BCU’s Dotterweich Article Published  

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Lisa Dotterweich co-authored an article "Citizen-Government Interaction and the Internet: Expectations and Accomplishments in Contact, Quality, and Trust," which has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Information Technology & Politics Volume 5, Issue 2, 2008.

Dotterweich co-authored the article with Ramona McNeal of the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, and Kathleen Hale of Auburn University, Auburn, Ala.

The article explores the promise of the internet in American public life through the intersection of two apparently contradictory trends: the rise of e-government and the decline of public trust in government and public confidence in traditional forms of citizen engagement.

Dotterweich, who joined Briar Cliff University in 2007, previously taught at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and at Mount Union College, Alliance, Ohio. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio; and a master’s degree in political science from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, where she is completing her doctoral dissertation. 

The Journal of Information Technology & Politics publishes articles on the challenges and opportunities presented by information technology in politics and government to promote a better understanding of how evolving information technologies interact.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states, Bosnia, Canada, Ecuador and Pakistan.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion.