The ST Global Committee

AAAS

Philip Chalker works for the AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress where he covers patent reform, education, the biological sciences, and energy policy. Before AAAS, he worked for United States Geologic Survey as a Desert Tortoise Biologist. There he compared stress levels of translocated tortoises with those of resident tortoise populations and performed a wildlife detector dogs study. Prior to that, he interned at The Wilderness Society. Phillip holds a B.S. in Operations Management from the University of Maryland.

Nicole Nicole Carlozo works for AAAS where she provides administrative and research support for the Scientific Freedom, Responsibility & Law Program. She conducts project-based research on ethical, legal, and policy issues for topics such as personalized medicine, human enhancement in sports, and neuroscience and the law. Prior to her position at AAAS, she interned at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center where she worked in the Fish & Invertebrate Ecology Lab and conducted blue crab population and mortality research. She also interned at The Wilderness Society where she researched national forest issues such as biomass and forest management. Nicole received her B.A. in Biology and English from St. Mary's College of Maryland.

Arizona State University, CSPO

Shannon Shannon Lidberg is a second year PhD student in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology program in the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University. Through this program she is conducting a comparative study to explore how some national design policies are leveraging design to gain economic competitiveness and how design is being linked with other innovation-based enterprises such as engineering or scientific research. She received a BA in Furniture Design from the University of Central Lancashire in 2000 and a Masters of Science in Design from Arizona State University in May of 2008. Shannon is also a Graduate Research Associate with the Center for Nanotechnology in Society at ASU.

Sharlissa Moore is a third year student in the Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology PhD program at Arizona State University. She is also the Research Assistant for ASU's Senior Vice President for Knowledge Enterprise Development and is an ASU Spirit of Service Scholar. She has held several jobs and internships in science policy in DC, including at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Sharlissa received her B.A. in Astronomy from Smith College.

École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, CSI

Francesca Musiani is a PhD candidate at the Centre for the Sociology of Innovation, Mines ParisTech in Paris, France. Her thesis research focuses on the processes of social construction of the Internet governance realm, and in particular, explores features and implications of alternative uses of peer-to-peer technology. Francesca is also a member of the Vox Internet II research network, and maintains collaborations with the University of Padova, her first alma mater. She holds a MA degree in International Law from the United Nations-mandated University for Peace; her final study at UPEACE has recently been turned into a book, published by EuroEditions.

George Mason University

Dana Dana Dolan is a 2nd year Ph.D. student at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University. She has a BS in Math/Business from Wake Forest University, a Masters in Information Systems from GMU, and over 20 years of experience in development, management, and research in government and non-profit organizations. She is currently pursuing research in civic engagement and long-term governance, climate change policy, and the impact of new media and web 2.0.

Jing Li (Lee) is a Ph.D. student at the School of Public Policy at George Mason University. She has been teaching at Shanghai Jiao Tong University after she finished her first PhD which is in Management Science & Engineering, and her bachelor was majoring in Systems Engineering. Her current research interest is on human capital and urban development. Specifically, she is working on people's decision for location in US Mega-regions.

George Washington University

Anwar Anwar Aridi is a first-year student in the International Science and Technology Policy program at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC. His concentration is in science, technology and economic development in developing countries with interests in entrepreneurship, national innovation systems and technology transfer and diffusion. Anwar received a Master's degree in Communication Technology and Policy with a concentration on policy from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. He also has a Computer Science degree from the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon. He previously worked in the education technology area in Amman, Jordan and in Beirut, Lebanon.

Zuhair Matin

Georgetown University

Jess Jessica Polk is currently a Masters of Arts Candidate at Georgetown University within the Communication, Culture & Technology Program (CCT). At CCT, Jessica focuses her research on medical knowledge production and the notion of the medical "expert," as it relates to the newly emerging 'ePatinet' (patients who proactively and increasingly utilize the Internet for health-related purposes). Correspondingly, her interests surround the physician-patient relationship, as well as the dynamics between the clinical researcher and participant — investigating the ways in which boundaries between medical professionals and the lay patient community have both been built and broken down. In the summer of 2010, Jessica will begin a study on the HIV/AIDS community — examining the ways in which online health-searching behaviors among HIV-positive patients facilitate new instances of blurring boundaries during clinical trial work. Prior to joining CCT, Jessica spent four years in the health care industry, working as an online marketer (eMarketer) in pharmaceutical industry, managing patient education campaigns online. Upon graduating CCT, Jessica hopes to pursue a PhD in the sociology of medicine.

Tarkan Rosenberg is a German native who moved to the US at age 10 and grew up both in Germany and the US. He is a second-year graduate student in the Communication, Culture and Technology (CCT) program at Georgetown, with a focus on Art, Media & Representation as well as Cultural Studies.

Georgia Institute of Technology

Jennifer Green is a Ph.D. student in Georgia Tech's School of History, Technology & Society. Her research is broadly concerned with the social aspects of world water problems, as they are experienced at the local level. How do different groups participate in and respond to problems such as toxic risks to drinking water; climate change affecting where water moves on the planet; and coping with extreme water events (such as droughts and floods)? Importantly, how is scientific expertise used by government, corporations, and by citizens as they deal with these problems? Who has power in shaping the solutions, who is marginalized, and why?

Joel Hewett is a doctoral student and the current Melvin Kranzberg Graduate Fellow in the history of technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2007, he graduated with a degree in English literature from Davidson College, where he was a John Montgomery Belk scholar. During his summers at Davidson, Hewett taught EFL to native Chinese language teachers in Guiyang, China, in coordination with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship; walked across Spain as a pilgrim on the Camino de Santiago trail; and worked on a small commercial dairy farm in Clonakilty, Ireland (whose owner was aptly named "Derry"). Having worked in Washington, D.C. for two years at the intersection of the federal government and technology manufacturing companies, Hewett is professionally interested in the structure of federal science and technology policy, and academically interested in how specific technological changes restructure the human experience of machines. As a 2010 summer graduate research assistant with the Democracy Program of The Carter Center, Hewett will aid in the development of democratic standards for observation of electronic balloting in elections worldwide.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Merc Fox is a Ph.D. candidate in the science and technology policy studies program at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.