• Teaching and Research Interests
• Research Projects
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Teresa M. Harrison's Teaching and Research Interests:

• Computer-mediated communication
• Community computer networking
• Community and government information systems
• Communication technology and democracy
• Electronic scholarly communication
• Communication theory
• Organizational communication

Publications/Presentations

Articles, Book Chapters, and Reviews (since 1990)

Harrison, T., Guerrero, S., Burke, G. B., Cook, M., Cresswell, A., Helbig, N.,  Hrdinová, J., & Pardo, T. (2011).   Open government and e-government:  Democratic challenges from a public value perspective.  In Proceedings of the 12th Annual Digital Government Research Conference.  Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T. (2011).  The evolving medium is the message:  McLuhan, medium theory, and cognitive neuroscience.  In D. Park, N. Jankowski, and S. Jones (eds).  The long history of new media (pp 109-126).  New York: Peter Lang.

Harrison, T., & Zappen, J.  (2010).  Designing e-government:   Exploring the potential of new information and communication technology paradigms for democratic purposes.  In J. Scholl (ed.)  Electronic Government: Information, Technology, and Transformation (p. 156-176).  Armonk, NY:  ME Sharpe.

Harrison, T., Zappen, J.,  & Watson, D. (2009).  Children’s use of government information systems:  Design and usability. In Proceedings of  DG2009, the 10th National Conference on Digital Government Research.  Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T., & Barthel, B. (2009).  Wielding new media in Web 2.0:  Exploring the history of engagement with the collaborative construction of media products.  New Media & Society, 11(1), 155-178.

Zappen, J., Harrison, T., & Watson, D.  (2008). A new paradigm for designing E-government:  Web 2.0 and experience design.  In Proceedings of  DG2008, the 9th National Conference on Digital Government Research.  Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T. (2008).  Participative processes in organizations.  In W. Donsbach (Ed).  The International Encyclopedia of Communication, Vol. 8, (pp. 3509-3511).  Oxford, UK and Malden, MA:  Wiley-Blackwell.

Harrison, T., Pardo, T., Gil-Garcia, J. R., Thompson, F., Juraga, D. (2007).  Geographic information technologies, structuration theory, and the World Trade Center crisis.  Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,  58(14), 2240-2254.   Winner of the 2007 John Wiley Best JASIST Paper Award.

Zappen, J., Adali, S., & Harrison, T. (2006).  Developing a youth-services information system
for city and county government: Experiments in user-designer collaboration.  In Proceedings of  DG2006, the 7th National Conference on Digital Government Research (pp.259-264).  Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T., Gil-Garcia, J. R., Pardo, T.A., & Thompson, F. (2006).  Learning about interoperability for emergency response: Geographic information technologies and the World Trade Center crisis.  Proceedings of the 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. (CD-ROM) January, 2006, Computer Society Press. (10 pages) http://csdl2.computer.org/comp/proceedings/hicss/2006/2507/04/250740070c.pdf

Harrison, T., Zappen, J., & Adali, S. (2005).  Building community information systems:  The Connected Kids case.  Computer.  38(12), 62-69. 

Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2005). Building sustainable community information systems: Lessons from a digital government project. In Proceedings of dg.o2005, the 6th National Conference on Digital Government Research (pp.145-150). Digital Government Research Center.

Zappen, J.P., & Harrison, T.M. (2005). Intention and motive in information-system design: Toward a theory and tethod for assessing users' needs. In P. van den Besselaar & S. Koizumi, Digital Cities 3: Information Technologies for Social Capital. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3081 (354-368). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Harrison, T. (2004). Book review of: Cyberkids: Children in the Information Age. Information, Communication, and Society. 7(2), 305-307.

Stephen, T., Harrison, T., Husson, W., & Albert, D. (2004). Interpersonal communication styles of political candidates: Predicting winning and losing candidates in three U.S. presidential elections. K. Hacker (Ed). Candidate Images (pp. 177-196). Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.

Harrison, T.,M., Adali, S., Zappen, J.P. (2004). Project Highlights: Connected Kids: Designing Database Software for Web-based Information Dissemination to Multiple Audiences. In dg.o2004 Proceedings of the National Conference of Digital Government Research (pp. 109-111). Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T. (2004). Reprint of: "Frameworks for the study of writing in organizational contexts." In J. Johnson-Eilola and S. Selber, Central Works in Technical Communication (p. 255-267). London: Oxford University Press.

