People

Noshir Contractor – Director

Noshir Contractor – Director

Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences
Office: 2-133, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-491-3669
Email: nosh@northwestern.edu

Marilyn J. Logan – Program Assistant

Marilyn J. Logan – Program Assistant

Office: 1-122, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-467-0207
Email: mjlogan@northwestern.edu
The SONIC Program Assistant provides clerical and administrative support for all members of SONIC.

Willem Pieterson – General Manager

Willem Pieterson – General Manager

Visiting Research Scientist
Office: 1-459A, Frances Searle Building
Phone: 847-532-0625 / +31 (0)62-294-2630
Email: w.j.pieterson@northwestern.edu

Interests: Communication Networks, role of media in Communication and Information Dissemination networks, the impact of social media on communication strategies and network structures, integration of old and new media, multi-channel management, governmental service delivery and communication strategies, e-Government.

Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Visiting scholars.

Postdoctoral Fellows and Research Assistants

Postdoctoral fellows coordinate research projects, write papers, and guide research assistants.
Research assistants help staff and graduate students with their projects.

Graduate Student Researchers

SONIC offers graduate students interested in social network analysis opportunities to be involved in a variety of projects, including studies of virtual worlds, team-assembly and collaboration, and community-based information and communication networks. Depending on the project, responsibilities include participating in and/or managing data collection, conducting analysis, and preparing reports and publications.

Undergraduate Student Researchers

Undergraduate researchers assist SONIC’s graduate students in their research. They may also lead research projects of their own design with graduate student or faculty supervision.

Software Developers

Senior research programmers and other research programmers collaborate with a diverse team to develop social networking capabilities that interface with SONIC’s existing platform: a web-based software tool for survey, analysis, visualization, and recommendation.

Alumni

Past SONIC Laboratory members that are now faculty, graduate students, or in industry.