EASE History Credits

Brian Collins is responsible for the content, theme codings, and video editing of EASE History. Brian is a former social studies teacher who is now working on a doctorate in Learning, Technology, and Culture at Michigan State University. http://www.msu.edu/~colli239

Aparna Ramchandran is the Flash/Multimedia Developer of the EASE interface which was adapted for EASE History. Aparna just completed her Masters degree in Telecommunications, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University. http://www.msu.edu/~ramchan1

Rand Spiro is a professor of Learning, Technology, and Culture at Michigan State University. This system is based on Rand's Cognitive Flexibility Theory. Rand helped to lead the project that developed the EASE interface that was adapted for EASE History. His input has helped strengthen this project.

Charles Ruggiero is the ASP and JavaScript programmer of EASE History and built the advanced themes index and search pages. Charlie works at the College of Education at Michigan State University. ruggier3@msu.edu

Laurence Bates built the EASE database as part of another project in the Cognitive Flexibility Lab, and the database was adapted for EASE History.

EASE System Credits

EASE History uses an interface that was developed for another project.  For more details on that other project contact Rand Spiro, Brian Collins, or Aparna Ramchandran.

CFT-Based EASE system and interface © 2004 copyright by
Michigan State University Board of Trustees and Spiro Rand J., Collins Brian P., Ramchandran Aparna R., Laurence Bates, Ruggiero Charles C., Dirkin Kenneth W.

Acknowledgments

EASE History wants to thank the rights holders who granted us permission to use the ads to videos used in this interface:  Bob Dole, Bush Cheney Campaign, Democratic National Committee, Michael Dukakis, George McGovern, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, George Bush Presidential Library, Gerald R. Ford Library, Jimmy Carter Library, John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, John Kerry Campaign, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Minnesota Historical Society, Republican National Committee, Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, William J. Clinton, Walter Mondale, and WhiteStar Video.

Thanks to Michael Seadle, Xan Goodman, and Ceci Malilwe of the Digital & Multimedia Center at Michigan State University for helping us secure rights to use the videos.

Thanks to Ken Dirkin and Kavita Karnani for all their help in bringing this project together.

Fair Use

EASE History has exhaustively researched the contents of this collection to ascertain any possible legal rights embodied in the materials. Items included here with the permission of rights holders are listed below. Many of the items in this collection are in the public domain, that is, not subject to copyright protection such as the works of employees of the federal government of the United States.

Despite extensive research, EASE History has been unable to identify all possible rights holders in the materials in this collection. Thus, some of the materials provided here online are made available under an assertion of fair use (17 U.S.C. 107).