James A. Danowski Email & Phone Number

Naperville, Il, Us

Office Of Technology Management

Office of Technology Management licenses my WORDij software to commercial users.

Director of Graduate Studies in Communication, Doctoral program planner; at the university-level: Senator, Chair of Academic Services Committee, Member of External Relations Committee, Member of Faculty Advisory Committee (faculty grievances), Developed Student Course Evaluation instrument, conducted research funded by Gannet Foundation, ITW, Chicago Transit Authority, Ford Motor Company, Visteon, Chrysler, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Science Foundation and others. Middle-East Specialist for former United States Information Agency (USIA). Counter-terrorism researcher. Developed big data semantic network analysis software.

Founding Chair of Human Communication Technology Interest Group, which became the Communication and Technology Division; Board of Directors; Chair, Information Systems Division; Secretary, Communication and Technology Division; Chair, Communication and Technology Division.

Developer: Wm D. Richards Network Software Award

Develop strategies for funding research about the effects of various investor relations practices. Recommend research areas for funding. Review proposals.

Faculty Advisor, Scott M. Cutlip Student Public Relations Society of America Chapter; Supervised public relations interns.

Conducted research to evaluate computer system and software use throughout University of Wisconsin-Extension and recommend new systems, and analysis of who-to-whom email networks, and semantic networks of email content over time in relation to organization crisis; Evaluated internal and external communication programs of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union; Directed research on communication networks and media use of Wisconsin donors to the Easter Seal Society;Conducted research on telephone communication behaviors in relation to interpersonal network structures of Wisconsin residents; Continued development of semantic network analysis software;Member of Masters Comprehensive Exam Committees; Member of Doctoral Disstertation Committees; Taught quantitative research methods.

Annenberg School For Communication

One of the founding faculty members of the school; Director of Communication Management Research track; Doctoral Admissions Chair; Masters Comprehensive Exam Committees; Doctoral Qualifying Exam Committees; Member of Communication Research Institute; Member of Audience Response System design committee; Conducted network analysis research funded by Southern California Edison, Palos Verdes Library District, California Dental Association, National Science Foundation; Researched semantic networks across discussion forums on computer bulletin board systems. Founding Chair of Human Communication Technology Interest Group of the International Communication Association; Developed methods for semantic network analysis of communication message content.

Andrus Gerontology Center, Social Policy Laboratory

Conducted research on communication and aging: 1) effects of computer-mediated communication on self-esteem and life satisfaction of residents of retirement center, 2) process versus content gratifications of political mass communication use across the life-span by cohorts from 1951-1974, 3) social network analysis and media use among members of a retirement community.

Phd, Communication

Activities and Societies: International Communication Association, National Communication Association, Association for Public Opinion.

Ma, Communication

Masters thesis: "Environmental uncertainty, group communication structure, and stress." Supported hypothesis of an inverted U-shaped.

Ba, Political Science, Magna Cum Laude

Wrote major paper on social network structures of cities as predictors of political decision making. Did senior thesis on career path.

Chemistry