, Training workshops on multimedia narrative, project management, wireless pedagogy, Multiple blogs

Bryan Alexander is Director for Emerging Technologies at NITLE, where he researches and develops programs on the advanced uses of information technology in liberal arts colleges. His specialties include digital writing, weblogs, copyright and intellectual property, information literacy, wireless culture and teaching, project management, information design, and interdisciplinary collaboration. He maintains and contributes to a series of weblogs, including NITLE Tech News and Smartmobs, when not creating digital learning objects. A PhD graduate of the University of Michigan, he has also taught English and information technology studies at Centenary College.

Olga Maria Dantas Nascimento

Mícheál Mac_an_Airchinnigh

Digital re-Discovery of Culture (DrDC), Marie-Curie Transfer of Knowledge Project KT-DigiCult-BG

Mícheál Mac an Airchinnigh is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.

Suzanne Aurilio

Carol Ann Wald

Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, Modern Language Association, Society for the Social Studies of Science, Association for Integrative Studies

Carol Ann Wald is program assistant for the Electronic Literature Organization, and a doctoral candidate in English at UCLA.

Richard Edwards

Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), New Media Consortium (NMC)

Podcasting: "Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir" http://outofthepast.libsyn.com, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Digital Literacy, Remix Culture and the Moving Image

Richard L. Edwards received his Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Saint Mary's College of California.

Stephen J. Cavrak, Jr.

Association of Computing Machinery, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.

Steve Cavrak is Director of Academic Computing at the University of Vermont