Nicholas J. Rowland
The Pennsylvania State University
United States

Prof. Nicholas J. Rowland was trained in the Sociology of Technology at Indiana University. Now as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, he applies concepts from Science and Technology Studies in research on non-profit organizational settings such as universities, health care, and state
bureaucracies. His current research agenda is on the diffusion and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning in American
Universities. Research in preparation emphasizes comparing eHealth agendas in the U.S. and Germany.

Jan-Hendrik Passoth
University of Bielefeld
Germany

Jan-Hendrik Passoth is research fellow at the University of Bielefeld. He connects sociological theory and science and technology studies by working on problems of social structure and infrastructures, human and non-human agency and discourse and material culture. His current empirical research focuses on the use of standardized and interconnected software technologies in popular culture, politics and the media.

Alexander B. Kinney
The Pennsylvania State University
United States

Alexander B. Kinney is an undergraduate at The Pennsylvania State University. His current research interests primarily entail the study of procurement of packaged software programs by large American universities.