[Air-L] Technology and authority: Graduate programs

[Jasmine Pues]

Yes, a compilation of programs (and/or faculty) would be very
beneficial, though funding's always a bit of an issue - I am currently
working on an MA in Surrey, even though I am American. So situations
like that tend to change things a bit.

On 5/26/08, Kim De Vries <cuuixsilver at gmail.com> wrote:
> While there are many different considerations, I think a list is helpful as
> a place to start.  Perhaps we could extract the data from this thread and
> make a page at the AoIR site, if nothing like it exists already.
>
> Best,
>
> Kim
>
> On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Denise N. Rall <denrall at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Brian -
>>
>> As many researchers have commented previously on this
>> list, it is not usually paramount WHERE one attends
>> university, but WHO one works with while there (there
>> are of course mitigating circumstances in many cases).
>> In that case, one would look for the foremost academic
>> "authority on authority" rather than collecting a list
>> of Schools.
>>
>> I would name an academic currently working at a
>> primary centre for Internet Studies in Australia at
>> Curtin University. Matthew Allen, former President of
>> AoIR is an authority on authority. Further, I see by
>> his webpage that he concentrates his efforts currently
>> on postgraduate (graduate in the US) supervision. That
>> is a key component of your search - 1) will the bright
>> academic in question have time to work with you and
>> your project, and naturally, 2) will they have any
>> funding available for you to do so?
>>
>> I am not saying Matthew can answer all your needs, but
>> here is his website:
>>
>> http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/staff.cfm?
>> id=MHNPFDd <http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/staff.cfm?id=MHNPFDd>
>>
>> Otherwise, there are several key academics on the role
>> of authority. I would name David Lyon and andrew
>> Feenberg as two very notable academics in this area,
>> although I am not aware of their supervisory
>> capacities at present. There are doubtless many more.
>>
>> To address your other issue, mobile communication -
>> Marcus Foth, also on the AoIR board, has done much
>> work on mobile communications, and he is located at
>> the Queensland University of Technology (also in
>> Australia).
>>
>> http://www.vrolik.de/
>>
>> Good luck in your search!
>>
>> Denise N. Rall
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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