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262 About the Authors
in research relating to e-commerce, human computer interaction (HCI), Internet
security, Web-based courseware tools, Internet applications, Web-based education
and accounting information systems. He is a member of SAICSIT (South African
Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, SAICSIT council
member), SACLA (South African Computer Lecturers Association) and a member
of the Unisa HCI Focus group. He has been invited as a guest speaker to local South
African academic institutions and has presented his research at international
conferences. He has lectured the following undergraduate level courses, ISD
(Information Systems Development), Object-Oriented Approaches, Introduction
to Computer Systems and Human-Computer Interaction.
Charles A. Snyder is the Woodruff Endowed Professor of MIS in the Department
of Management at the College of Business, Auburn University. He received a Ph.D.
in management from the University of Nebraska. He holds an M.S. in Economics
from South Dakota State University, an M.B.A. from Ohio State University, and
a B.F.A. from the University of Georgia. His research has appeared in the Journal
of Management Information Systems, Information & Management, The
Academy of Management Review, and many other leading journals. His research
interests include knowledge management, information resource management,
expert systems, computer-integrated manufacturing, systems analysis and design,
and telecommunications management.
Paul A. Taylor is currently at the University of Leeds, UK. Previously, he was a
senior lecturer in the sociology of technology at the University of Salford, Greater
Manchester, UK. His main research interest centers upon the computer underground.
In addition to numerous international articles, his main previous publication in this
area is Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime (Routledge, 1999). He is currently
working on several other book projects including another forthcoming Routledge
book co-authored with Tim Jordan of the Open University and which is provisionally
entitled “Hacktivists: Rebels with a Cause?”
Roberto Vinaja is an Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems in the
Department of Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Methods, University
of Texas Pan American. His research interests include Global Electronic Commerce,
Networking and Telecommunications.
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