A sociologist and computer scientist whose work focuses on “human centered” information systems, Roxanne is currently Distinguished Professor Emerita, College of Computing Sciences, NJIT. The Network Nation: Human Communication via Computer, co-authored with Murray Turoff in 1978, described the technical and social possibilities for what has become the Internet and the World Wide Web.  She conceived of  the possibility of an online “virtual classroom” environment; designed, implemented,  and studied the first version of such a system in 1986-88 and trademarked the name; these are now generally referred to as Learning Management Systems supporting “Asynchronous Learning Networks”.  Her main interest is in research on innovations in online learning,  and on ways of increasing the effectiveness of virtual classrooms for both students and teachers.