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Research Interests

19th-century American studies, 21st-century information technologies and related social, cultural and historical inquiry.

Current Scholarly Work

Book: Intervals of Inspiration: Measurement, Metaphor and 19th-Century America. A study of the confluence of science, technology, and environmental expression in texts by Thomas Jefferson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Adams. Under consideration by The Center for American Places, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois.

Article: "Combining Rigor and Relevance: The Open Electronic Archive Option." Discussion of the reasons for creating an open electronic archiving system for discipline-based scholarship: narrowing the application/theory gap; resolving the rigor/relevance dilemma; exposing innovation in research; and challenging the dominance of SME editorial control by facilitating an open source ethos that engages the entire computing systems community.  Co-author, Brian Whitworth, Massey University Auckland, New Zealand.

Employment History at NJ Institute of Technology, Newark

2007 - present. Associate Professor, Humanities Department; Director, Science, Technology and Society Program, College of Science and Liberal Arts; Joint Appointment, Information Technology Program - Multimedia; Director, Distributed Faculty of Social Sciences.

2004-2007 Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Humanities Department, College of Science and Liberal Arts; Joint Appointment, Information Technology Program.

Spring 2004 Acting Associate Dean, College of Computing Sciences; Research Professor, Information Technology Program.

2002-2003 Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Computing Sciences.

2001-2002 Research Professor, Information Technology Program and NJ I-TOWER Grant Investigator and Manager, College of Computing Sciences.

2000 Coordinator for Distance Learning and Extension Site Programs, Computer and Information Science Department.

1993-1999 Graduate Programs Administrator and Special Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Other Academic Positions

Baruch College, City University of New York; Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus; New School for Social Research; New York Institute of Technology; Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University

Recent Teaching Activities

Introduction to Literature; Foundations of Science, Technology and Society; Technology, Society and Culture: An American View; Senior Seminar: Edgar Allan Poe; Senior Seminar: Moby-Dick; Literature and Nature; Technology and Human Values; Introduction to Information Technology; Information Design Techniques; Multimedia Information Systems; Computers and Society; Educational Software Design and Development; Electronic Beowulf; Video Production; Digital Music and Secondary Education.

NJIT Courses Developed

  • STS 101 Foundations of Science, Technology and Society, 2007
  • IT 380 Educational Software Design and Development, Spring 2002
  • IT 485 Electronic Beowulf, Designed for an E-Learning Environment, Spring 2002
  • IT 485 Video Production, Fall 2002
  • IT 485 Digital Music and Secondary Education, Fall 2002
  • IT 201 Information Design Techniques, Spring 2003

Multimedia Developed

  • Produced "The Tegite Challenge," a middle school reading skills game, for Pearson.
  • Produced and directed CD-ROM courseware for ENG 620: Proposal Writing, E-Learning
  • Produced “City Mapping,” CD-ROM courseware for IT 485, Educational Software Design and Development
  • Produced “City Physics,” CD-ROM courseware for IT 485, Educational Software Design and Development
  • Produced "Negro Leagues 101," CD-ROM courseware and museum exhibit for IT 485, Educational Software Design and Development.
  • Produced CD-ROM courseware for IT 485, Electronic Beowulf
  • Authored and produced multimedia video lecture for LIT 331: World Literature, E-Learning
  • Living Literature: An Online Introduction to Literature Prototype.
  • Produced and edited multimedia Proceedings CD of The Commercialization of Microsystems 2000 Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sept. 5-9, 2000.

