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SOCIOLOGY FACULTY Anderson, Cynthia Burmeister, Larry Castellano, Ursula Hatch, Laurie Russell Henderson, Debra A. Hoffman, Bruce Li, Jieli Mattley, Christine Scanlan, Stephen J. Thorne, Deborah Vander Ven, Thomas Welser, Howard T. VISITING FACULTY Faust, Kelly Gosdin, Melissa Jorrey, Eric Wiernik, Craig AFFILIATED FACULTY Weston, Joan EMERITUS FACULTY Kuhre, Bruce Myers, Lena Schwartz, Martin Shamblin, Don Shelly, Robert		Ted Welser Assistant Professor Ph.D.: University of Washington, 2006 Contact Information: Phone: (740) 597-2722 Office: Bentley Annex 109 E-mail: welser@ohio.edu Curriculum Vitae Professional Profile, Current Publications
Areas of Specialization: Social structure and group processes: social roles, social capital, status, networks. Research methods: quantitative methods, study design, social network analysis. Social implications of technological change, computer mediated interaction, social media. Courses Taught: Soc 1000: Introduction to Sociology Soc 3500: Elementary Research Techniques Soc 4190/5190: Group Processes Soc 4500/5500: Data Analysis Soc 6540: Social Research Methods Selected Publications: Black, Laura W., Howard T. Welser, Dan Cosley and Jocelyn M. DeGroot. 2011. “Self-governance through group discussion in Wikipedia: Measuring deliberation in online groups.” Small Group Research. 41(5):595-634. Brooks, Brandon, Howard T. Welser, Bernie Hogan, and Scott Tittsworth. 2011. “Socioeconomic status updates.” Information, Communication and Society. 14(4):529-549. Welser, Howard T., Dan Cosley, Gueorgi Kossinets, Austin Lin, Fedor Dokshin, Geri Gay, and Marc Smith. 2011. “Finding social roles in Wikipedia.” (pp. 122-129). In ACM proceedings of iConference 2011, Seattle, WA. Underwood, Patrick and Howard T. Welser. 2011. “‘The Internet is here’: Emergent coordination and innovation of protest forms in digital culture.” (pp. 304-311). In ACM proceedings of iConference 2011, Seattle WA. Welser, Howard T., Patrick Underwood, Dan Cosley, Derek Hansen, and Laura Black. 2010. “Wiki-networks: Connections of creativity and collaboration.” Derek Hansen, Ben Shneiderman, & Marc Smith (Eds.), Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL, (pp. 248-271). New York: Morgan Kaufmann. Yuan, Y. Connie, Dan Cosley, Howard T. Welser, Ling Xia and Gerri Gay. 2009. “The Diffusion of a Task Recommendation System to Facilitate Contributions to Wikipedia.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 15(1): 32-5. Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleve, Vladimir Barash, Marc Smith, and Jessica Meckes. 2009. “Whither the experts? Social affordances and the cultivation of experts in community Q&A systems.” Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking, IEEE. Barash, Vladimir, Marc Smith, Lise Getoor, and Howard T.Welser. 2009. “Distinguishing knowledge vs social capital in social media with roles and context.” ICWSM 2009, San Jose CA. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Gleave, Eric, Howard T. Welser, Marc Smith, and Thomas Lento. 2009. “A conceptual and operational definition of social role in online community.” In Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), January 5-8. Computer Society Press. Welser, H. T., Lento, T, Smith, M. A. Gleave, E., & Himelboim, I. (2008). “A picture is worth a thousand questions: visualization techniques for discovery in computer mediated interaction.” Nicholas Jankowski (Ed.), e-Research: Transformations in Scholarly Practice. (ch.10). London: Routledge. Lento, Thomas, Eric Gleave, Marc Smith, and Howard T. Welser. 2008. “Some users pack a Wallop: Measuring the impact of core users on the participation of others in online social systems.” ICWSM ‘08, April 1-2, 2008, Seattle, WA, USA. [ Poster] Welser, H. T, Smith, M. A. Gleave, E., & Fisher., D. (2008). “Distilling digital traces: Computational social science approaches to studying the internet.” In N. Fielding, R. L. Lee and G. Grant (Eds.), Handbook of online research methods. (pp 116-140). London: Sage Publications. Kiser, Edgar and Howard T. Welser. 2007. “The Microfoundations of analytic narratives.” Sociologica: The Italian Journal of Sociology on line. Issue: 3. Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleave, Danyel Fisher, and Marc Smith. 2007. “Visualizing the Signatures of Social Roles in Online Discussion Groups.” The Journal of Social Structure. 8(2). Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleave, and Deborah Vaughan. 2007. “Cultural Evolution, Disproportionate Prior Exposure and the Problem of Cooperation.” Rationality and Society. 19(2): 171-202.