Harrison, T., (2003). Electronic mail. In D. Johnston (Ed.), Encyclopedia of International Communications and Media. (pp. 505-513). San Diego: Elsevier.

Adali, S., Chatterjee, M., Clegg, C., Dalwadi, M., Dayal, R., Zappen, J., & Harrison, T. (2003). Searching with continuous query exploration. In Proceedings of the DG.03, National Conference on Digital Government Research, May 18-21, 2003 (p. 317). Digital Government Research Center.

Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2003). Methodological and theoretical frameworks for the design of community information systems. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 8(3). http://asc.usc.edu/jcmc/

Zappen, J., Harrison, T., Moore, V., & Williams, A. (2002). Pattern discussion: Collaborative design of community information systems. Community Technology Review, Fall-Winter 2002, http://www.comtechreview.org/article_body_fw02.ap?article_ID-141.

Harrison, T., Zappen, J., & Prell, C. (2002). Transforming new communication technologies into community media. In N. W. Jankowski and O. Prehm, Community media in the information age: Perspectives and prospects. (pp. 249-269). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (2002). Intensive disciplinarity in electronic services for research and education: Building systems responsive to intellectual tradition and scholarly culture. Journal of Electronic Publishing, http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/08-01/stephen.html.

Adali, S., Harrison, T.M., Zappen, J. P. (2002). Connected Kids: Community information system design and development. In DG.02: Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Digital Government Research (pp. 301-307). Marina Del Rey, CA: Digital Government Research Center.

Zappen, J., Harrison, T., Moore, V., and Williams, A. (2002). Designing a collaborative community information system. In R. Carveth, S. B. Kretchmer, D. Schuler (Eds.), Shaping the network society: Patterns for participation, action, and change. Proceedings of the Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing Symposium in association with the National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide (pp. 276-279). Palo Alto, CA: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Harrison, T., & Falvey, L. (2001). Democracy and new communication technologies. In W. Gudykunst (Ed.), Communication Yearbook (pp1-34), Mahway, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Harrison, T., Zappen, J., Stephen, T., Garfield, P., & Prell, C. (2000). Building an electronic community: A town-gown collaboration. In G. Shepherd and E. Rothenbuhler (Eds.), Communication and community (pp. 201-216), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Harrison, T. (1999). Review of Schon, D. A., Sanyal, B., and Mitchell, W. J. (eds.) High technology and low income communities: Prospects for the positive use of advanced information technology. Journal of Communication.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1999). Researching and creating community networks. In S. Jones (Ed.), Doing Internet research: Critical issues and methods for studying the net (pp. 221-241). Newbury Park: Sage.

Cheney, G., Mumby, D., Stohl, C. & Harrison, T. (1998). Communication and organizational democracy: Introduction. Communication Studies. Also appearing in the Electronic Journal of communication/La revue electronique de communication.

Harrison, T., & Katz, S. M. (1997). On taking organizations seriously: Organizations as social contexts for technical communication. In K. E. Staples and C. E. Ornatowski, (Eds.), Theory, practice, and program design in technical communication: Foundations for teaching an emergent discipline. Ablex.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1997). On the future of electronic academic journal publication: Technology, economics, and sociology. Revista Espanola de Bibliologia, 1(1). http://arcano.lib.surrey.ac.uk/~josema/rebesp/vol1no1/ (Invited inaugural article for online journal)

Harrison, T. (1997). Conceptions of ownership and democracy in employee-owned democratic organizations. In M. Huspek and G. P. Radford, (Eds.) Transgressing scientific discourses: Communication and the voice of other. Albany: SUNY Press.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1996). Computer networking, communication, and scholarship. In T. Harrison & T. Stephen, (Eds.) Computer networking and scholarly communication in the 21st century university, pp. 3-36. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1996). Assessing the costs of technopoly: Constructing scholarly services in today's network environment. In T. Harrison & T. Stephen, (Eds.) Computer networking and scholarly communication in the 21st century university, pp. 67-79. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1995). The electronic journal as the heart of an online disciplinary community. Library Trends, 43, 592-608.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1994). Comserve: Moving the communication discipline online. Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 45, 765-770.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1994). The case of EJC/REC: A model for producing, consuming, and delivering electronic journals electronically. In Paul Fortier (Ed.) Proceedings of the1993 University of Manitoba International Conference on Refereed Electronic Journals (pp. 7.1--7.13). Winnepeg: University of Manitoba Libraries.

