Committees and Special Interest / Working Groups

AECT 's various committees and special interest / working groups involve our members in activities, research, practice, and trends in specific fields of interest. These committees perform the daily work that represent the diversity of AECT. Click the committee to learn more.

Accreditation Committee

Advocacy Committee

Awards Committee

Conference Evaluation Committee

Convention Planning Committee (Orlando)

• Mary Herring, Chair (2008) mary.herring@uni.edu
• Ana Donaldson ana.donaldson@uni.edu
• Sharon Smaldino ssmaldino@niu.edu
• Lois Freeland loisjf@aol.com
• Atsusi Hirumi (Orlando Rep) hirumi@mail.ucf.edu
• Frank Duffy (Change) fmduffy@earthlink.net
• Abbas Johari (ID) abbasj@cameron.edu
• Christian Loh (MMP) csloh@siu.edu
• Christopher Miller (DDL) c.miller@moreheadstate.edu
• David Moore (R&T) moored3@ohio.edu
• Joi Moore (T&P) moorejoi@missouri.edu
• Drew Polly (TED) abpolly@email.uncc.edu
• Johannes Strobel (MGMT) jstrobel@alcor.concordia.ca
• Monica Tracey (D&D) tracey@oakland.edu
• Andrew Smith (SMT) Andrew-Smith@gsu.edu

Curriculum Committee

• Andrew Smith, Chair Andrew-Smith@gsu.edu (unclear when term expires)
• Doris Bolliger (2008) dbollige@uwyo.edu
• Brendan Calandra (2008) bcalandra@gsu.edu
• Jenny Johnson (2009) jkjohnson1@comcast.net
• Brian Nelson (2009) Brian_Nelson@asu.edu
• AECT Board liaison: Jenny Johnson jkjohnson1@comcast.net

Definition and Terminology Committee (standing committee, so should not be discharged)

• Al Januszewski Chair (2007) janusza@potsdam.edu (Need new chair after convention)
• Tony Betrus betrusak@potsdam.edu
• Rob Branch rbranch@uga.edu
• Phil Doughty pldoughty@syr.edu
• Mike Molenda molenda@indiana.edu
• Rob Pearson rpearson@contentalive.com
• Kay Persichitte kpersi@uwyo.edu
• Rhonda Robinson rrobinson@niu.edu
• Chuck Stoddard chuck@cc.usu.edu
• AECT Board Liaison: Barbara Lockee barbara.lockee@vt.edu

Distance Education Standards (Ad Hoc) (Discharged 10/15/007)

• Jason Huett, chair, (2008) jhuett@charter.net ; jhuett@westga.edu
• Mary Engstom (2008) mary.engstrom@usd.edu
• Mary Herring mary.herring@uni.edu
• Pat Miller patm@knpb.org
• Les Moeller (2008) lesmoller@aol.com
• Kay Perchicitte kpersi@uwyo.edu
• Charlie Schlosser Cschloss@nova.edu
• Ellen Wagner ewagner@adobe.com
• AECT Board Liaison: Susan Jones SusanJones2@hotmail.com

Electronic Services

• Donal Little, Chair (2009) dmlittle@syr.edu
• Scott Adams scottadams@gmail.com (2009)
• Mike Barbour mkb@uga.edu (2009)
• Nate Lowell nlowell@durandus.com (2009)
• Mark Pearson markp@earlham.edu (2009)
• David Wiley david.wiley@gmail.com (2009)
• David Winograd david_winograd@mac.com (2009)
• AECT Board Liaison: Trey Martindale treymartindale@gmail.com

Graduate Student Assembly

See Graduate Student Assembly

Graduate Student Forum

Coordinated by Graduate Student Assembly

History and Archives Committee

• Rebecca Butler, Chair, Northern Illinois University (2008) rbutler@niu.edu
• Audra Akins (2009) aakins@niu.edu
• Jim Allen (2007) hjas@jamedia.com
• Jes Cisneros (2009) cisneros@niu.edu
• Rita Hauck (2009) rhauck@thsu.edu
• Johannes Strobel (2008) jstrobel@purdue.edu
• AECT Board liaison: Bill Sugar sugarw@coe.ecu.edu

Intellectual Property

• Rosemary Talab, chair (2007) talab@ksu.edu (need all reappointmts/new appts after convention)
• Gary Becker - gbecker@earthlink.net (2007)
• Hope Botterbusch - hopeb@marine.usf.edu (2007)
• Janice Bruwelheide - janisb@montana.edu (2007)
• Rebecca Butler - rbutler@niu.edu (2007)
• Bing-Howe Chia - bhchia@gmail.com (2007)
• Leonard Duboff - lduboff@dubofflaw.com (2007)
• Barbara Fiehn - P60BAF1@wpo.cso.niu.edu (2007)
• Terry Holcomb - THolcomb@unt.edu (2005)
• Marybeth Jordan - Jordan@aa.edu (2005)
• Preston Parker - prestonparker@gmail.com (2007)
• Carol Simpson - csimpson@directlink.net (2007)
• Ester Sinofsky - esinofs@lausd.k12.ca.us (2005)
• Eddie Vega - eddie.vega@plattsburgh.edu (2007)
• AECT Board liaison: Dave Wiley david.wiley@gmail.com