SOCIOLOGY FACULTY

Anderson, Cynthia

Burmeister, Larry

Castellano, Ursula

Hatch, Laurie Russell

VISITING FACULTY

AFFILIATED FACULTY

EMERITUS FACULTY

Ted Welser

Assistant Professor
Ph.D.: University of Washington, 2006

Contact Information:
Phone: (740) 597-2722
Office: Bentley Annex 109
E-mail: welser@ohio.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Professional Profile, Current Publications

Areas of Specialization:
Social structure and group processes: social roles, social capital, status, networks.
Research methods: quantitative methods, study design, social network analysis.
Social implications of technological change, computer mediated interaction, social media.

Courses Taught:
Soc 1000: Introduction to Sociology
Soc 3500: Elementary Research Techniques
Soc 4190/5190: Group Processes
Soc 4500/5500: Data Analysis
Soc 6540: Social Research Methods

Selected Publications:
Black, Laura W., Howard T. Welser, Dan Cosley and Jocelyn M. DeGroot. 2011. “Self-governance through group discussion in Wikipedia: Measuring deliberation in online groups.” Small Group Research. 41(5):595-634.

Brooks, Brandon, Howard T. Welser, Bernie Hogan, and Scott Tittsworth. 2011. “Socioeconomic status updates.” Information, Communication and Society. 14(4):529-549.

Welser, Howard T., Dan Cosley, Gueorgi Kossinets, Austin Lin, Fedor Dokshin, Geri Gay, and Marc Smith. 2011. “Finding social roles in Wikipedia.” (pp. 122-129). In ACM proceedings of iConference 2011, Seattle, WA.

Underwood, Patrick and Howard T. Welser. 2011. “‘The Internet is here’: Emergent coordination and innovation of protest forms in digital culture.” (pp. 304-311). In ACM proceedings of iConference 2011, Seattle WA.

Welser, Howard T., Patrick Underwood, Dan Cosley, Derek Hansen, and Laura Black. 2010. “Wiki-networks: Connections of creativity and collaboration.” Derek Hansen, Ben Shneiderman, & Marc Smith (Eds.), Analyzing Social Media Networks with NodeXL, (pp. 248-271). New York: Morgan Kaufmann.

Yuan, Y. Connie, Dan Cosley, Howard T. Welser, Ling Xia and Gerri Gay. 2009. “The Diffusion of a Task Recommendation System to Facilitate Contributions to Wikipedia.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 15(1): 32-5.

Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleve, Vladimir Barash, Marc Smith, and Jessica Meckes. 2009. “Whither the experts? Social affordances and the cultivation of experts in community Q&A systems.” Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking, IEEE.

Barash, Vladimir, Marc Smith, Lise Getoor, and Howard T.Welser. 2009. “Distinguishing knowledge vs social capital in social media with roles and context.” ICWSM 2009, San Jose CA. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.

Gleave, Eric, Howard T. Welser, Marc Smith, and Thomas Lento. 2009. “A conceptual and operational definition of social role in online community.” In Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), January 5-8. Computer Society Press.

Welser, H. T., Lento, T, Smith, M. A. Gleave, E., & Himelboim, I. (2008). “A picture is worth a thousand questions: visualization techniques for discovery in computer mediated interaction.” Nicholas Jankowski (Ed.), e-Research: Transformations in Scholarly Practice. (ch.10). London: Routledge.

Lento, Thomas, Eric Gleave, Marc Smith, and Howard T. Welser. 2008. “Some users pack a Wallop: Measuring the impact of core users on the participation of others in online social systems.” ICWSM ‘08, April 1-2, 2008, Seattle, WA, USA. [ Poster]

Welser, H. T, Smith, M. A. Gleave, E., & Fisher., D. (2008). “Distilling digital traces: Computational social science approaches to studying the internet.” In N. Fielding, R. L. Lee and G. Grant (Eds.), Handbook of online research methods. (pp 116-140). London: Sage Publications.

Kiser, Edgar and Howard T. Welser. 2007. “The Microfoundations of analytic narratives.” Sociologica: The Italian Journal of Sociology on line. Issue: 3.

Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleave, Danyel Fisher, and Marc Smith. 2007. “Visualizing the Signatures of Social Roles in Online Discussion Groups.” The Journal of Social Structure. 8(2).

Welser, Howard T., Eric Gleave, and Deborah Vaughan. 2007. “Cultural Evolution, Disproportionate Prior Exposure and the Problem of Cooperation.” Rationality and Society. 19(2): 171-202.