Thanks Charlie and Denise Please send these direct to Karine on the newsletter team - we unfortunately do not have the resources at the moment to make sure we are watching the list the whole time, or to search the archives - so please please send this information to us direct if possible. We do want to be able to collect this content though so please send you name and abstract to the newsletter team re Karine Barzilai-Nahon <karineb@u.washington.edu> apologies for the confusion as to addresses! All the best Kate --On 31 May 2007 17:25 -0700 "Charles Balch Ph.D." <charlie@balch.org> wrote:
Dr. Rall is correct. Please add Dr. Balch ("Charlie") to the list of recent PhDs who monitor this list. I need to update my VITA at http://charlie.balch.org/card but the following is probably more than most list members want to know.
Current VITA: Professor of Computer Information Systems Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ charlie@balch.org
Dissertation Abstract: Balch, Charles V. B.S., University of California at Davis, 1984 M.Ed., University of the Virgin Islands, 1991 MBA, University of the Virgin Islands, 1996 Doctor of Philosophy, LSU, 2007 Major: Educational Theory, Policy, and Practice Balch Internet Research and Analysis Tool Development Case Study Dissertation directed by Professor Jerry Willis Pages in Dissertation, 217. Words in Abstract, 183. Abstract The Internet has become increasing popular as a vehicle to deliver surveys. An essential objective of research is to collect accurate data and there has been little work to insure that Internet survey systems are employing best practices as defined by academic and professional research to collect data. My dissertation reviews the current literature relating to best practices in Internet survey design and best practices in software design and development. I then document the development and deployment of an Open Source and publicly licensed Internet survey system that allows researchers to easily create, deploy, and analyze the results of Internet surveys. The resultant Internet survey design product, the Balch Internet Research and Analysis Tool (http://birat.net) is a full-featured Internet survey system which addresses best Internet research practices as defined by academic and professional research. The system was designed and coded by the author and is considered by him to be both innovative and unique to the field. The dissertation then reviews the system features, describes how the system was deployed, and discusses the strategies used to increase use and adoption of the system.
-----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Denise N. Rall Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 4:44 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Cc: air-newsletter@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Short list of new PhD's for AoIR Newsletter
Dear AIR-ers -
I occurred to me that some of us have recently *finished* our PhD's (whew) and we should announce these in the newsletter. I think Charlie Balch is another one of the tribe.
Please email the Graduate Student coordinator, Ted Coopman (sorry Ted) but you must be the right person!!!
coopman@u.washington.edu
and he will get these into the June newsletter.
Rall, D. N. (2007). Locating four pathways to internet scholarship. Ph.D. thesis. School of Environmental Science and Management. Southern Cross University. Lismore, NSW. Australia.
Denise N. Rall, PhD Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html
Dr Kate O'Riordan Department of Media and Film EDB University of Sussex Falmer Brighton UK BN1 9RG Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html