Madeleine Akrich est directrice du CSI (Centre de sociologie de l'innovation); elle a consacré l'essentiel de ses travaux à la sociologie des techniques, en s'intéressant spécifiquement aux usagers. Depuis quelques années, ses travaux concernent plus particulièrement la médecine.
editorial board member, Qualitative Research, and Chair, Trustees of the Foundation which owns the Sociology of Health and Illness journal
Professor Kroll-Smith is the Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
He was formerly a research professor of sociology at the University of New Orleans. He has edited and written 5 books on environmental hazards and disasters, health and the environment, and sociologists as expert witnesses. He is the current editor of Sociological Inquiry and the 2004 recipient of the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contribution Award in the study of Environment and Technology.
Kroll-Smith's current work is the problem of race, class, and water in New Orleans in the aftermath of hurricane's Katrina and Rita. He also regularly contributes to the growing scholarship on the sociology of sleep.
Brian Mayer is a library technology specialist for Genesee Valley BOCES, an educational services agency that supports the libraries of twenty-two small, rural districts in western New York, as well as an independent library consultant on gaming in libraries.
His focus is on modern board games and putting authentic games into educational settings to engage students with the curriculum. He has been instrumental in the growth of designer games as educational resources and has written several documents aligning games with national and state standards. He is the author of many articles on gaming in libraries and writes on the subject in his blog Library Gamer.
Mayer earned his elementary teaching certification at Buffalo State and his MLS at the University of Buffalo.