Treadwell, D. T., & Harrison, T. (1994). Conceptualizing and assessing organizational image: Model images, commitment, and communication. Communication Monographs. 61, 63-85.

Harrison, T. (1994). Communication and interdependence in democratic organizations. In S. Deetz (Ed.) Communication Yearbook, 17 (pp. 247-274). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1993). Interpersonal communication, theory, and history. Communication Theory, 3,163-172.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1993). Online disciplinary centers: Building a community of scholars electronically. Media Information Australia, 67, 71-76.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1993). Comserve: An electronic community for communication scholars. In A. Okerson (Ed.) Visions and Opportunities in Electronic Publishing: Proceedings of the Second Symposium (pp. 53-58). Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries.

Harrison, T. (1992). Designing the post-bureaucratic organization: Toward egalitarian organizational structure. Australian Journal of Communication, 19(2), 14-29.

Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1992). On-line disciplines: Computer--mediated scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Computers and the Humanities, 26, 181-193.

Harrison, T., Stephen, T., & Winter, J. (1991). Online journals: Disciplinary designs for electronic scholarship. The Public Access Computer Systems Review, 2(1), 25-38.

Harrison, T., Stephen, T., Husson, W., & Fehr, B.J. (1991). Images vs. issues in the 1984 presidential election: Differences between men and women. Human Communication Research, 18, 209-227.

Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1990). Communication Style Q-Set (CSQS). In John Touliatos, Barry F. Perlmutter, and Murray At. Straus (Eds.) Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques, (pp. 77-78). Newbury Park, CA: Sage. (Instrument Abstract.)

Books and electronic resources

• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1996). (Eds.) Computer networking and scholarly communication in the 21st century university. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. (468 pg)
• Stephen, T., Harrison, T., and Silvestre, P. (1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993 ComIndex. ComIndex is a standalone bibliographic database allowing analysis of a 30 year span of literature in the communication field. This is a definitive resource used in over 200 university libraries in support of student and academic research and faculty evaluation.
• Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1991). Comserve User’s Guide. (self-published).

Selected conference papers (since 1995)

