• 2005-present: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Ph.D. Student - School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)

• 1993-1994: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
  Master of Library and Information Science

  
  
• 1991-1993: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  Master of Business Administration

  
  
• 1987-1991: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
  Bachelor of Science, Broadcast Journalism
  

• Spring 2009: School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)
  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Adjunct Instructor - S544: Gender and Computerization

• Fall 2008: Instructional Systems Technology, School of Education
  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Instructional Assistant (Dr. Curt Bonk) - R685: The Web 2.0 and Participatory e-Learning

• Summer 2008:
  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Editor
  
  • Hara, N. (2008). Communities of practice: Fostering peer-to-peer learning and informal knowledge sharing in the work place. New York: Springer.
    
  • Bonk, C. (forthcoming, June 2009). The world is open: How web technology is revolutionizing education. Hoboken, NJ: Jossey-Bass.
    

• Spring 2008: School of Library and Information Science (SLIS)
  Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Adjunct Instructor - S544: Gender and Computerization


• In August 2008, I was hired to work with Dr. Elin Jacob and Dr. Alice Robbin to prepare materials for S701: "Introduction to Doctoral Research in Information Science."
  

• 2006-March 2008: The Information Technology Workforce Project (ITWF), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  Graduate Research Assistant - NSF funded project (Principal Investigators: Jean Robinson, Susan Herring, Christine Ogan, and Manju Ahuja)
  
  
• 2002-July 2005: The University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  Human Subjects Research Specialist - Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

  
  
• 2001-2002: The University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
  Commerce Alumni & External Affairs
• 1999-2001: The Gale Group, Farmington Hills, MI
  Senior Account Executive, Junior Account Executive, Account Manager/Training Consultant
• 1996-1999: Danville Area Community College, Danville, IL
  Head of Instruction/Public Services Librarian
• 1997-1999: Business & Economic Institute, Danville, IL
  Training Consultant
• 1995-1996: Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
  Visiting Professor/Reference Librarian
• 1994-1995: Kankakee Public Library, Kankakee, IL
  Head of Reference
• 1994: Central Community Library District, Clifton, IL
  Regional Demonstration Project Research Consultant
• 1993-1994: Lincoln Trail Libraries System, Champaign, IL
  Research Assistant for Planning
  

Publications:

• Hara, N., Shachaf, P., & Stoerger, S. (in press). Online communities of practice typology revisited. Journal of Information Science.
  

• Herring, S. C., Paolillo, J. C., Ramos Vielba, I., Kouper, I., Wright, E., Stoerger, S., Scheidt, L. A., and Clark, B. (2007). Language networks on LiveJournal. Proceedings of the Fortieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press. http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/hicss07.pdf [Nominated for Best Paper prize.]
  

• Stoerger, S. (in press). A pedagogical odyssey in three-dimensional virtual worlds: The SECOND LIFE model. In S. Yuen & H. Yang (Eds.), Collective intelligence and e-learning 2.0: Implications of web-based communities and networking. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2008, October-December). Review of the book Brave new classrooms: Democratic education & the internet. The Information Society, 24(5), 360-361.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2008). Review of the books Online collaborative learning: Theory and practice and Collaborative learning techniques: A handbook for college faculty. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 9(2). Retrieved August 27, 2008, from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/497/1072
  

• Stoerger, S. (2008, January/February). Virtual worlds, virtual literacy: An educational exploration. Knowledge Quest, 36(3), 50-56.

• Stoerger, S. (2007). 'Cause you've gotta have friends: Peer-to-peer learning in Second Life. In Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies [Wikibook chapter]. Retrieved December 8, 2007, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Theory
  

• Stoerger, S. (2007). I'm not a doctor, but I play one on the web: Credibility, funding, and interactivity on health organization websites. Proceedings of the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 44.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2007). Review of the book Good video games + good learning: Collected essays on video games, learning and literacy. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 8(3). Retrieved December 5, 2007, from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/498/958
  

• Stoerger, S. (2007). Virtually learning: The education experience in Second Life. In Web 2.0 and emerging learning technologies [Wikibook chapter]. Retrieved December 8, 2007, from http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Assessing
  

• Stoerger, S. (2005, July). Sociological ethics. In C. Mitcham (Ed.), The encyclopedia of science, technology, and ethics. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2004). Review of Lost paradises and the ethics of research and publication. Journal of Anthropological Research, 60(3), 451-452.
  

• Stoerger, S., Herring, S., & Kouper, I. (2006). "Great job, quester!" Assessing language skills on Quest Atlantis. Texas Linguistics Forum, 50.
  

