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Contributors

Charles Ess is Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Director of
the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Drury University (Spring-
field, Missouri). He has published in ethics, history of philosophy,
feminist biblical studies, contemporary Continental philosophy, com-
puter resources for humanists, and computer-mediated communica-
tion. His book Philosophical Perspectives on Computer-Mediated
Communication (SUNY Press, 1996) is used nationally and abroad as
a textbook. Ess has received awards for teaching excellence, as well
as a national award for his work in hypermedia.
While a Research Associate at the Center for the Advancement
of Applied Ethics, Carnegie Mellon University, Ess organized on-line
dialogues and contributed to the CD-ROM, The Issue of Abortion in
America (Routledge, 1998). With colleagues at Drury in architecture
and philosophy, he is exploring ways of enriching both disciplines
with the pedagogies and insights of each. He has traveled in the
Middle East and lived in several European countries. He and his
wife Conni, an active civic volunteer, enjoy cooking, travel, camping,
and making music with their children, Joshua and Kathleen.
E-mail: cmess@drury.edu, <http://www.drury.edu/info/
departments/phil-relg/ess.html>

Fay Sudweeks is a Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at
Murdoch University, Australia, a doctoral candidate in Information
Technology and teaches Organizational Informatics and Internet
Studies. She received a Bachelor degree (Psychology and Sociology)
and a Master (Cognitive Science) degree from the University of New
South Wales. Her current research interests are social, cultural and
economic aspects of computer-mediated communication and CSCW,
group dynamics, and e-commerce. She has published six edited
books, eight edited proceedings, and thirty papers in journals, books
and conference proceedings. She is on the editorial board of the Jour-
nal of Computer-Mediated Communication, the Journal of Issues in
Humanities Computing, and the WebNet Journal. She has given lec-
tures in Israel, Sweden, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and Germany.

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