Scholarly Activities

Journal Articles, Peer-Reviewed

  1. R. Friedman, N. Elliot, and B. Haggerty, "E-Learning in Undergraduate Humanities Classes: Unpacking the Variables." International Journal on E-Learning, accepted.
  2. R. Friedman and L. Pruzak, "On Heuristics, Narrative and Knowledge Management." Technovation, accepted.
  3. B. Whitworth and R. Friedman, (2008). “The Challenge of Modern Academic Knowledge Exchange.” ACM SIGITE Newsletter, 5 (2), 4-10.
  4. R. Friedman and A. Saponara, (2008). "The Design, Implementation, and Effectiveness of Educational Software: Developing Technology and Geography Skills through Participatory Design." Journal of Interactive Learning Research 19 (2), 271-292.
  5. R. Friedman and J. Drakes, (2006), “On the Ball Field with the Negro Leagues: Software Development for a Local Museum,” Journal of Computers in Education, 16 (1), 21-40.
  6. R. Friedman and F. P. Deek, (2003), “Innovation and Education in the Digital Age: Reconciling the Roles of Pedagogy, Technology and the Business of Learning,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 50 (4), 403-412.
  7. R. Friedman and F.P. Deek (2003), "Problem-Based Learning and Problem-Solving Tools: Synthesis and Direction for Distributed Education Environments," Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 13 (3), 237-255.
  8. R. Friedman, J. Drakes and F.P. Deek (2002). "The Design and Implementation of Mapping Software: Developing Technology and Geography Skills in Two Different Learning Communities," Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 269-286.
  9. F.P. Deek and R. Friedman (2001). "Computing and Composition: Common Skills, Common Process," ISTE Journal of Computer Science Education, 15 (2), 8-14.
  10. R. Friedman, F.P. Deek and M.A. Deek (2000). “Bridging Technology and Pedagogy: Interdisciplinary Computing and Composition," WebNet Journal 2 (1), 60-67.
  11. F.P. Deek, R. Friedman, and M.A. Deek (1999). "The Virtual Classroom Experience: Viewpoints from Computing and Humanities,” Interactive Learning Environments, 7 (2-3), 113-136.

Books

Principal Concepts of Technology and Innovation Management: Critical Research Models. Hershey, PA: Idea Group International. Desiree Roberts and Jonathan Linton , co-authors, 2008.

Hawthorne's Romances: Social Drama and the Metaphor of Geometry. London: Harwood Academic Press, 2000.

Monograph

Collaborative Learning Systems: A Case Study. Saarbruecken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller, 2008.

Book Chapters

  1. R. Friedman, F.P. Deek and N. Elliot, "Validation of E-Learning Courses in Information Sciences and Humanities: A Matter of Context," accepted for E-Learning and Advanced Assessment Technologies:Evidence-Based Approaches, Christine Spratt and Paul Lajbcygier, eds. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  2. "Surveying of the Empirical Sublime: Thoreau, Literary and Scientific," Restoring the Mystery of the Rainbow: Literature's Refraction of Science, eds. Cedric Barfoot and Valeria Tinkler, Rodopi Publishing, forthcoming.
  3. "Harvey Shapiro," The Facts On File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry," 2005, p. 456.
  4. F.P. Deek and R. Friedman, "Analogies in Computing and Composition," Issues in Higher Education , R. Nata (Ed.), Nova Science Publishing, 2005, pp. 15-34.
  5. "Ishmael Reed," Dictionary of Literary Biography , 5/e, volume 169, Detroit : Gale Research, 1996, pp. 224-234.
  6. "Harvey Shapiro ," Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets, Greenwood Press, 1999, pp. 549-553.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations and Proceedings