Presentations:

• Hara, N., Shachaf, P., & Stoerger, S. (2006, November). Online communities of practice typology revisited. Presented at the annual conference of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Austin, TX.
  

• Herring, S., Clark, B., Kouper, I., Paolillo, J., Ramos-Vielba, I., Scheidt, L. A., Stoerger, S., & Wright, E. (2006, April). Linguistic diversity and language networks on LiveJournal. Paper presented at the 2006 International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  

• Herring, S., Clark, B., Kouper, I., Mercure, S., Paolillo, J., Scheidt, L. A., Stoerger, S., Welsch, P., & Wright, E. (2005, October). Conversation and connectivity in the Blogosphere. Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2008, October). The facts of virtual life: Education and the Second Life experience. Presentation at the SLIS Doctoral Forum 2008, Bloomington, IN. [Third prize]
  

• Stoerger, S. (2008, February). The 5 bs. Art show opening, Feminist methods: Photovoice, February 20, Bloomington, IN.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2007). Are you experienced? College students and early computer experience. Paper presented at the ITWF: Gender and IT Education Conference, September 28-30, 2007, Bloomington, IN.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2006, October). Talking 'bout a revolution: Blogging and podcasting in education. Poster session presented at EDUCAUSE 2006, Dallas, TX.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2006, September). Tales of a fourth grade quester. Language sophistication in Quest Atlantis. Paper presented at the SLIS Doctoral Forum 2006, Bloomington, IN.
  

• Stoerger, S. (2006, April). Going to change my way of thinking: Blogging in education. Paper presented at the ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference. Abstract retrieved April 15, 2006, from http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/virtualconfpostersession.htm
  

• Stoerger, S. (2006, January 20). Podcasting in higher education. Paper presented at the Web 2.0 and Communities of Practice Conference. http://conversations.cpsquare.org/WebX?14@863.vktQaAw7eup.43@.3bb08b03
  

• Stoerger, S., Herring, S., & Kouper, I. (2006). "Great job, quester!" Assessing language skills on Quest Atlantis. Paper presented at the 2006 Symposium about Language and Society - Austin (SALSA). Abstract retrieved April 15, 2006, from http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/salsa/Program2006.html
  

Other publications and presentations

• SLIS Merit Scholar - Spring 2009
  

• Margaret Griffin Coffin Fellowship - 2008-2009 academic year
  

• Rufsvold Fellowship - 2008-2009 academic year
  

• SLIS Merit Scholar - 2007-2008 academic year
  

• GAANN award recipient - 2006-2007 academic year
  
  

I organized the conference/workshop "Gender Equity in IT Education," funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The workshop/conference was hosted by the ITWF project team and was held in September 2007. There were approximately 50 participants, and they included individuals from five Research I universities - Buffalo, Illinois, Michigan, Washington, and Indiana - AP high school computer science teachers, and others from organizations such as NSF and the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT).

In addition to my work on the ITWF project, I was also a member of the (We)blog Research on Genre Project (BROG) from 2005-Spring 2007. For the 2008-2009 academic year, I will be taking over the duties of the SLIS DSA webmaster. Also, I will be the coordinator for the SLIS Friday Conversations. In 2005, I was a volunteer researcher on the NSF-sponsored Quest Atlantis (QA) project (Principal Investigators: Sasha Barab, Susan Herring, and Dan Hickey)

Article and chapter reviews:

• (2008, October). Reviewed a chapter for S. Yuen & H. Yang (Eds.), Collective intelligence and e-learning 2.0: Implications of web-based communities and networking. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [The chapter examined the use of wikis to support collaboration.]
  

• (2008, October). Reviewed a chapter for S. Yuen & H. Yang (Eds.), Collective intelligence and e-learning 2.0: Implications of web-based communities and networking. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [The chapter investigated web-based video for e-learning.]
  

• (2008, October). Reviewed a chapter for S. Yuen & H. Yang (Eds.), Collective intelligence and e-learning 2.0: Implications of web-based communities and networking. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [The chapter explored the use of Second Life for second language learning.]
  

• (2007, August). Reviewed an article for E. M. Nussbaum & R. C. Anderson (Eds.). Collaborative discourse, argumentation, & learning [Special issue]. Contemporary Educational Psychology.
  

• (2007, Spring). I reviewed six abstracts for the AoIR Internet Research 8.0 conference. [The topics ranged from blogs in academia and the Internet and education to communication in the 3D virtual world Second Life.]
  

• (2007, February). Reviewed a chapter for S. Kelsey & K. St. Amant (Eds.), Handbook of research on computer-mediated communication. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. [The chapter was related to virtual communities.]
  

