Dr. Norbert Mundorf
Professor in Communication Studies

302 Davis Hall
Office: (401) 874-4725
Fax: (401) 874-4722
MUNDORF@URI.EDU

Ph.D., Indiana University, 1987
Staatsexamen, University of Bonn, 1983
M.A., Indiana University, 1982

Dr. Mundorf's research interests include media effects and audience behavior, digital communication, electronic commerce, global communication via the Internet, as well as transportation and behavior change. Recently he has worked with the URI Transportation Center and Fraunhofer ISI (Karlsruhe, Germany) on issues related to Virtual Mobility, in particular Distance Learning and Transportation. He is co-editor of New Infotainment Technologies in the Home: Demand-Side Perspectives (Erlbaum, 1996) and Global E-commerce and Online Marketing (Quorum Books, 2002) and has published extensively in domestic and international journals. Dr. Mundorf has been the P.I. or Co-P.I. in funded projects exceeding $850,000, related to health promotion (smoking, alcohol, DUI), information technology, and teaching innovation.

Dr. Mundorf joined URI in 1987. His teaching interests include electronic media programming, telecommunications theory and audience behavior, global communication, electronic commerce, and experimental research methods.