• Harrison, T.  (forthcoming).  Reading, media ecology, and neuroscience.  To be presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, November, 2011.  (competitively selected)
• Harrison, T., Guerrero, S., Burke, G. B., Cook, M., Cresswell, A., Helbig, N.,  Hrdinová, J., & Pardo, T. (2011).   Open government and e-government:  Democratic challenges from a public value perspective.  Presented at the 12th Annual Digital Government Research Conference, June.  (competitively selected)
• Harrison, T. (2011).  The evolving medium is the message:  McLuhan, medium theory, and cognitive neuroscience. Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, Boston, May.  (competitively selected)
• Harrison, T., Zappen, J.,  & Watson, D. (2009).  Children’s use of government information systems:  Design and usability. Presented at the  10th National Conference on Digital Government Research.  Digital Government Research Center. (competitively selected)
• Eisenberg, B., & Harrison, T., (2008).  NCA Round Table Proposal:  Envisioning the Future of Networked Information Resources: A Communication Perspective. Competitively selected proposal submission, National Communication Association, San Diego, November, 2008.
• Zappen, J., Harrison, T., & Watson, D.  (2008). A new paradigm for designing E-government:  Web 2.0 and experience design.  Presented at DG2008, the 9th National Conference on Digital Government Research, 5/19/08, Montreal, CA (competitively selected).
• Harrison, T., & Barthel, B.  (2008). Wielding new media:  Exploring the history of engagement with the collaborative construction of media products.  Presented at The Long History of New Media Preconference at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, 5/22/08, Montreal, CA. (competitively selected)
• Harrison, T. (2008).  Whither community networking in the age of Web 2.0?  Presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Communication Association, 5/1/08, Pittsburgh, PA (competitively selected panel proposal).
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2007).  Children’s use of community information systems.  Presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association. November, 2007, Chicago.  (competitively selected)
• Zappen, J., Adali, S., & Harrison, T. (2006).  Developing a youth-services information system
  for city and county government: Experiments in user-designer collaboration.  Presented at DG2006, the 7th National Conference on Digital Government, May 2006 (competitively selected) .
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2005). Building sustainable community information systems: Lessons from a digital government project. Presented at DG.O 2005: The National Conference on Digital Government Research, Atlanta, GA, May 2005. (R)
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2005). The Connected Kids Information System. Presented at the Spotlight Panel: Evolving Research in Computer-Mediated Communication. Annual convention of the Eastern Communication Association, Pittsburgh, April, 2005.
• Respondent. (2005). Panel on Organizational Communication; panel on Communication and Technology. Presented at the annual conference of the International Communication Association, May, 2005, New York City.
• Gil-Garcia, J. R. Harrison, T., Juraga, D., Pardo, T., & Thompson, F. (2004). The Structuring of GIS Technologies: The World Trade Center Crisis as a Change Episode. Accepted for poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, November, 2004.
• Respondent. (2004). Moving Forward/Looking Back: Paradoxes of the "Humanized" Organization. Panel presented at the annual conference of the National Communication Association, November, 2004, Chicago.
• Harrison, T., Gil-Garcia, J.R., Juraga, D., Pardo, T., Thompson, F. (2004). The coming of age of GIS. Presented at Learning from Crisis: A Research Symposium on the World Trade Center Response. Center for Technology and Government. Albany, NY. June. (invited speaker)
  Harrison, T.M., Adali, S., Zappen, J.P. (2004). Project Highlights: Connected Kids: Designing Database Software for Web-based Information Dissemination to Multiple Audiences. Presented at the National Conference of Digital Government Research. May, 2004.
• Zappen, J.P., Harrison, T.M., & Gilbert, C.G. (2004). Technical Communication and Civic Engagement: Building an Information System for a Local Community. 7th Annual Conference, Association of Teachers of Technical Writing, San Antonio, Texas, March 2004.
• Harrison, T.M., (2003) Panelist, Editor's Roundtable. Annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, October, 2003.
• Zappen, J.P., & Harrison, T.M. (2003). Activity Theory as a Methodology for Assessing Users' Intentions: Design of a Multipurpose Information System to Support Collaborative Youth-Services Work. Workshop: Applying Activity Theory to CSCW Research and Practice, 8th European Conference of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Helsinki, Finland, September 2003.
• Zappen, J.P., & Harrison, T.M. (2003). Intention and Motive in Information-System Design. Workshop: Digital Cities 3: Local Information and Communication Infrastructures: Experiences and Challenges, International Conference on Communities and Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2003.
• Pomerantz, A, Williams, C., Harrison, T., Barnett, G., Jacobson, T. & Feeley, T. (2003). "Family Discussion and Notification of Organ and Tissue Donation," National Communication Association, Miami, November 2003. Zappen, J, & Harrison, T. (2003). Intentionality and Intertextuality in ICTs: Designing an information system for a local community. Presented at E-Networks and Democracy: Setting the Research Agenda, preconference at the International Communication Association, San Diego.
• Adali, S., Chatterjee, M., Clegg, C., Dalwadi, M., Dayal, R., Zappen, J., & Harrison, T. (2003). Searching with continuous query exploration. DG.03, National Conference on Digital Government Research, May 18-21, 2003.
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (2002). Methodological and theoretical frameworks for the design of community information systems. Euricom Conference on E-Networks and Democracy. October, Catholic University of Nijmegen
