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SOCIOLOGY FACULTY Anderson, Cynthia Burmeister, Larry Castellano, Ursula Faust, Kelly Hatch, Laurie Russell Henderson, Debra A. Hoffman, Bruce Li, Jieli Mattley, Christine Morgan, Charlie V. Scanlan, Stephen J. Thorne, Deborah Vander Ven, Thomas Welser, Howard T. VISTING FACULTY & INSTRUCTORS Collins, Rebecca Dumas, Heather He, Xuan Jorrey, Eric Roberson, Roberta Stewart, Breanna Tufail, Aisha Waller, Cierra 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: Welser, Howard T. 2012. “The growth of technology and the end of wilderness experience.” Edited by Bruce Martin and Mark Wagstaff, Controversial Issues in Adventure Programming, (pp. 147-155) Champaign IL: Human Kinetics Publishing. 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. 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.

SOCIOLOGY FACULTY

Anderson, Cynthia

Burmeister, Larry

Castellano, Ursula

Faust, Kelly

Hatch, Laurie Russell

VISTING FACULTY & INSTRUCTORS

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:
Welser, Howard T. 2012. “The growth of technology and the end of wilderness experience.” Edited by Bruce Martin and Mark Wagstaff, Controversial Issues in Adventure Programming, (pp. 147-155) Champaign IL: Human Kinetics Publishing.

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.

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.