Janette B. Bradley

Curriculum Vita

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Fax: 972.492.3999
janette@axswave.com
http://www.axswave.com/janette

Education:

PhD in Information Science, 1997

University of North Texas

Dissertation Title: Social context of human computer interaction: An examination of user adoption of electronic journals

An examination of the influence of media and task evaluations, computer attitudes and social norms on the use of World Wide Web documents in technical communication.

Major Professor: Jon Young, Ph. D.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Technology and Cognition,
The University of North Texas,
817.565.2057,
email: young@tac.coe.unt.edu.

Masters of Business Administration in Marketing, 1991

University of North Texas

Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer Science, 1986

University of North Texas

Employment History:

Research Assistant (Webmaster) - University of North Texas, Dept. of Technology & Cognition, Denton, TX

9/1997 to Present

Responsible for planning, creating and coding the department Web site covering four different program areas and more than 50 pages.
Develop templates for the delivery of instructional materials via the Web.
Manage the department's Windows NT Server for course material delivery.

Research Assistant (Graphics Artist & Interface Designer) - Texas Center for Educational Technology, Denton, TX

8/97 to 10/97

Responsible for developing the graphics and interaction for the Texas Essential Knowledge Skills web site and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM and site are designed to provide K-12 teachers with a variety of resources for teaching technology. The site is funded by the Texas Education Agency and is designed to act as the principal clearinghouse for technology resources on the web for Texas teachers.

GUI, WWW, & Electronic Commerce Consultant - axsWave Software, Inc., Dallas, TX

1995 to Present

As co-founder of axsWave Software, Inc. and The Entrepreneur Store I have been involved in numerous consulting projects for small business and non-profit organizations. My work is now focused primarily in three areas:

Interface design for new Web sites and evaluation of existing Web Sites.
Graphic design for intranets, promotional Web sites and hardcopy brochures.
The design of Internet-based solutions for communications, marketing and sales.

Pre-doctoral Fellow - University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

1995 to Present

Member of a research team investigating strategies to reduce human error in the blood transfusion process through the creation of a national event reporting and analysis program for all hospitals and blood transfusion centers. The project began in January 1995 and I have worked on it since its inception. The project is funded by the National Institute of Health Grant #R01-HL53772-03.

As part of the Grant team I have been participated in:

Developing and analyzing the results of a Delphi Study for the initial phase.
Analysis of results from three Nominal Group Meetings of participating institutions and leading experts in the field.
Design of paper-based forms for event reporting.
System design of computer collection and analysis of data.
Review and development of the User Guide.
Design and implementation of prototype computer-based forms for the next phase.
Design and coding of the Medical Event Reporting System Web Site. http://pathcuric1.swmed.edu/MERSTM/mersfset.htm

Supervisor and Principal Investigator:
Harold Kaplan M. D., Professor and Director of Transfusion Medicine
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School,
214.648.8037
email: kaplan01@utsw.swmed.edu

Research Assistant - University of North Texas, Dept. of Technology & Cognition, Denton, TX

1/97 to 5/97

Member of a research team charged with the user interface evaluation and user testing of uniView for Curtis Mathes Corporation. The firm has recently announced uniView, which is a next-generation, information appliance allowing for email, fax, data service access and Web connectivity through a television set. As part of the Grant team I have participated in:

User observation and competitor evaluation at the 1997 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Design of a task analysis, user test plan and a competitive analysis plan.
Design of a survey instrument to examine the general population's awareness of and attitudes towards the Internet and the World Wide Web.
Design of usability testing protocols.

Supervisor and Principal Investigator:
Cathleen Norris, Ph. D. Professor
Department of Technology and Cognition, The University of North Texas,
817.565.2057
email: norris@tac.coe.unt.edu

Teaching Fellow and Research Associate - University of North Texas, Dept. of Technology & Cognition, Denton, TX

(various semesters)

Planned, designed, developed and implemented the Web site, for the department of Technology & Cognition, covering four different program areas and more than 50 pages.
Worked with Technology & Cognition department representatives to clarify content for department and faculty Web pages.
Developed templates for the delivery of instructional materials via the Web.

