Research Projects

During the courses in the Ph.D. program Victor conducted the following research projects that culminated in term papers.

  • The Evolution of Telephony: The Complex Interplay of Technological Innovation, Economic Bubbles in the Telecommunications Industry, and Government Regulation and Deregulation
    • Course: IT/Comm/Telecom Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Hans Klein
    • Term: Fall 2011
  • Changing Roles of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Regulating the Telecommunications Industry
    • Course: IT/Comm/Telecom Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Hans Klein
    • Term: Fall 2011
  • Alternative Organizations Not the Answer to Overcoming Alienation in Industrialized Production — Illustrated by the Occupy Amsterdam
    • Course: Organization Theory
    • Instructor: Dr. John Walsh
    • Term: Fall 2011
  • Limits of Informal Reward Systems in Overcoming Alienation and Stimulating Productivity in Organizations — Illustrated by personal experiences
    • Course: Organization Theory
    • Instructor: Dr. John Walsh
    • Term: Fall 2011
  • Social Capital as the Key to Overcoming Alienation in Efficient Industrialized Production and its Management — A critique on Smith and Taylor illustrated by the managerial strategy of the Ford Motor Company
    • Course: Organization Theory
    • Instructor: Dr. John Walsh
    • Term: Fall 2011
  • Global Governance Dynamics in Emerging and Evolving Global Socio-Technical Systems for Protecting Civil Rights — Protecting Privacy Rights of Consumers in the Global RFID-Retail System
    • Course: Global Public Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Hans Klein
    • Term: Spring 2011
  • Consumer Acceptance of the Controversial Application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on Consumer Products in Retail
    • Course: Advanced Research Methods 2
    • Instructor: Dr. Greg Lewis
    • Term: Spring 2011
  • Tracing Modes of Regulation in Socio-technical System Development: Regulations for the Protection of Consumer Privacy Rights for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Retail
    • Course: Scope and Theory of Public Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Gordon Kingsley
    • Term: Fall 2010
  • Logical Inquiry into the Debate on Consumer Privacy Policy for RFID in Retail
    • Course: Logic of Policy Inquiry
    • Instructor: Dr. Juan Rogers
    • Term: Fall 2010
  • Religion and International Relations
    • Course: International Relations Theory
    • Instructor: Dr. Katja Weber
    • Term: Spring 2010
  • Neorealism vs. Neoliberalism — Neoliberalism Better Equipped to Conceptualize and Explain the Cooperation Among Nation States in the International Political System
    • Course: International Relations Theory
    • Instructor: Dr. Katja Weber
    • Term: Spring 2010
  • Consumer Privacy Protection for Radio Frequency Identification in the European Retail Sector — RFID Architecture and Regulatory Framework Working in Harmony to Protect Consumer Privacy
    • Course: Internet & Public Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Hans Klein
    • Term: Fall 2009
  • Free Speech on the Internet — A Global Internet Governance Regime as a Vehicle for Guaranteeing Free Speech on the Internet
    • Course: Internet & Public Policy
    • Instructor: Dr. Hans Klein
    • Term: Fall 2009