  1. "Quantification and Desire: The Tension of Sublimity in America," Northeast Modern Language Association, Boston, MA, February 26-March 1, 2009.
  2. "Full Access and Review: Applying Socio-technical Practice to Academia," Proceedings of the ACM SIGITE Annual Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 17-19, 2008.
  3. "Intervals of Inspiration: 19th-Century Sublime Science," NEW-CUE: Fifth Environmental Writer's Conference in honor of Rachel Carson, Boothbay Harbor, ME, June 10-13, 2008.
  4. "Computation and Communication," Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education Conference, Las Vegas, NV, March 3-7, 2008. With Fadi P. Deek and Bruce Bukiet.
  5. "Intervals of Inspiration: Measurement, Metaphor and 19th-Century America," Canadian Association for American Studies Conference, Montreal, Canada, November 8-11, 2007.
  6. "Eureka and the Metaphoric Sublime," Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Boston, MA, April 4-7, 2007.
  7. "Thoreau's Surveying of the Empirical Sublime," 2006 NEW-CUE: Foruth Environmental Writer's Conference and Workshop in honor of Rachel Carson, featuring the Work of Henry David Thoreau, Boothbay Harbor, ME, June 13-16, 2006.
  8. "E-Learning and the Humanities: Negating the Empirical," World 57th Annual Conference on College Composition and Communication in Chicago, March 22-25, 2006.
  9. "Metaphors of Triangulation: Reconsidering Marx's Middle Landscape," Sightlines: The Culture and Science of Vision. Conference of the New England American Studies Association, the American Antiquarian Society & Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, September 23-24, 2005.
  10. "Irony and Asynchronicity: Interpreting Withdrawal Rates in E-Learning Courses," Proceedings of EdMedia 2005 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Montreal, Canada, June 27-July 2, 2005.
  11. "Software Development for Informal Learning Environments: Where IT Education, Community Outreach, Baseball and History Intersect." Proceedings of the ACM SIGITE Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 28-30, 2004. With Marc Sequeira
  12. “On the Ball Field with the Negro Leagues: Software Development for a Local Museum.” Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, June 20-23, 2004. With Jerri Drakes.
  13. “On the Development of an Information Technology Education, Industry, University Partnership.” Proceedings of the College Teaching and Learning Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, January 5-9, 2004.
  14. "NJIT’s Sandbox: An Industry/Education Partnership for IT Development." Proceedings of the Conference on Information Technology Curriculum 4, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, October 16-19, 2003. With Fadi P. Deek and James McHugh.
  15. “Active Research Experience for ECE Undergraduates Increases Students’ Motivation and Academic Performance,” with F.P. Deek, V. Briller, K. Joshi and D. Misra. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference, Nashville, TN, June 22-25, 2003.
  16. “Problem-Based Learning and Problem-Solving Tools: Synthesis and Direction For Distributed Education Environments,” with F.P. Deek. Frontiers in Education 2002, Boston, MA, November 6-9, 2002.
  17. “Problem-Based Learning in IT Education: Potential and Pitfalls,” with F.P. Deek. Conference on Information Technology Education III, Rochester, NY, September 19-21, 2002.
  18. "Participatory Design, Problem Solving and Community Involvement in Two Different Learning Communities,” with J. Drakes and F.P. Deek. ED-MEDIA 2002 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Denver CO, June 24-29, 2002, pp. 538-543.
  19. “Computing and Composition as an Integrated Subject in the Secondary School Curriculum,” with H. Kimmel and F.P. Deek. 2002 ASEE Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.
  20. “Interactive 3D Multimedia Cases for the Computer Systems and Networking Curriculum,” with P. G. Ranky, F. P. Deek. American Society for Engineering Education Spring Conference, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, April 5-6, 2002.
  21. “On the Development of Common Skills for the Integration of Programming and Writing Tasks,” Computers and Writing 2000, Texas Women’s University, Fort Worth, TX, May 25-28, 2000.
  22. "The NJIT Interdisciplinary Writing Center: Meeting Our Needs or Perceptions?” Spring ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Conference, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, April 25, 1998.
  23. "NJIT’s Freshman Pairing: The Seven Year Itch,” University of South Carolina College of Engineering Professional Communication Center Workshop, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, July 20-22, 1998.
  24. "Interdisciplinarity, Genre, and Engineering Education," Workshop on Engineering Writing and Professional Communication Centers, Vol. 1. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, June 23-25, 1997.

Professional and Invited Presentations

  1. "Web Design for Grant Projects" NSF Annual GK-12 Program Conference, Washington, DC, March 1, 2008.
  2. "IT: The Next Gen Ed?": NJ DOE Tech-Prep Program Meeting, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, July 21, 2005.
  3. "STEM Subject Articulations: NSF's MAITT Program." Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, December 9, 2004.
  4. "Local Knowledge/Global IT: Programs for Career Preparation," NJ DOE Tech-Prep Program Meeting, Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, NJ, November 9, 2004.
  5. “Civic Engagement and Student Responsibility,” NJIT Non-Profit Roundtable and Expo, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, October 2, 2001.
  6. “Information Technology Program: An Example of Total University Collaboration,” Tenth Annual New Jersey Advisors Conference, Raritan Valley Community College, North Branch, NJ, May 30, 2001.
  7. “Multimedia Tools in Distant Learning Environments,” New Jersey Virtual University at William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ, May 24, 2000.
  8. "Computer Aided Instruction in an MPH Program," Joint MPH Curriculum Committee Planning Meeting, NJIT, Newark, NJ, October 15, 1998.
  9. “Writing Center Development at NJIT,” Gateway Writing Workshop, Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina, May 22-24, 1996.

