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EDUCATION

Stanford University, M.A. in Communication, 1993
University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A. cum laude in English Literature, 1970

ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION RESEARCH

--2011 Research in Progress:

Katzman, S.L., with collaborators. The Blank Look: A 3-condition experiment: Does eye movement increase comprehension? Seeking publisher.

--1993-Present--Publications and Presentations:

Katzman, S.L. Japanese Uses of The World Wide Web: A Time-Series Exploration of Uses and Gratifications Theory. In Journal of the Research Institute for World Languages. January 2010 No. 2, pp. 65-86

[in Japanese] Sugino, T. & Katzman, S.L. How did the world's newspapers transmit the Japan-North Korea Summit? Chapter in Japan-North Korea Summit . Edited by Yoneyuki Sugita. Liberta Press, Japan 2004 (ISBN 4-947637-90-0 C0036)

Sugino, T. with Katzman, S.L. Methods of writing effective English reports using the Internet: selected sites. Chapter in Use of the Internet . Edited by Yoneyuki Sugita. Seibunsha Press, Japan 2004. (ISBN4-915730-44-1 C2000) [Book Title in Japanese] .

Katzman, S.L. & Sugino, T. Content analysis of the Pyongnang summit: investigating public opinion through newspaper editorials. Monograph in Significance of Koizumi's Visit to North Korea . Edited by Yoneyuki Sugita. Small World Press, Japan 2003. Abstract in Japanese Abstract in English

Witmer, D.F., Colman, R.W., & Katzman, S.L. From paper-and-pencil to screen-and-keyboard: Toward a methodology for survey research on the Internet. Chapter in Doing Internet Research. Edited by S. Jones. Sage, Newbury Park, CA, 1999 (ISBN 0-7619-1594-X hardback; ISBN 0-7619-1595-8 paperback). To see the Preface and table of contents follow the link "books" on the page of editor Steve Jones. Abstract in Japanese Abstract in English

Witmer, D. F. and Katzman, S.L. Smile when you say that: Graphic accents as gender markers in computer-mediated communication. In Sheizaf Rafaeli, Fay Sudweeks and Margaret McLaughlin (Eds.). Network and Net-play: Virtual Groups on the Internet. AAAI/MIT Press 1998 (ISBN 0-262-69206-6).

Witmer, D. F., Colman, R. W., & Katzman, S. L. Smiles and Frowns: Uses, Perceptions, and Consequences of Graphic Accents on Computer-mediated Comunication. Presented at the 1997 annual conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada. Abstract in Japanese Abstract in English

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

at University

--April 2009-Present Instructor of English. Kansai University, Osaka, Japan.

--April 2008-Present Instructor of English. Osaka University, School of Foreign Studies, Minoo Campus, Japan.

--April 2002-September 2007 Instructor of English. Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan.

--April 2007-March 2008 Instructor of English. Meiji Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan.

--October 2004-January 2007 Writing tutor. Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan.

--April 2000-March 2007 Instructor of English. National Defense Academy, Yokosuka, Japan.

--September - December 2005 Instructor of Journalism and of Writing. Temple University Japan, Tokyo, Japan.

Editor

--April 2007-June 2008 Freelance Production Editor. Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California, USA

Rapporteur

--2008--Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. "Japan-US Maritime Dialogue"

--2004--Ship and Ocean Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. "The Third Indo-Japan Dialogue on Ocean Security"

--2002--Mitsubishi Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan. UNIDO-MRI Forum "CDM and Kyoto Protocol: Opportunities for Japan in Asia" (meeting report), has a shorter 1250 word summary .

Journalist

--1974-Present--Journalist. Independent. Newspapers, new media and radio.

ScienceWriters, the National Association of Science Writers quarterly

--Spring 2011 issue-- Cancer in Kyoto: A first person account

Platts, energy industry information

--25-June-2008--Japanese group seeks CDM reforms, eyes trading scheme -- Emissions Daily

--20-September-2007--Japanese voluntary ETS surpasses 2006 goals -- Emissions Daily

--27-December-2006--Japan business lobby continues to see room for improvement in Kyoto -- Emissions Daily

--20-October-2006--First CDM project on efficiency seeks to replace old light bulbs in China -- Emissions Daily

--08-September-2006--Japan enters carbon market through "Credit Acquisition Program" -- Emissions Daily

--14-August-2006--Japanese energy minister wants "bio-ethanol at the center of energy strategy" -- Emissions Daily

--25-October-2005--Japan expert sees Green Investment Schemes as key to releasing AAUs-- Emissions Daily

Radio Broadcasts

--1990s, High Plains Public Radio News Service -- Computer Mouse Invention

--1990s, Living Well. WAMC, Albany, New York -- Diet Computer

--May 1995, High Plains Public Radio News Service. Billings, Montana -- American Indian Supreme Court

American Chemical Society's Journals

--March 2001--News in Brief: Fishing for Fish Genes, meeting report from the October symposium of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science in Tokyo

--August 2001--News in Brief:Toward Alzheimer's recognition, news from the Drug Discovery Japan Conference in Tokyo in March

--August 2001--News in Brief: Targeted combichem for antibiotics, news from the Drug Discovery Japan Conference in Tokyo in March

--July 2001--Analytical Chemistry magazine. Focus, with contributions from Elizabeth Zubritsky. Rainbow Stars: A spectrum of possibilities can take you in directions you never expected--perhaps even across the attosecond barrier.

--January 2001--Technology Solutions column: Preventing ship pollution before regulation, news from the International Symposium on Marine Engineering in Tokyo in October

--January 2001--Research Profile: Chip-based mosaic immunoassays

--October 2000--Meeting News: Urine-based amplified DNA probe test for STDs. News from the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry

--February 1999--Laboratory Profile: Analytical research at Riken. Analytical research at Japan's Institute of Physical and Chemical Research is carried out in three groups.

BioMedNet News

--3 October 2001 --Japan slow to act on BSE warnings

--5 August 2001 --Phantoms on a different wavelength, news from the Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference in Tokyo

EMBO Reports--the Magazine of the European Molecular Biology Organization

--February 2001--What is patent-worthy?: Due to differing legal standards for patentability, applications for gene patents face different outcomes in various countries. Author's manuscript

--November 2000--Preparing for the worst: The USA and Japan's preparations for a terrorist attack with chemical or biological weapons

--August 2000--Analysis: JBIC will pool Japanese genomics research. Japan's efforts to catch up in bioinformatics

GenomeWeb, industry newsletter

--May 2000--Microbes, Jack Beans and others' sequences at new Japanese facility

--August 2000--Hitachi Poised for Major Revenue Growth Spurt in Life Science Sector, Executive Says

--June 2000--Advanced Primer Walking at new Japanese facility

Reuters Health Information Service