Professional service (selected)

Editor-in-Chief

  • Human Communication Research, 2010-date

Editorial Boards

  • Editorial Board, Communication Studies Journal , 2004-date
  • Editorial Board, Special issue of Journal of Health Psychology on "E-Health: Computer-Mediated Health Communication," 2002
  • Editorial Board, Info: An International Journal of Policy and Research, 1998-date
  • Editorial Board, Information, Communication & Society, 1997- date
  • Associate Editor, The Information Society, 1996-2001
  • Editorial Board, Internet Research Journal: Technology, Policy, & Applications, 1996-2001
  • Editorial Board, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 1996-date
  • Editorial Board, Information Technology & People, 1995-2001
  • Editorial Board, Society, 1986-1990

Other Professional services

  • Technical Program Committee, 5th Conference on Telecommunication Techno-Economics, Athens, Greece, June 8-9, 2006.
  • Organizer, International Communication Association "Pre-Conference on mobile communication", New York, May 26, 2005
  • Organizer, international on mobile communication and the network society, Rutgers-New Brunswick, May 21, 2005 .
  • Panelist, Newsweek Technology Summit, Newsweek World Headquarters, New York, April 4, 2005 .
  • Co-editor, special issue of Tobacco Control (published by the British Medical Journal) on Human rights in tobacco control policy, 2005.
  • Fulbright Senior Specialist Award, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Italy, November-December 2004.
  • Scientific Advisory Board, Center for Global Multimedia Mobile Communications. 2004-date.
  • Invited reviewer of candidates for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellows Award ( "Genius Grants"), 2004.
  • Social science book-of-the-month award, Resource Center on Cyberculture Studies, University of Washington, for Internet and Health Communication: Experiences and Expectations, February 2003
  • International advisory committee, Telenor conference on the future of mobile communication, Grimstad, Norway, June 23, 2003 .
  • Social science book-of-the-month award, Resource Center on Cyberculture Studies, University of Washington, for Perpetual Contact , January 2003
  • Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Scholar Award, 2002-2003 Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, etc.
  • Organizing committee, The social and cultural impact/meaning of mobile communication, ICA pre-conference, Chunchon, Korea , July 13-15, 2002 .
  • Sole-authored book, Connections: Social and cultural studies of the telephone in American Life, winner of outstanding academic book award from division of the American Library Association, 2000.
  • Workshop member, "Toward an Enhanced Workforce: Understanding the Digital Divide" Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Academy of Science, December 7, 2001.
  • Organizer and chair, international conference, "Machines that become us," Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, April 18-19, 2001.
  • Member, Colloque International sur les Usages et Services des Telecommunication (ICUST), Scientific Committee, 2001.
  • Organizer and chair, conference, "Perpetual Contact: Mobile communication, private talk, and public performance." Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, December 12-13, 1999.
  • Organizer and chair, conference, "Individual Information and Privacy Policy" Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 1999.
  • Organizer and chair, conference, "Private Communication in the Public Sphere" Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, December 10, 1998.
  • Organizer and chair, conference, "Healthcare and the Internet: What is the Right Prescription?" Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, November 1998.
  • Workshop participant, National Science Foundation "Human Dimensions of Knowledge Networking," Santa Barbara, CA, June 18-20, 1997.
  • International Program Committee, France Telecom Forecasting Industrial Futures Group, 1996-1997 Trustee, Transaction Foundation for Research in Social Policy, 1997-2003.
  • Corresponding member, program committee, International Telecommunications Society Regional Conference on Mobile Telecommunications, Berlin, May 3-4, 1996
  • Smart Card Forum, Public Affairs and Policy Committee, 1996
    American Anthropological Association-National Science Foundation workshop on "Culture, Society, and Advanced Information Technology," Washington, June 1-2, 1995
  • Board of Directors, Transaction Publications Consortium,1993-date
  • External reviewer, United Kingdom 's Programme on Information and Communication Technologies (PICT), a multi-university research program dedicated to shaping policy and practice, 1993
  • Awarded title of "Distinguished Member of Staff," one of Bellcore's highest honors, for sustained outstanding research productivity, 1991
  • Bellcore Advisory Group on Applied Research, 1989-1993 (co-chair, 1991-1993)
  • Telegraph Sesquicentennial Commemoration Committee, conference co-chair, "Telecommunications at 150: Progress, Policies, Promises" (June 21 and 22, 1988, Princeton, NJ). Sponsored by the IEEE Communica-tions Society, National Science Foundation, International Communication Association & other professional groups
  • Congress and National Energy Policy (sole-authored book) nominated for APSA's Gladys Kammerer prize for best political science publication, 1984 Board of Trustees, American Political Science Association Trust and Endowment Fund, 1987-1991
  • President's Council, Northern Illinois University, 1991-1996
  • Life member, International Communication Association
  • Life member, American Political Science Association
  • Life member, Academy of Political Science
  • Member, Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication
  • Initiate, Phi Delta Kappa Education Honor Society
  • Initiate, Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society
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