CECS 5210 Human Computer Interaction-Research and methods underlying effective interaction design. Focus on state of the art evaluation methodologies.
CECS 5011 Computer Education Tools - Application of Macintosh computer software tools in education. Study of computer application packages (Word, Excel, Internet, WWW, HyperCard) and their utilization in the classroom. Spring 1994.
CECS 1100 Computer Applications - Introduction to computer usage. Integrated approach to software tools such as word processing, data-base management, spreadsheet, Internet, WWW and graphics applications on the Macintosh. Fall 1994.
basic computer literacy courses to entering freshman.

Research associate responsible for Macintosh technical support in the Advanced Technology Laboratory. Spring 1995

Research Associate - Texas Center for Educational Technology, Denton, TX

1991 to 1992

Designed and developed various software and multimedia applications in Macromind Director and HyperCard.
Developed interactive video prototypes using the Macintosh, HyperCard and Laser Disc technology.
Developed the interface for NECC InfoSystem, one of the first Hypermedia conference information systems, including multimedia mail. System acquired by Apple for distribution over AppleLink.
Part of a team that developed an NSF grant to use the Internet for teacher communication and mentoring.
Part of a team that developed a grant for a fiber-optic based, fully-interactive classroom of the future; award of $800,000 from the State of Texas.
Participated in the writing and presenting of workshops, papers, and booklets concerning educational technology training.

Freelance Consultant - Intelligent Information Group, Carrollton, TX

1988 to 1996

Designed an Artificial Neural Network for predicting prices for the live-cattle futures market using NeuralWare.
Designed and developed various software and multimedia applications in HyperCard and Macromind Director.
Developed two interactive video prototypes using the Macintosh, HyperCard and Laser Disc technology for the Texas Learning Technology Group.

Information Developer - IBM, Irving, Texas

1986 to 1988

Interface Design Task Force Member for the OfficeVision initial prototype. Task force was responsible for developing an interface design standard for OfficeVision and OS/2 Office Systems applications.
Wrote the Guidelines for OfficeVision On-line Information initial prototype.
Supervised all phases of the information development cycle encompassing design, testing, and camera-ready copy for DisplayWrite 5/2.
Updated hard-copy information for DisplayWrite 5/2 from DisplayWrite 4/2 Reference Guide.
Developed and placed, within the source code, all on-line information for DisplayWrite 4/2. (DisplayWrite 4/2 work was done while I was co-op, following graduation I joined IBM full-time.)

Teaching Fellow - University of North Texas, Dept. of Computer Science, Denton, TX

1986 to 1987

Taught courses in the department of Computer Science:

CSCI 1100 Programming BASIC - An introduction to the BASIC programming language and an introduction to program development in the MS-DOS environment. Fall 1986 and Spring 1987.
CSCI 1110 Program Development - Problem-solving techniques, algorithmic processes, top-down design and structured programming in Pascal. Fall 1986 and Fall 1987.

Publications:

Papers in Journals

Brumbaugh, K., Holcomb, T. & Scannell, J. B. (1992) Statewide study on the relationship of school district enrollment and educators in-service technology needs. SIG TC Connections, 9 (1).

Note: As my husband, Peter Scannell, publishes in the same field, beginning in 1993, I decided to use my maiden name professionally. This publication is under my married name Janette B. Scannell.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Kaplan, H., Battles, J., Mercer, Q., Whiteside, M, & Bradley, J. (1996). A medical event reporting system for human errors in transfusion medicine. In: A. F. Ozok & G. Salvendy (Eds.) Advances in Applied Ergonomics (pp. 809-814). West Lafayette: USA Publishing.
Battles, J., Kaplan, H., Mercer, Q., Whiteside, M, & Bradley, J. (1996). Human errors in transfusion medicine: Multi-disciplinary design of an ideal event reporting system. In: A. F. Ozok & G. Salvendy (Eds.) Advances in Applied Ergonomics (pp. 782-787). West Lafayette: USA Publishing.
Bradley, J. B. (1994). Multimedia environments: An answer to gender differences in computer attitudes. in Bradley, J. B. & Scannell, P. (Eds.), Proceedings of Information 2000: An Interdisciplinary Future. (pp. 79-84). Denton, TX: NT-ASIS, University of North Texas.

