Biographical information for Prof. Michele Jackson

Biographical information for Prof. Michele Jackson

Michele Jackson (Ph.D., Speech Communication, Minnesota, 1994) is an assistant professor at the University of Colorado in the Department of Communication (Arts and Sciences) and also in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program (Engineering). Prior to this position, Jackson served on the faculty in the Department of Communication at Florida State University, where she helped to build a masters program in "interactive and new communication technologies" and a 3 course undergraduate sequence in communication and technology. While at Minnesota, she was part of the research team developing and investigating SAMM (Software Aided Meeting Management), an early GDSS. Jackson has contributed to University-level initiatives integrating new communication technologies on campus at both Florida State University and the University of Colorado. This paper presents arguments extended in a book-length manuscript written with Steve McDowell. Jackson's research also examines the problems of collaborative multi-disciplinary design of communication technologies for the workplace.