Review Articles

  1. Review of Branch, et al., eds., “Reading the Earth: New Directions in the Study of Literature and the Environment,” University of Iowa Press, 1998; Coppola and Karis, eds., “Technical Communication, Deliberative Rhetoric, and Environmental Discourse: Connections and Directions.” Ablex, 2000; Harre, Brockmeier and Mulhauser, “Greenspeak: A Study of Environmental Discourse,” Sage, 1999; Herndl and Brown, eds., “Green Culture: Environmental Rhetoric in Contemporary America,” University of Wisconsin Press, 1996; in Environmental Ethics, 2001, 23 (2), 207-210.
  2. Review of Keating, Anne, with Joseph Hargitai, “The Wired Professor: A Guide to Incorporating the World Wide Web in College Instruction.” New York and London: New York University Press, 1999. Available online: http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp October 2000.
  3. Review of Chawla, Louise. "In the First Country of Places." Albany: SUNY Press, 1994, in Journal of Environmental History, 19, (summer) 1995, 105-106.

Grants and Honoraria

  1. Principal Investigator, C2PRISM: Computation and Communication: Promoting Research Integration in Science and Math. NSF Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education. National Science Foundation GK-12 Program. Co-PIs, Fadi P. Deek and Bruce Bukiet. 2007-2012 Award 0638423 ($2,999,465).
  2. Principal Iinvestigator, Pearson Education Interactive Reading Skills Game, 2007-2008 ($26,868).
  3. Director, Malcolm S. Morse Assistantship in Music Education, 2008 ($5,000).
  4. Director, Malcolm S. Morse Assistantship in Music Education, 2007 ($5,000).
  5. Director, Malcolm S. Morse Assistantship in Music Education, 2005 ($5,000).
  6. Director, Malcolm S. Morse Assistantship in Educational Software Design, 2004 ($5,000).
  7. Director, Malcolm S. Morse Scholarship in Humanities and Technology, 2004 to present ($100,000).
  8. Principal Investigator and Project Director, Educational Software Development, Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center, 2003-2004 ($20,000).
  9. Investigator, Tech-Prep Degree Program, New Jersey Department of Education, 2003-2006 ($229,060)
  10. Co-Principal Investigator, Computer Science and Information Technology Education Initiative, The Martinson Foundation, 2003-2006 ($150,000).
  11. Manager and Investigator, NJ I-TOWER: NJ High Tech Workforce Grant, State of New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, 2000-2002 ($2.5 Million).
  12. Co-Principal Investigator, Undergraduate Research in Information Technology: An Honors Experience Model, Lucent Foundation, 2001 ($100,000).
  13. Co-Director, Computing and Composition in Newark Public Schools, Lucent Foundation, 2000-2001 ($125,000).
  14. Project Director: Educational Testing Service's Beta Testing of GRE Pilot Products at NJIT 1997-1999 ($2,000).
  15. Principal Investigator, NSF/Gateway Coalition, Institutionalization of Engineering Writing Center, 1997-1998 ($11, 340).
  16. Principal Investigator, NSF/Gateway Coalition, Engineering Writing Center Development, ($12,500) 1996-1997.

