About the Authors
Jeffrey M. Stanton, PhD (University of Connecticut, 1997) is
associate dean for Research and Doctoral Programs in the School of
Information Studies at Syracuse University. Dr. Stanton is the
coauthor, with Dr. Kathryn R. Stam, of The Visible Employee: Using
Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect Information
Assets—Without Compromising Employee Privacy or Trust (2009,
Information Today, Inc.). In addition, Stanton has published 77 journal
articles and book chapters and refereed conference papers on research
topics at the crossroads of organizational behavior and technology. Dr.
Stanton’s research has been supported through grants and
supplements from the National Science Foundation (NSF), including
NSF’s prestigious CAREER Award, as well as from the Society
for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Research Foundation,
Procter and Gamble, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the
Institute of Museum and Library Services. Before starting in academia,
Dr. Stanton was a software engineer in the professional audio and
electronic publishing industries.
Indira R. Guzman, PhD (Syracuse University, 2006) is an associate
professor of Management Information Systems and Business Administration
at TUI University in Cypress, California, and senior research associate
of the Information Technology Workforce (ITWF) project at Syracuse
University’s School of Information Studies. Dr. Guzman holds
numerous degrees, including a doctorate in information science and
technology and a master’s degree in information management,
both from Syracuse University, master’s and
bachelor’s degrees in computer science engineering from the
Polytechnic Institute of Donetsk, Ukraine, and advanced graduate
studies in banking and finance from the Bolivian Catholic University,
Bolivia. She received the prestigious Fulbright-LASPAU scholarship and
NSF funding for her academic training as well as her research. Dr.
Guzman’s business and consulting experience includes more
than a decade of work as network administrator and chief of the
Information Systems Department at the Argentinean Nation’s
Bank and other international organizations. Her research in information
studies focuses on the impact of information technologies in
organizations and in society. She has also conducted research related
to human resources in information systems, specifically the study of
the occupational culture of information professionals; their
organizational role, gender, and ethnic diversity in the field; and
recruitment and retention issues. As a researcher in this field, her
accomplishments include more than 30 academic presentations and
publications. Her work has been published in journals such as
Information Technology and People, The DATA BASE for Advances in
Information Systems, Human Resource Management, Women’s
Studies, Review of Management Innovation and Creativity, Journal of
Digital Information, and the Latin American and Caribbean Journal of
the Association of Information Systems.
Kathryn R. Stam, PhD (Syracuse University, 1999) is an assistant
professor of Anthropology at the SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica,
New York. She also coordinates an online graduate program in
Information Design and Technology. She has taught more than 25
different courses, most of them related to anthropology; cultural
diversity; or the social, organizational, and ethical aspects of
information technology. She earned her PhD in social science from
Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs. Following this, she completed a 3-year postdoctoral
research position in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse
University. Her main research interests focus on information
technology, community health, cultural conservation, and ethnographic
methods. She has also published a wide range of qualitative research,
and her articles appear in the following journals: Information
Technology and People, The DATA BASE for Advances in Information
Systems, Journal of Digital Information, the Heidelberg Journal of
Religions on the Internet, Computers and Security, the Journal of
Information Systems Education, Surveillance and Society, Health
Education Research, Social Science and Medicine, and the World Health
Forum. She has received financial support for her research from the NSF
and the State of New York/UUP Professional Development Committee. Her
work has been presented at more than 20 professional conferences in the
past six years. Her background also includes extensive experience
learning, writing, and teaching about Thai and Lao culture. She worked
in Thailand for more than 10 years as a translator, teacher, and
program manager in the field of community health. She has completed
follow-up studies of her research about married women and HIV/AIDS and
has presented her work at the meetings of the American Anthropological
Association and the Northeast Anthropological Association. She is
currently working on a project to preserve rural Thai culture through
the collection and digitization of Thai cremation volumes.