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Robert J. Silverman, PhD (1995*) Vancouver, WA
PhD , Cornell University, 1969

Selected Publications:

• "The impact of electronic publishing on the academic community," in Robin P. Peek and Gregory B. Newby, eds, The Electronic Frontier, MIT Press, 1996
• "Comments and replies: Academic conversations," Science Com-munication, 1994: "Contents of knowing," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1993
• "Peer judgement: An ideal typification," Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization, 1988

Awards: Association for the Study of Higher Education: Howard R. Brown Distinguished Career Award, 1994; Special Merit Award, 1990.

Memberships: Association for the Study of Higher Education; Society for Social Studies of Science; American Educational Research Association; Society for Literature and Science.

Special Interests: Organizational learning and change; epistemological culture; knowledge creation, dissemination and utilization in education; peer review; academic misconduct; impact of electronic publishing on academic communities.

Related Professional Activities: Editor, Journal of Higher Education, 1970–1994.