2009	Nathan Garrett, Brian Thoms, Terry Ryan and Nimer Alrushiedat, Developing the Social Portfolio, (Accepted for publication in On the Horizon).
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)
	Trudi Miller, Gondy Leroy, Samir Chatterjee, J. Fan, and Brian Thoms, “A Classifier to Evaluate Language Specificity of Medical Documents,” In Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 40) January 3-6, 2007, Waikoloa, Hawaii. [pdf ]. (Winner of Best Paper)
2005	Brian Thoms, ” Outsourcing: Inside Out and Outside In,” Stevens Master’s Thesis, 2005, unpublished but available online at http://radicalzero.com/stevens/thesis.pdf .
	posted by Brian Thoms

Jan. 2008 to Pres.		San Diego State University (SDSU)
		Part-time Faculty
		Teach an introductory course to information systems titled, Principles of Information Systems (IDS180). The course provides students with a broad overview of information systems and information technology, as it is principally used in support of business processes and decision-making activities.
Mar. 2007 to Pres.		San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE)
		Project Contractor
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(2002). “The active lurker: a new viewpoint for evaluating the influence of an in-house online community.” SIGGROUP Bull. 23, 3 (Dec. 2002), 29-33. 99.   Yahoo! Reputation Design Patterns (2008). From the Yahoo Developer Network. Retrieved online on June 30, 2008 from: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/parent.php?pattern=reputation. 100.           Yahoo! Ratings Design Patterns (2008). From the Yahoo Developer Network. Retrieved online on June 30, 2008 from: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/parent.php?pattern=ratingsreviews. [More] HICSS thomsb | page | Aug 15, 2008 - 8:55pm Three conference reviews for 43rd Annual HICSS Review Form1068.doc Review Form338.doc Review Form117.doc [More] Fellowships and Awards thomsb | page | Aug 15, 2008 - 11:35am 2008 2008 Spring CGU Travel Award Claremont Graduate University's student council provides financial awards to student activities that allow professional and academic growth in order to promote scholarship at CGU in both local and non-local arenas. 2007 SISAT Doctoral Screening Exam Passed the 2007 SISAT doctoral screening exam with distinction [pdf].   IADIS Award for Best Research Paper Winner of Best Research Paper at the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems July 3-8, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal [pdf]   SISAT Student Council Summer Travel Award In 2007 the School of Information Systems and Technology (SISAT) awarded four students with travel awards. The awards aimed to provide these students with financial assistance as they continue work on research and/or present their research at academic conferences around the world [pdf]. Hillcrest Award Hillcrest Transdisciplinary Student Research Fund to support transdisciplinary research on “Advising and Mentoring Graduate Students.” 2006 PFF Fellowship (2006-2007) The Claremont Graduate University Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) program has four major goals: prepare students to be outstanding researchers of the 21st Century, prepare students to teach and advise at a variety of institutions, prepare students to perform service at the departmental and university level, and prepare students for the academic job market. PFF Fellows participate in a year-long Learning Community. Kozmetsky Award Kozmetsky Award for transdisciplinary research.   posted by Brian Thoms     [More] Publications thomsb | page | Aug 7, 2008 - 11:06pm 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) Trudi Miller, Gondy Leroy, Samir Chatterjee, J. Fan, and Brian Thoms, “A Classifier to Evaluate Language Specificity of Medical Documents,” In Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 40) January 3-6, 2007, Waikoloa, Hawaii. [pdf ]. (Winner of Best Paper) 2005 Brian Thoms, ” Outsourcing: Inside Out and Outside In,” Stevens Master’s Thesis, 2005, unpublished but available online at http://radicalzero.com/stevens/thesis.pdf .   posted by Brian Thoms [More]