Quello Center - Telecommunication Management and Law

People


Namesake/Inspiration

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James Quello


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Wiley Rein, LLP 1776 K Street NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202.719.7000 Fax: 202.719.7049

Jim Quello, often referred to as the "Dean" of the FCC, was appointed in 1974 and was confirmed to four different terms. He was once characterized as "Trumanesque" for his forthright, down to earth, approach to government deliberations. He played an active role in the transformation of the telecommunications industry by establishing policies that encouraged the promotion of competition, diversity and the introduction of new products and services. Prior to his tenure at the FCC, Commissioner Quello was VP and GM of Station WJR, Detroit. As a broadcaster, he was recognized for his numerous civic and public service projects. Quello is also a veteran, having participated in six amphibious landings during World War II. The James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law, in the College of Communication Art and Sciences at Michigan State University, was established in 1998 to be a world-wide focal point for excellence in research, teaching, and the development and application of expertise in telecommunication management and policy. He is currently a consultant with the law firm Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, DC.

Co-Directors

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Steve Lacy


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404 Communication Arts and Sciences Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517-432-8002 Email: slacy (at) msu.edu

Stephen Lacy is a professor in the Michigan State University Department of Communication and School of Journalism. He has written or co-written more than 85 refereed journal articles, more than 50 refereed conference papers, ten book chapters and four books. He has co-edited two other books and written numerous other articles. He is former co-editor of the Journal of Media Economics. Professor Lacy served as director of the Michigan State University School of Journalism from 1998 to 2003 and is a former president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). He has received numerous awards, including the MSU University Distinguished Faculty Award in 2000. He received his undergraduate degree in economics (1971) from the University of Illinois at Urbana, his master's degree in journalism (1979) from Texas A&M University at Commerce, and his Ph.D. in journalism (1986) from the University of Texas at Austin. Before entering the academic world, he was a photographer, and he worked as an editor of three suburban weeklies and a reporter at a suburban daily near Dallas, Texas.

Steve S. Wildman


image James H. Quello Chair of Telecommunication Studies
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.8004 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: swildman (at) msu.edu

Steve Wildman is the co-author or co-editor of five books, including Video Economics and Making Universal Service Policy, and numerous articles on economics and policy for communication industries. Prior professional positions include:
  • Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Director of the Program in Telecommunications Science, Management & Policy, Northwestern University.
  • Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA; Senior Economist, Economists Incorporated.
Research interests include:
  1. Economics and policy for mass media industries,
  2. Institutional underpinnings of law and regulation for communication industries;
  3. Universal service policy;
  4. Formal models of communication processes.
Credentials:
  • PhD and MA in Economics, Stanford University
  • BA in Economics, Wabash College

Director of Special Programs

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Johannes M. Bauer


image Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
417 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.8003 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: bauerj (at) msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~bauerj
Johannes M. Bauer is a professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. He has co-authored and co-edited six books and more than fifty articles on information and communication policy. His work is published in Information Economics and Policy, Telecommunications Policy, Telematics and Informatics, INFO, The Journal of Economic Issues, and Land Economics. Recent research projects were funded by the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Prior professional positions include:
  • Executive Director, Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law
  • Director, Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
  • Visiting Professor, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
  • Assistant Professor, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
Research interests include:
  • Information and communications policy
  • Economics of information and communications industries
  • Design of efficient regulatory regimes
  • Comparative and international telecommunications
  • Wireless communications and mobile Internet
  • Governance of the Internet and the Knowledge Economy
Credentials:
  • Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
  • B.A. in Precision Engineering, Federal Technical College, Mödling, Austria

Associate Director

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Gary Reid


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409 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.353-9753 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: reidg (at) msu.edu

Distinguished Senior Specialist, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

Senior Fellows

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Thomas F. Baldwin


image Professor Emeritus, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: tbaldwin (at) msu.edu


Faculty Associates

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D. Adam Candeub


image Assistant Professor - Michigan State University College of Law
405A Law College Building Michigan State University College of Law East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 Tel: 517.432.6906 Email: candeub (at) law.msu.edu
http://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?prof=370

Thomas A. Muth


image Professor Emeritus, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
409 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.353-6412 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: tomuth (at) msu.edu

Kevin Saunders


image Professor of Law - Michigan State University College of Law
443 Law College Building Michigan State University College of Law East Lansing, MI 48824-1300 Tel: 517.432.6911 Email: saunde44 (at) law.msu.edu
http://www.law.msu.edu/faculty_staff/profile.php?prof=61

Peter K. Yu


image Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law, Director of Intellectual Property Law Center
Drake University Law School 2507 University Avenue Des Moines, IA 50311-4505 Tel: 515.271.2948 Fax: 515.271.2530 Email: peter_yu (at) msn.com


Research Associates

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Barbara A. Cherry


image Professor, Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University, Bloomington
Office: Radio-TV 313 Email: cherryb (at) indiana.edu

Robert LaRose


image Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
409 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.6336 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: larose (at) msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~larose/

Hairong Li


image Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Retailing
313 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.355.1739 Fax: 517.432.2589 Email: hairong (at) msu.edu
http://www.msu.edu/~hairong/

Nora Rifon


image Associate Professor, Department of Advertising, Public Relations, & Retailing
309 Comm Arts Building East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.355.3295 Fax: 517.432.2589 Email: rifon (at) msu.edu

Charles Steinfield


image Chair and Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
409 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.6336 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: steinfie (at) msu.edu

Carol Ting


image Professor, Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
University of Macau Av. Padre Tomas Pereira, Macau Email: tingyf (at) umac.mo

Pamela Whitten


image Dean of College of Communication Arts and Sciences and Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
409 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.6336 Fax: 517.355.1292 Email: pwhitten (at) msu.edu


Visiting Scholars

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Ph.D. Students

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Seungyun Yook


image Ph.D. Student
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: yookseun (at) msu.edu


Research Assistants

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Tithi Chattopadhyay


image Ph.D. Student
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: chattop1 (at) msu.edu

Sang Yup Lee


image Ph.D. Student
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: leesan61 (at) msu.edu

Jun (Bill) Zhang


image MMPhD student
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: zhangju5 (at) msu.edu


Administrative Staff

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Jennifer DeFore


image Staff Assistant
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: deforeje (at) msu.edu

Joy Mulvaney


image Administrative Assistant
406 Comm Arts Bldg. East Lansing, MI 48824-1212 Tel: 517.432.8001 Fax: 517.432.8065 Email: mulvaney (at) msu.edu