Service Activities

Administrative Leadership and University Committees

  • Director, Distributed Faculty of Social Sciences, 2007
  • Green Academic Council, 2007-2008
  • University Committee on Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT), 2006-2008
  • TLT Sub-committee on DL Fee Distribution, 2007 and 2008
  • Information Technology Program Executive Committee, 2006-2008
  • NJIT Excellence in Teaching Awards, Humanities Department, Chair, 2006 and 2007
  • University Committee on Information Technology Education, 2005
  • Information Technology Curriculum Committee 2001 to 2005
  • College of Computing Sciences Executive Committee, 2002 to 2004
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee 2001 to 2007
  • Director, University Multimedia/Internet Research Laboratory, 2002 to 2003
  • Director of Graduate Programs, Humanities and Social Sciences Department, 1998-1999
  • Assistant to the Director, MS in Professional & Technical Communication 1997 to 1998
  • Assistant to the Director of the MS in Environmental Policy Studies Program, 1997 to 1998
  • Assistant to the Chair's Office, Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1997 to1999

Professional and Consulting Service

  • Information Technology Program External Review, U-Mass Boston, 2008.
  • Information Technology Program External Review, USNA, 2006.
  • MS Information Technology Program External Review, RIT, 2005.
  • ACM/SIGITE Executive Committee, 2005-2008.
  • ACM/SIGITE Conference General Chair, 2005.
  • CAC/ABET Program Evaluator, 2004, 2006 and 2008; Invited 2005 and 2007.
  • ACM/SIGITE Newsletter, Editor-in-Chief, 2003 to Present.
  • ACM/JETT Conference Chair, NJIT Conference on Computing Sciences Education, 2003.
  • ACM/SIGITE Accreditation Committee, 2001 to 2005 .
  • IEEE Computer Society: Certified SW Developer Professional Exam Review Workshop, 2002 .
  • ACM: NJIT Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, 2002 to 2004.
  • ACM: National K-12 Computer Science Curriculum Committee Workshop on Java Education Teacher Training, 2002.

Thesis and Project Advisement

  • Reader for Kuo-chuan Huang, PhD-Computer Science, "Piecewise Synonyms for Enhanced UMLS Source Terminology Integration," Thesis Director, Dr. James Geller, 2008.
  • Reader for Kelly Schab, MS-Professional & Technical Communication (MS-PTC), "Blogs: Open Source Diaries," Fall 2004.
  • Advisor for Kubani, Vishal, BS-Information Systems, The Honors College at Rutgers University-Newark, “Technology and Small Business: An Analysis of the Practices and Principles the Define Information Technology Management in Small Business,” Spring 2002.
  • Advisor for St. Louis, Claire, MS-PTC, " The Public Rhetoric of Privatization: The Value System of the Water and Wastewater Industry," Spring 2000.
  • Advisor for Coffey, Jennifer, MS-Environmental Policy Studies (MS-EPS), "Community Action in the Hudson River PCB Controversy," Fall 2000.
  • Reader for Barrios, Arleny, MS-PTC, "Critical Reading of Rhetorical Text: Rhetorical Analysis of Sunoco, Inc. CEO's Address to the World Fuels Conference," Spring 1999.
  • Reader for Reiner, Scott, MS-EPS, "Due Diligence in Lending Policy," Fall 1998.
  • Advisor for Novemsky, Joseph, MS-EPS, "Policy Conflicts in New Jersey Deer Population Control," Summer 1998.
  • Reader for Munem, Bahia, MS-PTC, "Cross-Cultural Communication in Women's Healthcare," Spring 1998.

Peer Reviewing

  • Pre-publication reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2001.
  • Conference paper reviewer for Conference on Information Technology Curricula, 2002 and 2003.
  • Conference paper reviewer forACM SIGITE Conference on Information Technology Education, 2004 and 2005.
  • Conference paper reviewer for Frontiers in Education Conference, 2003.

Professional Societies

Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery, SIG-Information Technology Education
American Culture Association
Northeast Modern Language Association

Honors

Nomination, NJIT University Excellence in Teaching Award, Directors/Special Lecturers, 1997
Nomination, NJIT University Excellence in Teaching Award, Adjunct, 2003

Education

Ph.D., American Literature, City University of New York Graduate Center, 1993
M.S., Information Systems New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2002
M.F.A., Fiction, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1987
B.A.,English, CUNY Baccalaureate Program, 1984