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Curriculum Vitae

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Paul R. Messinger, Xin Ge, Kristen Smirnov, Eleni Stroulia, and Kelly Lyons. “Visual Self-Representation in Avatar-Mediated Environments.” Marketing Science, in second round reviews.
    • Paul R. Messinger, Eleni Stroulia, Kelly Lyons, Michael Bone, Annie Niu, Kristen Smirnov, and Stephen Perelgut. “New Directions for Social Computing in Virtual Worlds: Applications for Business and Social Sciences.” Decision Support Systems, in press.
    • Paul R. Messinger, Xin Ge, Eleni Stroulia, Kelly Lyons, Kristen Smirnov, and Michael Bone (2008). “On the Relationship between My Avatar and Myself.” Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 1(2).

    Newspaper Columns

    • Paul R. Messinger and Kristen Smirnov (2009, January 22). “Riding the Web to the White House.” Edmonton Journal, pp. A15. (PDF)

    Presentations

    • “Working in the Uncanny Valley.” 2009 Marketing Retreat, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, September 5, 2009.
    • “Graphic Manipulation in Stimuli Creation.” Marketing Seminar Series, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, February 9, 2009.

    Notable Articles

    • “New Directions for Social Computing in Virtual Worlds: Applications for Business and Social Sciences” was judged as the “17th Hottest Computing Science Article” of the quarter by Science Direct

    Grants

    • Provost Award, 2007-2009
    • Graduate Assistantship, 2005-2007
    • Robert Byrd Award, 1998-2003
    • National Merit Scholarship, 1998-2003

    Teaching

    • University of Alberta Teaching Award, 2011
    • School of Business Teaching Award, 2010