About the Author

About the Author...

Dr. Michael R. Ogden received his Ph.D. in Political Science (1993; Political Economy of Technology & Alternative Futures) and his M.A. in Communication (1986; Communication Policy & Development) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His B.A. is in Communication Arts (1982; major: TV Production, minor: Sociology) from George Fox College (now University!) in Newberg, Oregon. Dr. Ogden served as a Peace Crops volunteer in Fiji from 1982-84 where he taught educational media at the University of the South Pacific. He also worked as a Research Intern at the East-West Center in 1984 on a study of national policy toward minority cultures in the Asia-Pacific, and again from 1986 to 1988 on a social benefit-cost analysis of telecommunications. From 1988 to 1994, Dr. Ogden was an Instructor at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawaii where he taught courses on development and change in Micronesia. In 1992, Dr. Ogden spent six months at the National Institute of Multimedia Education in Chiba, Japan as a Foreign Visiting Researcher analyzing the social impact of satellite based distance education. Since 1994, Dr. Ogden has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa, teaching courses in telecommunications technology, communication policy, research methods, and video/multimedia production. Dr. Ogden has over 15 years of research and consulting experience focusing on issues of communication policy, technology impact and sustainable development. He has published many journal articles and book chapters dealing with the special challenges of development in Pacific Island microstates and the social, economic, and political impact of information and communication technologies in contemporary society and on indigenous communities.

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