• Harrison, T. M. (2002). Methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of community information systems: Preliminary observations. Presented at the Summer Institute of the Social Science Research Council, June 4-8, 2002. Columbia University, New York City [Invited and travel funded]
• Zappen, J., Harrison, T., Moore, V., & Williams, A. (2002). Designing a collaborative community information system. Presented at Shaping the network society: Patterns for participation, action, and change. Directions and Implications for Advanced Computing (DIAC-02) Conference. May 16-20, Seattle, WA.
• Adali, S., Harrison, T.M., & Zappen, J. P. (2002). Connected Kids: Community information system design and development. Presented at DG.02K: Second National Conference on Digital Government Research, May 20-22, 2002. Los Angeles CA.
• Harrison, T., Zappen, J., & Moore, V. (2002). Notes on designing a collaborative community information system. Presented at the Technologies 4 Communities conference, sponsored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with collaboration from the University at Albany, April 6, 2002.
• Mings, S., & Harrison, T. (2001). Youth audience uses of online newspapers. Competitively selected paper presented at the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C. May.
• Harrison, T. (2001). Respondent. "Top Three Papers" panel of the Communication and Technology Division. International Communication Association, Washington, DC, May.
• Harrison, T. (2000). Connected Kids: Engaging organizational communication in developing a community information system. Presented at Engaged Organizational Communication in the New Economy: Technology, Globalization, and the Quality of Work Life -- A Pre-convention Conference sponsored by the Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Assosciation, November. (invited presentation)
• Harrison, T., Zappen, J., & Prell, C. (2000). Transforming new communication technologies into community media. Competitively selected panel devoted to community networking. Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, University of Kansas, September.
  Harrison, T. (2000). Respondent. "Top Three Papers" panel of the Communication and Technology Division. International Communication Association, Acapulco, May.
• Mings, S., & Harrison, T. (2000). The audience for online newspapers: Maturing use of a young medium. International Communication Association, Acapulco, May. (competitively selected)
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (1999). Writing across the community: Integrating new communication technology and service education. FourthWriting Across the Curriculum Conference, Cornell University, June. (invited featured speakers)
• Harrison, T., Stephen, T., & Falvey, L. (1999). Democracy and new communication technologies. International Communication Association. A "top three" competitive paper in the Human Communication Technology Division, May.
• Mings, S. & Harrison, T. (1999). Examining the intersection of the online and print newspaper audience. International Communication Association, May. (competitively selected paper)
• Harrison, T. (1999). Empowering communication scholars: How should e-journals be integrated into the disciplines? (Panel participant) Eastern Communication Association, April. (competitively selected panel)
• Pearson, J., Allen, B. J., Morreale, S. P., Harper, V. B., Harrison, T., Muir, S. A., Nelson, P. E., Pucel, J. K. & Ratliffe, S. A. (1998). Technology and education in the communication discipline. Report of the Task Force on Technology in the Discipline Pedagogy Committee. National Communication Association, November.
• Harrison, T., et al. (1998). Town and gown at the dawn of a new century: Collaboratively building community networks. (Panel participant) National Communication Association, November. (competitively selected panel)
• Harrison, T., & Porter, D. (1998). The Rensselaer Coalition for Community Networking. Empire State Reports Infrastructure Conference, October. (invited panel participant)
• Harrison, T., Porter, D., & Stephen, T. (1998). The Renssselaer Coalition for Community Networking: A town-gown collaboration in building electronic community. Educom. Orlando, October. (competitively selected presentation)
• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1998). Multitasking on the electronic frontier. National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services. February, 1998, Philadelphia. (invited plenary speakers)
• Harrison, T. (1997). Researching and creating electronic community networks. National Communication Association, Chicago. (Invited, "Share the Wealth" presentation)
• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1997). Teaching the graduate course in computer-mediated communication. (Panel participant) National Communication Association, Chicago. (competitively selected panel)
• Harrison, T. (1997). Communication audits in the 1990s. American Society for Training and Development, Hudson Chapter. (invited presentation)
• Cheney, G. & Harrison, T. (1996). Organized and facilitated one-day Pre-Conference on "The Future of Democracy in/at/for/beyond Work", Organizational Communication Division of the Speech Communication Association, November. (35 attendees)
• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1996). Using the Internet to study communication. Presented to the American Journalism Historians Association, October. (invited panel participants)
• Harrison, T. (1996). Why America needs, and now must have, corporate democracy (with apologies to Henry Mintzberg). Presented to the International Communication Association Pre-Conference on the Future of Work, May. (invited participant)
• Harrison, T. (1996). Respondent. Panel of competitively selected organizational communication papers. International Communication Association, May.
• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1996). The digital scholar: Research and publication on the electronic frontier. Invited address presented as part of the Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library Series on Knowledge and Information. Bucknell University, April.
• Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1995). Bibliographic tools for the communication discipline. Invited presentation to the Council for Communication Libraries, International Communication Association, May.

