2008	Brian Thoms, Nathan Garrett and Terry Ryan, Online Learning Communities in the New "U", (Accepted for publication in the IJNVO special issue Toward Virtual Universities)[pdf].
	Brian Thoms, Nathan Garrett, Mariana Soffer and Terry Ryan, “Resurrecting Graduate Conversation through an Online Learning Community,” International Journal of Information Communication and Technology Education (IJICTE), Issue #15 Vol. 4 No.3 Jul-Sep 2008 [pdf].
	Brian Thoms, Nathan Garrett, Jesus Canelon Herrera and Terry Ryan, “Understanding the Roles of Knowledge Sharing and Trust in Online Learning Communities,” In Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 41) January 7-10, 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii [pdf]. (Nominated Best Paper)
2007	Brian Thoms, Nathan Garrett, Mariana Soffer and Terry Ryan, "Resurrecting Graduate Conversation through an Online Learning Community,"IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems July 3-8, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal [pdf]. (Winner of Best Research Paper)
	Nathan Garrett, Brian Thoms, Mariana Soffer and Terry Ryan, “Extending the Elgg Social Networking System to Enhance the Campus Conversation,” Second Annual Design Research in Information Systems (DESRIST) May 14-15, 2007, Pasadena, California [pdf]. (Nominated Best Research Paper)