• (2007, February). Reviewed a chapter for S. Kelsey & K. St. Amant (Eds.), Handbook of research on computer-mediated communication. Hershey, PA: Idea Group, Inc. [The chapter compared HCI and face-to-face interactions in educational settings.]

• Blogging in Education
  http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sstoerge/edublog.htm
  

• Podcasting in Higher Education
  http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sstoerge/podhe.htm
  

• It's Not Whether You Win or Lose, but How You Play the Game: The Role of Virtual Worlds in Education
  http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sstoerge/virtualworlds.htm

• Voices in Cyberspace: Women in the Middle East North African (MENA) Region Voices in Cyberspace: Women in the Middle East North African (MENA) Region
  http://www.web-miner.com/menavoice.htm
  

Other topics of interest:

• Ethics Index
  http://www.web-miner.com/ethicsindex.htm
• Business Ethics - Recommended Site (Journal of Accountancy, January 2003; Choice, February 2003)
  http://www.web-miner.com/busethics.htm
• Plagiarism - Highly Recommended Site (Choice magazine, April 2003)
  http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarism.htm
• Distance Education Index
  http://www.web-miner.com/deindex.htm
  

Personal Citation Indexes (PCIs)

• Business Ethics PCI
  http://www.web-miner.com/busethicspci.htm
• Library Support for Distance Learning PCI
  http://www.web-miner.com/libdistpci.htm
• Plagiarism PCI
  http://www.web-miner.com/plagiarismpci.htm

• ACM SIGCHI
• American Library Association
• American Society for Information Science and Technology
• American Sociological Association
• Section on Communication and Information Technologies
• Association for Library and Information Science Education
• Association of Internet Researchers
• Communication and Information Technologies
• Illinois Library Association
• Indiana Library Federation
• International Communication Association

The following are a collection of online resources I've found to be interesting and useful in the pursuit of my research interests.

• Academic Commons Quarterly. http://www.academiccommons.org/august2005/.
• A List Apart. http://www.alistapart.com/.
• Barbour, Michael K. and Collins, Michael A. J. (2005). Online writing as an indicator of student performance. International Journal of Instructional Technology & Distance Learning. August 2005. http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Aug_05/article02.htm.
• Communications of the ACM. http://www.acm.org/pubs/cacm/.
• Computer-Mediated Communication Magazine. http://www.december.com/cmc/mag/.
• Computers and Society Magazine. http://www.computersandsociety.org/sigcas_ofthefuture2/sigcas/index.cfm.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation. http://www.eff.org/.
• First Monday. http://www.firstmonday.org/.
• Heckman, R., and Annabi, H. (2005). A content analytic comparison of learning processes in online and face-to-face case study discussions. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 10(2), article 7. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue2/heckman.html.
• Herring, Susan C. (2004). Computer-mediated discourse analysis: An approach to researching online behavior. To appear in Barab, S. A., Kling, R., & Gray, J. H. (Eds.). (in press). Designing for Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning. New York: Cambridge University Press.http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/cmda.html.
• "The Internet in Everyday Life" (Barry Wellman and Bernie Hogan). Forthcoming 2004 in the Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction, edited by William Bainbridge. Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/inet_everyday/inet_everyday.pdf.
• Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication,. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/. (edited by Susan Herring).
• New Media Consortium (NMC) and the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII). (2005). The Horizon Report. http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2005_Horizon_Report.pdf.
  
• Reingold, Howard. (1998). The Virtual Community. http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/.
• Thurlow, C., Lengel, L. & Tomic, A. (2004). Computer-mediated communication: Social interaction and the Internet. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. http://www.com.washington.edu/cmc/.
• Usable Web. http://www.usableweb.com/.
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website. http://www.useit.com/.
• videoblogging.info. http://videoblogging.info/.
  

The following conferences, workshops, and events are listed in chronological order.

• ALISE 2009 Annual Conference: "iCREATE" (January 20-23, 2009, Denver, CO)
  http://www.alise.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=62136&orgId=ali
  

• Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference 2008: Internet Research 9.0: Copenhegan
  http://aoir.org/?q=node/775
  

• EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2008: “Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration” (October 28-31, 2008)
  http://www.educause.edu/e08/
  

• The American Society for Information, Science & Technology Annual Conference 2008 (October 24-29, 2008)
  http://www.asis.org/conferences.html
  

Some of the things I like to do when I can find the time include traveling, creative writing, reading (particularly short stories), listening to music, gardening, watching movies, and sampling a variety of ethnic and vegetarian cuisines.

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