Other Professional Activities

Grants

• Zappen, J., Harrison, T., & Adali, S. (2005). Connected Kids: Designing database software for web-based information dissemination to multiple audiences. Supplemental grant, National Science Foundation, $60,000, funded.
• Harrison, T., Eisenberg, B., Pomerantz, A. (2004). Professional MA Degree in Health Communication at University at Albany: A Proposal. Funded by the Council of Graduate Schools, $4,000.
• Member, Project Team. (2003). A multi-campus classroom intervention to increase organ and tissue donation. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, US Dept. of Health and Human Services. $816,000 over 3 years.
• Harrison T, and Strachan, J. C. (2003). Oral discourse and civic culture: Promoting participation and social responsibility. Proposal funded by University at Albany Innovations in Teaching Program, $5,000.
• Harrison, T., Adali, S., & Zappen, J. (2000). Connected Kids: Designing database software for web-based information dissemination to multiple audiences. National Science Foundation, $900,000 over three years. Funded. Award start date 7/15/01.
• Harrison, T. (2001). (May, 2001). C & CT: Computers and Communication Technology Summer Employment and Training Program. Rensselaer County Department of Employment and Training. Funded $27,783.
• Harrison, T. & Zappen, J. (2000). Connected Kids and a Municipal Area Fiber Optic Network for the City of Troy. 3Com Urban Challenge Grant Program. Written on behalf of the City of Troy. $100,000. Funded.
• Harrison, T. (2000). Youth Online: An Electronic Database for Youth Services. The City of Troy. Funded $30,000.
• Harrison, T. (May, 2000). C & CT: Computers and Communication Technology Summer Employment and Training Program. Rensselaer County Department of Employment and Training. Funded $26,848.
• Harrison, T. (November, 1999). C & CT: Computers and Communication Technology Year-Round Employment and Training Program. Rensselaer County Department of Employment and Training. Funded $22,334.
• Harrison, T. (May, 1999). C & CT: Computers and Communication Technology Summer Employment and Training Program. Rensselaer County Department of Employment and Training. Funded $33,548.
• Harrison, T., & Zappen, J. (1999). Stimulating Economic Development in Troy through Information Technology. Submitted to the Telecommunication and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program (TIIAP), for $645,260. (not funded)
• Harrison, T., (1999). Stimulating Economic Development in Troy through Information Technology. Submitted to the Howard and Bush Foundation. Funded $80,704, contingent on funding of TIIAP proposal (not funded).
• Harrison, T., Geisler, C., Halloran, M., Porter, D., Stephen, T., and Zappen, J. (1997). Rensselaer Coalition for Community Networking. Funded Strategic Initiatives proposal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, $15,000.
• Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1989). Comserve development. Funded by the Beer Trust Mini-grant Program, School of Humanities and Social Science, RPI, $3500.
• Harrison, T., & Stephen, T. (1987). Comserve: An electronic resource for communication scholars. Funded by the Action Grants Committee of the International Communication Association, $750.
• Stephen, T., & Harrison, T. (1987). A file-server system for the discipline of communication studies. Funded by the Eastern Communication Association, $1500.

Professional service

• Vice-Chair, 2000-2001. Organizational Communication Division, National Communication Association.
• Vice-Chair, 2000-2002. Communication and Technology Division, International Communication Association
• Member, 1997-1999. National Communication Association Task Force on the Future of Technology in the Discipline.

Editorships

• Managing Editor, Electronic Journal of communication/La Revue Electronique de la Communication, 1992-present.
• Co-Editor, State University of New York Press Series on Computer-Mediated Communication in Work, Education, and Society, 1993 - present.
• Associate Editor, Communication Quarterly, 2001 - present
  Associate Editor, New Media and Society, 2000-present.
  Associate Editor, Journal of Online Behavior, 1997-present.
  Associate Editor, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1994-present.
  Associate Editor, Communication Research Reports, 1998- 2001.
  Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1994-1996.
  Associate Editor, Operant Subjectivity: Jnl of the Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, 1993 –1996.

Links to websites related to research

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