PEOPLE
DIRECTORS & ASSOCIATES
Advisory Board
David L. Donovan
President and Executive Director, New York State Broadcasters Association, Inc.
John D. Evans
Chairman and CEO, Evans Telecommunications Co. and The John D. Evans Foundation
Brian F. Fontes
Chief Executive Officer for the National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
Heidi Hennink-Kaminski
Dean of the College of Communication Arts and Science, Michigan State University
Eli M. Noam
Paul Garrett Professor, Emeritus, and Former Director of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information
Gary Reid
Distinguished Senior Academic Specialist Emeritus; former WDBM-FM and WKAR Manager
Michael J. Stern
Chairperson, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University
PROFILE
Steve S. Wildman
Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University and Former Director of the Quello Center
Senior Scholar
Research Fellows
Bianca C. Reisdorf
Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Colin Rhinesmith
Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Arun Ross
Professor; John and Eva Cillag Endowed Chair in Science and Engineering; Site Director, Center for Identification Technology Research, Michigan State University
Ruth Shillair
Assistant Professor, Director of Media + Information Master's Program, and Research Fellow
Volker Stocker
Head of Research Group, Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society (The German Internet Institute); Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University Berlin, Germany
Research Associates
Collaboration
College and University
The Center is enhanced by ties with other centers and programs on the MSU campus, including:
- The Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR), for which Professor Bauer is an affiliated faculty member, aims to apply research to pressing public policy issues and build problem-solving relationships between the academic and policymaker communities. The Institute promotes and conducts research on issues of public policy; provides survey research services; produces public policy education and training programs; and initiates discussion of society’s most pressing needs among diverse audiences.
- Institute for Public Utilities that provides interdisciplinary educational and research activities to inform regulation of public utilities, including the electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, and water industries.
- At the Law School, the Center works with faculty of The Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law Program (IPIC), which focuses on cutting-edge legal issues in this area.
- The Center for Community and Economic Development is committed to creating, applying, and disseminating valued knowledge through responsive engagement, strategic partnerships, and collaborative learning. We are dedicated to empowering communities to create sustainable prosperity and an equitable economy.
Internet and Digital Era Policy Centers across the United States
Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado is a center for law, technology and entrepreneurship. Steve Wildman of the Quello Center is a Research Fellow at Silicon Flatirons and supports links between the centers.
Global and National Collaborations
- Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) is an annual conference on communication, information, and Internet policy that convenes international and interdisciplinary researchers and policymakers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations: tprcweb.com
- The Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers (NoC) is a global collaborative initiative among academic institutions with a focus on interdisciplinary research on the development, social impact, policy implications, and legal issues concerning the Internet: networkofcenters.net