*Call for Presenters: iConference 2015 workshop on Exploring Gender, Race, and Sexuality with Social Media Data* *Newport Beach, California, USA. March 24, 2015* Social media data present a powerful opportunity for researchers to explore how they might ask nuanced questions regarding the intersectionality of gender, race, and sexuality. Recent controversies like #Gamergate and the public outcry over research about #BlackTwitter demonstrate the importance of ethical practices and accountability to online communities when conducting social media data analysis. We invite anyone interested in discussing these questions and controversies to join us at this iConference workshop where we will: · Help build a community of researchers working on issues of gender, race, and/or sexuality within the information sciences and related fields. · Create skill-building experiences that enable researchers to collect and analyze social media data to further their own work. · Explore how to analyze social media data ethically and develop practices that respect and engage the sometimes vulnerable and marginalized populations who may have generated the data. · Critically discuss the use of social media data to generate new insights and scholarship. We welcome both new and experienced researchers and encourage participation from a wide range of methodological orientations, including qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods. *CALL FOR PRESENTERS* Workshop participation is open to all. However, to facilitate the opportunity for a select set of presentations at the workshop, we welcome any interested scholars to submit a position paper, methods paper, or case study. Papers should describe novel and ethical research involving the use of social media data for the exploration of gender, race, and/or sexuality. We particularly welcome submissions from participants dealing with issues of intersectionality. Paper submissions are entirely optional, but if desired should be 2-4 pages in the iConference 2015 format <http://ischools.org/the-iconference/program/author-instructions/#template>. If accepted, authors will be provided with presentation details in advance of the workshop; they will also be invited to share their data for workshop demonstration purposes. We will provide opportunities throughout the workshop for presenters to get feedback on their research from workshop attendees and organizers. Participant papers will be made available on the workshop website <https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/> with author permission. *HOW TO SUBMIT* Email your paper to ohaimson@uci.edu by January 16, 2015 at 5pm PST. *TIMELINE* Paper deadline: January 16, 2015 Decision notifications: February 16, 2015 Workshop: March 24, 2015 *ORGANIZERS* Oliver L. Haimson, UC Irvine Amanda Menking, University of Washington Jordan Eschler, University of Washington Ingrid Erickson, Rutgers University Gillian R. Hayes, UC Irvine *CONTACT* Oliver Haimson: ohaimson@uci.edu For more information: https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/ <https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/> -- <https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/> <https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/> Oliver L. Haimson PhD Student, Informatics Social & Technological Action Research Group University of California, Irvine <https://iconferencesocialmediadata.wordpress.com/>oliverhaimson.com