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Co-Directors

Steven S. Wildman (on sabbatical leave during 2007)
James H. Quello Chair of Telecommunication Studies

405 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.8004
Fax: 517.432.8065
swildman@msu.edu

Steve Wildman is the co-author or co-editor of five books, including Video Economics and Making Universal Service Policy, and numerous articles on economics and policy for communication industries.

Prior professional positions include:

  • Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Program in Telecommunications Science, Management & Policy, Northwestern University;
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA; Senior Economist, Economists Incorporated.

Research interests include:

  1. Economics and policy for mass media industries,
  2. Institutional underpinnings of law and regulation for communication industries;
  3. Universal service policy;
  4. Formal models of communication processes.

Credentials:

  • PhD and MA in Economics, Stanford University
  • BA in Economics, Wabash College

 

Johannes M. Bauer (acting director during 2007)
Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

405 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.8003
Fax: 517.432.8065
bauerj@msu.edu

Johannes M. Bauer is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. He has co-authored and co-edited six books and more than fifty articles on information and communication policy. His work is published in Information Economics and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Telematics and Informatics, INFO, the Journal of Economic Issues, and Land Economics.  Recent research projects were funded by the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Prior professional positions include:

  • Executive Director, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
  • Director, Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
  • Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Assistant Professor, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria

Research interests include:

  • Information and communications policy
  • Economics of information and communications industries
  • Design of efficient regulatory regimes
  • Comparative and international telecommunications
  • Wireless communications and mobile Internet
  • Governance of the Internet and the Knowledge Economy

Credentials:

  • Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
  • B.A. in Precision Engineering, Federal Technical College, Mödling, Austria

 

 

Associate Director

 

Gary Reid

Distinguished Senior Specialist, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.353-9753
Fax: 517.355.1292
reidg@msu.edu

 

Senior Fellows

 

Thomas F. Baldwin

Professor Emeritus, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

 

406 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.8001
Fax: 517.432.8065
tbaldwin@msu.edu

 
 

 

Research Associates

 

 

Robert LaRose

Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.6336
Fax: 517.355.1292
larose@msu.edu

Robert LaRose is a full professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication Theory and Research from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. He teaches graduate research methods courses and introductory information studies courses. He is the co-author of a popular introductory textbook, Media Now. His research is on the uses and social effects of new media.

 

Hairong Li

Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Retailing

313 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517-355-1739
Fax: 517-432-2589
hairong@msu.edu

   
 

Nora Rifon

Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Retailing

309 Comm Arts Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: (517) 355-3295
Fax: (517) 432-2589
rifon@msu.edu

 

Charles Steinfield

Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.6336
Fax: 517.355.1292
steinfie@msu.edu

 

 

Yi-Feng Carol Ting

Assistant Professor

School of Communication Systems Management, Ohio University

287 Lindley Hall
Athens, OH 45701
Tel: 740.593.4917
ting@ohio.edu

 

 

 

Pamela Whitten

Associate Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.6336
Fax: 517.355.1292
pwhitten@msu.edu

 

Faculty Associates

D. Adam Candeub

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University DCL College of Law

405A Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6906
candeub@law.msu.edu

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Thomas A. Muth

Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.353-6412
Fax: 517.355.1292
tomuth@msu.edu

Kevin Saunders

Professor of Law

Michigan State University College of Law

 

443 Law College Building
Michigan State-DCL College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6911
saunde44@law.msu.edu

 

 

Peter K. Yu

Associate Professor of Law

Michigan State University College of Law

 

Peter K. Yu is Assistant Professor of Law and the founding director of the Intellectual Property and Communications Law Program at Michigan State University-DCL College of Law

 

Law College Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
Tel:  517.432.6908

Fax:  517.432.6879

Email:  peter_yu@msn.com

 

 

Visiting Scholars

 

Brano Ondrasik

Visiting Fulbright Scholar

 

 

Brano Ondrasik is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar from Slovakia.  He will spend the academic year at the Quello Center conducting research on the political economy of media.

 

406 Communication Arts and Sciences

East Lansing, MI 48824-1212

Tel: +1.517.432.8001

Fax: +1.517.432.8065

Email: ondrasik@msu.edu

 

 

 

PhD Students

 

 

 

Paul Kim

MMPhD student

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.432.8001
Fax: 517.432.8065
kimsun21@msu.edu

 

 

Jun (Bill) Zhang

MMPhD student

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.432.8001
Fax: 517.432.8065
zhangju5@msu.edu

 

 

Research Assistants

 

Sung Wook Ji

409 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.432.8001
Fax: 517.432.8065

 
   

 

Administrative Staff

 

 

Joy Mulvaney

Secretary

406 Comm Arts Bldg.
East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
Tel: 517.432.8001
Fax: 517.432.8065
mulvaney@msu.edu

 

Last modified March 27, 2007

 

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