Books by Mary Roberts

Donald I. Barker has authored, coauthored, and contributed to 40 cutting-edge and best-selling textbooks on subjects ranging from computer operating systems and expert systems to Internet research and social media marketing. Mr. Barker holds an M.B.A. from Eastern Washington University. As an assistant professor of information systems at Gonzaga University, he was honored with the Best Theoretical Paper Award by the International Business Schools Computer Users Group Annual North American Conference. He also received several Jepson Scholarship Awards for notable publications in the field of artificial intelligence. As senior editor of PC AI Magazine, he wrote popular columns for the magazine and BotSpot.com. For more information about Mr. Barker, visit: www.linkedin.com/in/donaldibarker. Mary Lou Roberts is Professor Emeritus of Management and Marketing at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She taught in the marketing area there for over 20 years. Her Ph.D. in marketing is from the University of Michigan. She is the senior author of Direct Marketing Management, second edition and a co-author of Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach, second edition. She has published extensively in marketing journals in the United States and Europe. In 1997 her article "Expanding the Role of the Direct Marketing Database" was included in the Journal of Direct Marketing Best of the Decade Ten Year Retrospective. She has been an active member of many professional organizations and has served on a number of their boards including the local and national boards of the American Marketing Association, Mass Audubon and the Advisory Board of Professional Organizations of the U.S. Department of the Census. Melissa S. Barker is a digital marketing consultant and public speaker, currently working with Jive Software, Puppet Labs, and Gates NextGen Open Source Courseware Grant. She has coauthored five textbooks, including the best-selling Internet Research Illustrated. In 2010, she created the first accredited social media marketing certificate in Washington State. She teaches search and social media marketing, as well as other related courses at Spokane Falls Community College. Melissa holds a B.A. in public relations and advertising from Gonzaga University, and an M.B.A. from Willamette University (expected in 2016). She has held key roles in digital marketing management at Siber Systems, Own Point of Sale, Integra Telecom, Jive Software, and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Melissa has become a recognized authority on LinkedIn, and a sought-after speaker at conferences, such as InnoTech and ITEXPO. For more information, visit: www.linkedin.com/in/melissasbarker. Nicholas F. Bormann holds a Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University). He received his undergraduate education at Gonzaga University, graduating with a B.S. in economics and a B.A. in political science, with a concentration in women's/gender studies. Dr. Bormann is a two-time recipient of the Albert Mann Award for intercollegiate policy debate and qualified for the National Debate Tournament four times, advancing to elimination rounds twice. A member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society, his 2010 paper on the effect of state minimum wage laws on unemployment was presented at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference. For more information about Dr. Bormann, visit: www.linkedin.com/in/nfbormann. Debra Zahay is a Full Professor of Marketing and Department Chair of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, where she has overseen the inclusion of digital marketing and analytics in the undergraduate curriculum. She holds her doctorate in marketing from the University of Illinois, Dr. Zahay researches how firms can facilitate customer relationships, particularly using customer information. She has published extensively in marketing journals in the United States and Europe. She has served as a vice president on the Executive Board of the Chicago American Marketing Association and currently serves on the Board of the Marketing EDGE organization and the editorial board of the Journal of Marketing Analytics as well as that of Industrial Marketing Management. She has been the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing since 2012, guiding the explosive growth in influence of that journal.