Jason Elliott obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in December, 2005. His dissertation research involved describing different approaches to exploration in the AquaMOOSE 3D environment, a graphical online community designed to provide students with a novel way to explore and learn about mathematics. Jason received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in 1997 and his M.S. degree in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2001. Jason is currently working as a software engineer in the Research and Development Team at Careerbuilder.com.

Jason Ellis is a researcher at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003. Prior to Georgia Tech, he was a faculty researcher at the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he also received an undergraduate degree with honors in Computer Science. His PhD thesis was an online community that supports kids interviewing elders on the Internet to build up a shared multimedia archive of oral history.

Jim Hudson recently finished his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His dissertation research looked at how small group discussions for educational purposes change when they move from the face-to-face classroom into an online chat environment. He is working as a postdoctoral researcher in Advanced Concepts & Technologies at Pitney Bowes, studying the management of the innovation process inside of corporate settings.

Lori received her Masters in HCI from the College of Computing at Georgia Tech in 2002. Her research involved exploring how the AquaMoose 3D software impacted the learning of high school math students. Prior to her Masters, Lori received her B.S. degree in Media Studies from the Ohio University School of Communications. She is currently working as a Director at CNN.com, where she manages site-wide projects and usability.

Josh Berman is the founder of an equity research firm based in Atlanta, serving the European institutional market. While completing a National Science Foundation traineeship with the ELC group, he and Professor Bruckman created The Turing Game, which received a Global Information Infrastructure award from Ziff Davis, and was a finalist for both the Ars Electronica and Stockholm Challenge Awards. In addition to his work with the ELC lab, Josh has completed research in residence at Time Warner Entertainment, Microsoft Research and The Santa Fe Institute. He has also held various positions in the software and financial industries.

Susan Gov received her MSCS with a specialization in HCI in 2006. She worked on a user study for her Masters project that entails studying how users create identities in online communities and how these identities are maintained across various online communities/social networking sites. Her goal was to understand how the context of an online community affected the way its members create and manage their identities within that community.

Addy Lee received her MS in HCI at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. She conducted a study of dating behavior on social networking sites, MySpace and Friendster. Her goal was to understand how public display of social connections and the ability to comment on profiles influence how users search, contact, and communicate with potential dates. Addy now works at Yahoo! in Sunnyvale, CA. Addy received a BA in Psychology from Vanderbilt University.

Scott Lewis is the interface designer/developer at Firaxis Games in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and has worked in the video games industry since 2002. He received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and his Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech. During his stay, he worked with Jason Elliott on AquaMOOSE 3D.

Amon Millner is currently a PhD student in the Lifelong Kindergarten Research group at MIT's Media Lab. His research focuses on developing tools and activities for young people to integrate computer programming with a variety of craft materials in projects they design and create. This research builds upon interests he developed as a member of the ELC group: understanding how youth relate to computer programming in informal after-school learning environments (like Computer Clubhouses). Millner holds an MS in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT (2005), an MS in Human Computer Interaction from Georgia Tech (2003), and a BS in Computer Science from USC (2001).

Jared is currently working at Microsoft on the Visual Basic Core Compiler. Specifically, he is working on the implementing LINQ and the Debugger. He has been at Microsoft for 3 years working on various parts of Visual Studio including Team Architect, Team Developer and now Visual Basic. He received his Bachelors degree from Georgia Tech in 2003. While at Georgia Tech, he spent almost 2 years working as a research assistant to Jason Elliot on his project AquaMoose3D where he implemented the networking communication and data storage layers.

Anne Marie received her BS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. Her undergraduate research addressed female use of technology at an Intel Computer Clubhouse. She also investigated how Alice, a 3D programming environment, could teach object-oriented programming to middle school students. After Georgia Tech, she received her MA in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University. Anne Marie is currently conducting usability research on educational toys at LeapFrog.

Joe received his Bachelors degree from Georgia Tech in 2004. While pursuing a MSCS in 2005 he left to help start WeTheCitizens, Llc and now serves as a senior software engineer and head of their technical operations. During his time at Georgia Tech he worked on the Moose Crossing project.

Chandan Dasgupta is a first year Masters HCI student at Georgia Tech. His interest lies in educational and developmental technologies. He is currently researching assistive technologies to tackle the problem of childhood obesity. He is also working on a project that enables youths to learn technology literacy skills by providing them an environment where they can create and produce their own artifacts.

Scott Ehardt is a senior Computer Science undergraduate at Georgia Tech's College of Computing. He is currently working with Andrea Forte in the Electronic Learning Communities lab on the Science Online project. Scott is working on creating distributable versions of some of the Science Online tools.

Anne Hewitt is pursuing a BS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. She is conducting research with Andrea Forte as an Intel Opportunity Scholar. They are studying identity management and student and faculty relationships on Facebook.

Jef Holloman is pursuing a BS in Computer Science at Georgia Tech. He is currently researching animation in Second Life, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, under the guidance of Professor Amy Bruckman.

Pam Krolikowski a 5th year student at the University of Maryland at College Park. She is majoring in computer science and minoring in philosophy.

Taneshia Marshall is a 4th year undergraduate student majoring in Computational Media and is working on obtaining a certificate in Social/Personality Psychology.