Eric Kansa

Society for American Archaeology, American Schools for Oriental Research

I am lead developer of Open Context (www.opencontext.org), a system to publish primary field data from archaeology and related disciplines. Open Context provides comprehensive, open, and free access to field project and museum collection data pooled from many contributors. Open Context uses a folksonomy / community tagging system to enable users to establish meaningful links between items from multiple datasets even if they use very different recording and terminological systems.

Eric C. Kansa is cofounder and Executive Director of the Alexandria Archive Institute and chief developer of "Open Context" (www.opencontext.org/database/browse.php), an online system for sharing primary field data for archaeology and other environmental and social sciences. This follows a position on the faculty of Harvard University, where he served as Lecturer and Undergraduate Tutor for the Department of Anthropology. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a BA in Cultural Anthropology and continued his education at Harvard University beginning in 1995. There, he earned his doctorate in 2001 and has focused his archaeological research on the interactions between ancient states and neighboring societies. His current efforts focus on open dissemination strategies, information architectures for the social sciences, and intellectual property frameworks for online scholarship. These efforts work towards enhancing the research value and creative potential of world cultural heritage. I am currently the volunteer head of the Society for American Archaeology's Digital Data Interest Group.

Paul K. Dezendorf

Associate Professor of Social Work at Winthrop University

Derryl Block

American Public Health Association, American Nurses Association

Professor and Chair Professional Program in Nursing at U of Wisconsin-Green Bay

Marion Field Fass

American Public Health Association, American Society for Microbiology, Wisconsin Health Education Network, SENCER (Science Educatin for New Civic Engagement and Responsibilities), BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium

Working on assessment plan for Beloit College, developing activities that deal with HIV/AIDS for BioQEUST Curriculum Consortium

Marion Fass is Professor of Biology at Beloit College, Director of Microbiology Projects for the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, and a senior associate of the SENCER Project. In 2005-2006, she is the Chair of Division W, Undergraduate Education, of the American Society for Microbiology.