Diana Rhoten. Program Director, Social Science Research Council.
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Dr. Rhoten is the director of the Knowledge Institutions and Innovation Program at the Social Science Research Council. Her primary research focuses on the social and technical conditions of interdisciplinary research and the practices and processes of integrative education and training. Her most recent publications can be found in Science and the Social Science Research Council Items & Issues. In addition to publishing on these topics, Dr. Rhoten works with various organizations on the design, implementation and assessment of new forms of collaborative research, work and training. For her work in this area, Dr. Rhoten has been selected as a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer (July 2005–June 2007). Her second line of research focuses on local interpretations and implementations of global social and science policies in North and South America. Related publications can be found in the Journal of Education Policy, Comparative Education Review, The New Accountability: High Schools and High-Stakes Testing, and Las Reformas Educativas en la Década de 1990: Un Estudio Comparado de Argentina, Chile y Uruguay. Previously, Dr. Rhoten served as an assistant professor at Stanford University and as research director of the Hybrid Vigor Institute.

Publications:

Interdisciplinary Research: Trend or Transition (PDF)
A Multi-Method Analysis of the Social and Technical Conditions for Interdisciplinary Collaboration (PDF)

Andrew Parker, Consultant.
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Andrew Parker is doctoral student in sociology at Stanford University . Previously, he was a research consultant with the IBM Institute for Knowledge-Based Organizations (IKO) in Cambridge , MA . He has conducted research in a wide range of Fortune 500 organizations and government agencies. His research has covered top-level executive teams, functional departments, communities of practice, and recently merged companies. Andrew has co-authored more than 10 articles and white papers on social network analysis. His articles have appeared in Social Networks, Sloan Management Review, Organizational Dynamics and California Management Review. He is also the co-author of The Hidden Power of Social Networks and co-editor of Networks in the Knowledge Economy. Andrew holds graduate degrees from Stanford University and the London School of Economics.