Conference Proceedings Edited

Bradley, J. B. & Scannell, P. (Eds.) (1994). Proceedings of Information 2000: An Interdisciplinary Future. Denton, TX: NT-ASIS, University of North Texas.

Book Reviews

Bradley, J. B. (1995). [Review of the book Neural Networks: A comprehensive foundation]. Information Processing and Management, 31(5), p. 785.

Papers in Newsletters

Bradley, J. B. (1996, November). Web GUI: Adventures with GIF and JPEG. hc/interact, 1, 4-5
Also available online: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/graphfmt.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996, October). Web GUI: Adventures with size and color. hc/interact, 1, 3.
Also available online: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/imagesze.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996, September). Web GUI. hc/interact, 1, 4-5
Also available online: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/intrhdsw.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996, November). Tips, Tricks & Tools. hc/interact, 3
Bradley, J. B. (1994, March). Information overload. SIG/HCI News!, 2.
Bradley, J. B. (1993, February). Multimedia seminars. SIG/HCI News!, 3-4.
Bradley, J. B. (1993, February). New ergonomic hardware for the Macintosh. SIG/HCI News!, 4.

Panel Presentations at Conferences

Bradley, J., Norris, C., & Scannell, P. (November, 1997). Assessing World Wide Web attitudes: Development of the World Wide Web Attitude Scale. Presented at Tel�Ed '97, ISTE's Sixth International Conference on Telecommunications and Mulltimedia in Education, Austin, TX.
Gluck, M., Scannell, P., & Bradley, J. (October 1997). Interface design for a high-speed world: An on-site demonstration of iterative prototyping. Panel presentation at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC.
Battles, J. B., Bradley, J., Kaplan, H.S., Mercer, Q., & Whiteside, M. F. (October 1996). Using the Delphi method to design an ideal error reporting system for the blood transfusion process. Panel presentation at the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Baltimore, MD.
Bradley, J. B. (October 1996). Web-based interfaces for object-oriented and relational databases. Panel presentation at the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Baltimore, MD.
Also available online in two sections: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/relobjdb.htm & http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/queryfrm.htm
Bradley, J. B. (October 1994). The crisis of information overload: Neural network-based information filters as the solution. Panel presentation at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA.
Scannell, P. & Bradley, J. B. & (October 1994). The information superhighway: Educational implications. Panel presentation at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA.
Bradley, J. B. & Merwald, B. (October 1994). Translating the graphical user interface: The high cost of going global. Panel presentation at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA.
Bradley, J. B. (October 1994). Multimedia-based online documentation. Panel presentation at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA.

Panels Organized and Moderated

Proposed and moderated the panel session: Interface Design for Digital Special Collections. Presented at the 60th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington, DC. (November 1997).
Proposed and moderated the panel session: Controlling risk in a complex environment: The design of computer-based systems to minimize human error in medicine. Presented at the 59th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA. (October 1996).
Proposed and moderated the panel session: International information flows: An economic view. Presented at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Alexandria, VA. (October 1994).
Proposed and moderated the panel session: The corporate usability equation: Information developer + human factors engineer + software engineer. Presented at the 56th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Columbus, OH. (October 1993).

