Michael Holmes

Education

B.A., Southwest Minnesota State University
M.A., Southern Illinois University
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Teaching

COMM 360 Communication Theory
COMM 451 Communication in Organizations
COMM 601 Introduction to Communication Studies
COMM 690 Seminar in Communication
ICOM 201 Digital Message Analysis and Design
ICOM 495 Digital Media Minor Capstone

(Note: Dr. Holmes is currently in a 100% research appointment in the BSU Center for Media Design)

Research interests include:

• Organizational Communication and Emerging Media
• Visual Communication
• Media Measurement

Selected publications:

DeSanctis, G., Poole, M.S., Zigures, I., DeSharnais, G., D’Onofrio, M., Gallupe, BA., Holmes, M., Jackson, B., Jackson, M., Lewis, H., Limayem, M., Lee-Partridge, J., Neiderman, F., Sambamurthy, V., Vician, C., Watson, R., Billingsely, J., Kirsch, L., Lind, R., & Shannon, D. (in press). The Minnesota GDSS Research Project: Group support systems, group processes and outcomes. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 9(10-11) (special issue).

Holmes, M.E., & Bloxham, M. (in press). An observational method for time use research: Lessons learned from the Middletown Media Studies. Social Indicators Research.

Papper, R., Holmes, M.E., & Popovich, M. (in press). Middletown Media Studies II: Observing consumer interactions with media. In A. Grant & J. Wilkinson Eds.), Understanding media convergence. London: Oxford University Press.

Josephson, S. & Holmes, M.E. (2008). Eye-tracking studies comparing multiple stimuli: Examples from TV news and the Web. In R. Hammoud (Ed.), Passive Eye Monitoring: Algorithms, Applications and Experiments (pp. 387-420). Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Josephson, S., & Holmes, M.E. (2008). Cross-race recognition deficit and visual attention: Do they all look (at faces) alike? Proceedings ETRA 2008: ACM SIGGRAPH Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (pp. 157-164). New York: ACM Press.

Josephson, S., & Holmes, M.E. (2006). Clutter or content? How on-screen enhancements affect how TV viewers scan and what they learn. Proceedings ETRA 2006: ACM SIGGRAPH Eye Tracking Research and Applications Symposium (pp. 155-162). New York: ACM Press.

Bergstrom, M.J., & Holmes, M.E. (2004). Organizational communication and aging: Age-related processes in organizations. In J. Nussbaum and J. Coupland (Eds.), The handbook of communication and aging research, 2nd ed. (pp. 305-327). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.Josephson, S., & Holmes, M.E. (2002). Attention to repeated images on the World Wide Web: Another look at scanpath theory. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments & Computers, 34, 539-548.

Poole, M.S., Van de Ven, A.H., Dooley, K., & Holmes, M.E. (2000). Organizational change and innovation processes: Theory and methods for research. New York: Oxford University Press.

Bergstrom, M.J., & Holmes, M.E. (2000). Lay theories of successful aging after the death of a spouse: A textual network analysis of bereavement advice. Health Communication, 12, 377-406.

(note: see www.bsu.edu/cmd/insightandresearch for reports and white papers for industry audiences originating in Dr. Holmes' applied media research for the Center for Media Design)

Service

• Member of the BSU Presidential Search Committee, 2003-2004.
• Member of the BSU Provost Search Committee, 2005-2006.
• Member of the BSU Vice President for Information Technology Search Committee, 2008.
• Member of the BSU Centers and Institutes Task Force, 2008-present.
• Member of the BSU Institutional Review Board, 2006-present.
• Member of the BSU Patent and Copyright Committee, 2005-present.
• Member of the BSU Asian Studies Program Committee, 2005-present.
• Member of the BSU International Programs Committee, 2005-2007.
• Interim Dean, BSU College of Communication, Information and Media, 2004-2005.
• Acting Dean, BSU College of Communication, Information and Media, 2003-2004.
• Acting Coordinator, BSU interdisciplinary Digital Media Minor, 2002-2003.
• Member of the BSU Information Technology Advisory Committee, 2001-2005.
• Member of the BSU Communication and Media Building Planning Committee, 2001-2002.
• Chairperson of the BSU Department of Communication Studies, 2001-2003.

Awards and Honors:

• Special Research Award from the Dean of the BSU College of Communication, Information and Media, 2006; for the Middletown Media Studies.

• Best Book Award, 2000-2001, Organizational Communication Division of the National Communication Association, for Organizational change and innovation processes: Theory and methods for research with M.S. Poole, A.H. Van de Ven, & K. Dooley.