Hey! My name is Sam the socialite, if you have any questions about the LSC, I can help you out!

I am a big fan of social computing and can help you out whenever you need me. Common questions that people ask when they come to the Lab for Social computing website are about the following topics:

If you have a question and can't seem to find an answer by looking through the page, try a quick search. If you still can't find an answer, why don't you just 'Ask Sam' and I will get back to you as soon as possible!

Enjoy your stay!

Name: Susan Barnes

Title: Associate Director

URL: http://www.rit.edu/~sbbgpt/ecomm/

Blurb: Susan B. Barnes, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is the author of Online Connections: Internet Interpersonal Relationships (Hampton Press, 2001), Web Research:Selecting, Evaluating, Citing (with Marie Radford and Linda Barr, Allyn & Bacon, 2002), and Computer-Mediated Communication: Human-to-Human Communication Across the Internet (Allyn & Bacon, 2003). Dr. Barnes has presented and published numerous articles and book chapters on computer related topics, including interpersonal computing, computers in organizations, virtual communities, and the history of graphical user interfaces. Her book chapters have appeared in _Real Law @ Virtual Space, Communication and Cyberspace, Emerging Issues in Cyberculture, and Computers and Education. Presently, Dr. Barnes is the Visual Communication Series editor for Hampton Press.