Publications on the Web

Bradley, J. B. (1996). Putting Together an Intranet Team. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/intrteam.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Organizing the Elements of Your Web Page. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/organize.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Successful Web Site Design. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/sucsdesn.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Web GUI-Colors and Graphics for the Web. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/clrfmt.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Web Graphics: Examples of JPEG, GIF and Dithering. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/gifjpgql.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Text and Background Colors. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/txbkgclr.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Task Analysis. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/taskanal.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Using Tables for Web Page Layout. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/tablefrm.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). Promoting Your Web Site. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/promote.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1996). World Wide Web demographics. Available on the WWW: http://www.axswave.com/weblibry/wwwdem.htm.

Web Sites Designed:

Bradley, J. B. & Box, K. (1997). Texas Essential Knowledge Skills. http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START.
Bradley, J. B. (1997). The Work of Michael J. Moore. http://www.axswave.com/moore/.
Bradley, J. B. & Scannell, P. (1996). Special Interest Group in Human Computer Interaction (American Society for Information Science). http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGHCI/sighci.html.
Bradley, J. B. & Scannell, P. (1996). Medical Event Reporting Systems - Transfusion Medicine. http://pathcuric1.swmed.edu/MERSTM/mersfset.htm.
Bradley, J. B. & Scannell, P. (1996). axsWave Software, Inc. http://www.axswave.com.
Bradley, J. B. & Merwald, B. (1996 ). Studio Iris. http://www.axswave.com/irisweb/splshpg.htm.
Bradley, J. B. (1994-present). Lotta Art. http://www.axswave.com/lottaart/lottaart.htm.

Research Projects:

Research in progress on the diffusion of distance learning technology through the educational research literature. A comprehensive review of ERIC using bibliometric techniques, diffusion of innovation analysis, and content analysis using Ethnograph is now underway, results are expected in third quarter 1997. Co-Investigator: Mark Mortensen, Ph. D., Department of Technology and Cognition, University of North Texas.
Research in progress on interfaces for electronic commerce Web sites. Currently building The Island Artisans Mall as a multimedia, electronic shopping experience. Plans are to use object-oriented database technology to deliver catalog information. Usability testing of the interface is expected to take place fourth quarter 1997. Co-Investigator: Peter Scannell, Department of Technology and Cognition, University of North Texas.
Research in progress on the presence of WWW URLs in the mass media and their influence on diffusion of the technology. Co-Investigator: Mark Mortensen, Ph. D., Department of Technology and Cognition, University of North Texas.
Research in progress on the application of neural networks to medical diagnostic problems to determine whether researchers have considered all aspects of neural network applications in their work. Co-Investigator: Demetria Ennis, Ph. D., Department of Technology and Cognition, University of North Texas.
Assistant project lead for the design and development of the Infosystem program for the 1988 National Education Computing Conference. Infosystem was designed to provide information and electronic mail capability to conference participants. This project was one of the first hypertext information systems deployed on a network, and to use multimedia electronic mail. It was written in HyperTalk using HyperCard for the Macintosh and was acquired by Apple Computer for distribution over AppleLink.

Professional Activities:

Webmaster for the Java Lobby, the world's largest group of independent Java developers.
Editor for the Journal of Human Error in Medicine. This journal is in the formation stages, it is planned to be a refereed, Web-based journal which will be introduced fourth quarter 1997. It is sponsored by NIH Grant #R01-HL53772-03 and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Department of Pathology.
American Society for Information Science (ASIS), Special Interest Group Cabinet representative. Elected for a two-year term Fall 1996.
Newsletter editor for hc/interact a publication of the ASIS Special Interest Group in Human Computer Interaction (SIG/HCI). (1992 - 1994 & 1995 - 1996).
Member of the program committee for The 6th International Conference on Telecommunications and Multimedia in Education, 1997. Sponsored by the International Society for Technology in Education.
Chair of SIG/HCI. (1995 - 1996).
SIG/HCI won the ASIS SIG of the Year award for that year.
Member of the ASIS Web Site Design and Management Committee.
Chair of the North Texas Student Chapter of the ASIS Student Chapter. (1993 - 1994).
Chapter won Student Chapter of the Year from the national organization.
Chair of Information 2000: An Interdisciplinary Future. A student conference sponsored by North Texas Student Chapter of the ASIS and the UNT School of Library and Information Science. (July 1994).
Event was funded through corporate donations from Lufthansa, AMR and local firms, and resulted in the publication of a 193 page print proceedings which included all papers presented.
Communications Chair & Newsletter Editor of the Student Working Group of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). (1993 - 1995).
President of the University of North Texas Association for Computing Machinery. (1986 - 1988).

