E. Reed Doke: E. Reed Doke is a former Professor of Information Systems in the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where he received his Ph.D. Dr. Doke has published eight books and numerous articles focusing on software design and object-oriented development.
John Satzinger is a Professor in the Computer Information Systems department at Missouri State University. With more than 15 years of teaching and research experience at leading CIS and MIS university programs, Dr. Satzinger's interests and specialties include systems analysis and design, graphical user interface design, object-oriented development, and database and client-server development. He holds an MBA from Cal Poly University and earned his Ph.D. at the Claremont Graduate University.
Susan Rebstock Williams: Susan Rebstock Williams is a Professor of Information Systems at Georgia Southern University. Prior to earning a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Oklahoma State University, she worked in the industry as a programmer, analyst, and information systems manager. Dr. Williams has published three object-oriented programming textbooks and numerous articles in the areas of information systems development and implementation.
David Douglas is a Board Member on the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF), an Advisor for a major rural housing research project in Ireland, an Advisor for a large scale pilot project on rural regional collaboration in Western Canada and the North, called the Community Collaboration Project (Brandon University), and a Member of the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Government. David is actively involved in a number of researchprojects and community outreach, and instructs several courses within Rural Planning and Development. David's current research involves an examination of the relationships between development planning theory and actual practice. Fieldwork for this project, in part supported by a SSHRC grant, has been undertaken in Europe (Ireland) and Newfoundland and Labrador. Other activities include research on regionalism and regional planning policy and practice.