International Student Media Festival Committee

Otto Benavides, Chair (2008) ottob@csufresno.edu
AECT Board Liaison: Mary Beth Jordan Jordan@aa.edu

Leadership Development Committee

Chris Miller Chair (2009) c.miller@moreheadstate.edu
Intern Coordinator (ex officio): Clif Mims clifmims@memphis.edu

Graduate Student Assembly President (ex officio): Preston Parker preston.parker@usu.edu
Members:
Leslie Blatt (2009) MrsLes@aol.com
Amy Bradshaw bradshaw@ou.edu
Cindi Conn Cynthia.Conn@nau.edu
LK Curda. lcurda@uwf.edu
Mary Herring mary.herring@uni.edu
Abbas Johari abbasj@cameron.edu
Pat Miller patm@knpb.org
Rhonda Robinson rrobinson@niu.edu
John Solis john.solis@mnsu.edu
Guy Westhoff westhoff@wsu.edu
AECT Board liaison: Lois Wilkins claywork@verizon.net

Membership Committee

Charlie White, chair CHARLIEWVT@aol.com (unclear when term expires)

Members:
Marcy Driscoll, mdriscol@mailer.edu
Robert Harrell rharrell@earthlink.net
Phi Harris pharris@aect.org
Jim Hayden j23hayden@aol.com
Mary Beth Jordan Jordan@aa.edu
Addie Kinsinger addkin@msn.com
Nathan Lowell Lowell@durandus.com
Delia Neuman dnewman@umd.edu
Paulette Robinson paulette@umd.edu
Chuck Stoddard chuck.stoddard@gmail.com
Guy Westhoff westhoff@wsu.edu
Charlie White charliewvt@yahoo.com
AECT Board liaison: Don Little dmlittle@syr.edu

Nominating Committee for 2008 elections

Ward Cates, Chair ward.cates@lehigh.edu
Members:
Angela Benson abenson@bamaed.ua.edu
Rob Branch rbranch@uga.edu
Elizabeth Boling eboling@indiana.edu
Stephanie Moore stephanie@hyperformer.com
Delia Neuman dneuman@umd.edu
Preston Parker (Graduate Student Assembly President) preston.parker@usu.edu
Dave Tiedemann tiedeman@syr.edu
Paige Worrell worrell@tarleton.edu

Organization & Bylaws Committee

Ken Harmaning, Chair wharmani@san.rr.com (unclear when term expires)
Members:
Addie Kinsinger addkin@msn.com
Judith Meyers meyersju@oplin.lib.oh.us
Kyle Peck kpeck@psu.edu
AECT Board Liaison: Wes Miller wesm@earlham.edu

Professional Ethics Committee

Vicki Napper, Chair (2008) Weber State vnapper@weber.edu
Members:
Audra Akins (2008) aurdraakins@sbglobal.net
Erin Brewer (2008) [not in AECT database]
Rebecca Butler (2008) rbutler@niu.edu
Don Descy (2008) ddescy@yahoo.com
Ana Donaldson (2008) ana.donaldson@uni.edu
Dennis Field (2007) dennisf@stcloudstate.edu
Leslie Hall (2007) ldhall@wsu.edu
Randy Koetting rkoetting@mariancollege.edu
Sharon Smaldino (2008) ssmaldino@niu.edu
AECT Board Liaison: Scott Schaffer ss@purdue.edu

Publications Committee

Rhonda Robinson, chair (2007) rrobinson@niu.edu
Members:
Ward Cates (2007) ward.cates@lehigh.,edu
Don Descy (2007) ddescy@yahoo.com
Joni Dunlap (2007) joni.dunlap@cudenver.edu
Donald Ely (2007) dely@ericir.syr.edu
Jim Klein (2007) james.klein@asu.edu
Delia Neuman (2007) dnewman@umd.edu
Michael Orey (2007) morey@coe.uga.edu
Michael Spector (2007) mspector@lsi.fsu.edu
Andy Walker (2007) andy.walker@usu.edu
AECT Board liaison: Dave Wiley david.wiley@gmail.com

Standards Committee

Kay Persichitte, Chair (2009) kpersi@uwyo.edu
Members:
Leigh Ausband lausband@email.uncc.edu
Tom Blevins tblevins@bluefieldstate.edu
David Carbonara carbonara@duq.edu
Chris Miller c.miller@moreheadstate.edu
Delia Neuman dnewman@umd.edu
Drew Polly abpolly@email.uncc.edu
Paige Worrell paige.worrell@tamut.edu
AECT Board liaison: Mary Herring mary.herring@uni.edu