Professional Workshops Conducted:

Advanced Internet and World Wide Web for Information Science students.
Basic Internet and World Wide Web for Information Science students.
Internet for K-12 Teachers.
HyperCard Development for K-12 Teachers.
Developing a Winning Resume.

Professional Development Courses Taken:

Artificial Intelligence

Using Neural Networks To Predict Financial Markets. Conducted by NeuralWare Incorporated.
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. Conducted by Lawrence M. Fagan, Ph.D., MD. for the American Medical Informatics Association.

Information Development

The Information Development Process. Conducted by IBM.
Book Design I. Conducted by IBM.
Bookmaster and SGML I. Conducted by IBM.
Bookmaster and SGML II. Conducted by IBM.
Developing On-line Information I. Conducted by IBM.
Developing On-line Information II. Conducted by IBM.
Task Analysis for Software Documentation. Conducted by IBM.
Technical Illustration. Conducted by IBM.

Interface Design & Computers

Multimedia Planning and Design. Conducted by IBM.
Icon Design. Conducted by IBM.
Developing the User Interface. Conducted by IBM.
Introduction to Programming in OS/2. Conducted by IBM.

Computers, Languages, and Applications:

Internet & Web Tools

Document creation with HTML.
Creation of Macintosh and OS/2 Web Servers.
Graphic design and multimedia using: Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter, Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Streamline, Deneba Canvas, Fractal Design Poser, KPT Bryce, Equilibrium Debabelizer, Ray Dream Designer, Gyphon Morph, Specular TextureScape, Specular Logomotion and Specular Collage. (Work done on both the Wintel and Macintosh platforms)

Wintel

System knowledge: MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT.
Artificial neural network development with NeuralWare Pro II.
Programming experience with MS DOS, Pascal, FORTRAN, and BASIC.
Proficient in: MS Office 95, AIQ Trading Expert, Omega SuperCharts, and Equis MetaStock

Macintosh

Programming experience with HyperTalk and Pascal.
Digital video experience with Adobe Premiere.
CAI authoring with Apple HyperCard, Supercard and Macromind Director.
Proficient in: Adobe Pagemaker, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Works, Filemaker Pro, Adobe Persuasion and Claris Works.

Large Systems

Programming experience with FORTRAN, PL/1, COBOL and Assembler.
Applications used: Profs and Xedit.
Extensive knowledge of BookMaster/SGML for large document layout.

Research Assistant (Webmaster) - University of North Texas, Dept. of Technology & Cognition, Denton, TX	9/1997 to Present
Responsible for planning, creating and coding the department Web site covering four different program areas and more than 50 pages. Develop templates for the delivery of instructional materials via the Web. Manage the department's Windows NT Server for course material delivery.

Research Assistant (Graphics Artist & Interface Designer) - Texas Center for Educational Technology, Denton, TX	8/97 to 10/97
Responsible for developing the graphics and interaction for the Texas Essential Knowledge Skills web site and CD-ROM. The CD-ROM and site are designed to provide K-12 teachers with a variety of resources for teaching technology. The site is funded by the Texas Education Agency and is designed to act as the principal clearinghouse for technology resources on the web for Texas teachers.

Freelance Consultant - Intelligent Information Group, Carrollton, TX	1988 to 1996
Designed an Artificial Neural Network for predicting prices for the live-cattle futures market using NeuralWare. Designed and developed various software and multimedia applications in HyperCard and Macromind Director. Developed two interactive video prototypes using the Macintosh, HyperCard and Laser Disc technology for the Texas Learning Technology Group.