About the Research Team

One of the strengths of this collaborative effort is the diversity of expertise in its interdisciplinary team. Members of this working group represent those working in education, librarianship, information science, communication, and museums have developed a number of websites for scholarly and educational purposes. In addition, several are centrally involved in developing strategies for distance education at SCILS and are actively involved in teaching online courses.

Since Project ECLIPSE has been ongoing for several years, team members who were students have earned their degrees and have moved on to further their careers. The position descriptions below represent those at the time of their work on this project.

The original research team included the following members:

Dr. Kay E. Vandergrift, Professor, Associate Dean, Principal Investigator
Dr. Lisa Covi, Assistant Professor, LIS, SCILS
Dr. Jane Anne Hannigan, Professor Emeritus, Columbia University
Michael Joseph, Rare Book Specialist and Collector, Alexander Library
Gail Aaron, Assistant Curator, Zimmerli Art Museum
Rebecca Platzner, Ph.D. Student, SCILS
Shannon Roper, Ph.D. Student, SCILS
Alex Daley, Rutgers Student, and IT Developer

As the project grew and developed; other colleagues, students, and friends noticed and asked to be included. The following joined the original team at various points along the way, often for a specific task, adding their own interests and expertise to the project.

Barbara Battles, Librarian
Doug Riecken, IT Consultant
David Neal, IT Consultant
Carol Van Houten, Librarian
Amanda Eigen, MLIS Student
Jon Oliver, Assistant Dean
Virginia Normann, Secretarial Assistant
Jack Grasso, Visiting Professor
Enola Romano, Librarian
Janet Hilbun, Ph.D. Student
Lin Lin, Ph.D. Student
Jenifer Williams, MLIS Student
Andy Mudrak, Systems Administrator
Ping Chao, Helpdesk Assistant