Tenure-Track Faculty Position @ UMD iSchool
University of Maryland, College Park College of Information Studies: Maryland's iSchool Assistant Professor The iSchool at the University of Maryland seeks creative and forward-thinking individuals for a tenure-track faculty position in a multicultural and interdisciplinary environment where research and teaching share the highest priority and colleagues collaborate in all aspects of their academic work. We seek a colleague whose research and teaching interests focus on how information can be employed to meet the needs of entrepreneurial startups, non-profits, government and non-governmental organizations, and communities. This may include (but is not limited to): - Social media and social network analysis in teams and organizations - Design and evaluation of data management policies, procedures, and infrastructures - Sociotechnical, cultural, and organizational aspects of information and knowledge management - Innovation and research networks - Management and evaluation of information systems, services and innovation We are a faculty that engages in a broad range of research with the shared theme of information, technology and people. This is a 9-month tenure-track appointment, with opportunities for grant-funded summer research. Salary and benefits are competitive based upon qualifications and experience. The ideal candidate will: - Conduct cutting edge, high impact research that shapes the information field; - Craft exceptional educational experiences for students; - Aspire to leadership roles in relevant professional service; and - Thrive in an diverse, interdisciplinary environment. The iSchool enrolls nearly 500 students in four degree programs: Ph.D. in Information Studies, Master of Information Management, Master of Library Science, and Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction; faculty teach across programs. We are known internationally for our vibrant program of interdisciplinary research in group and organizational dynamics, cloud computing, computational linguistics, digital humanities, health information, knowledge management, information policy, information retrieval, interface design, online communities, learning environments, and social media. Several members of our faculty hold joint appointments in Business, Education, English, and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. More information is available at http://ischool.umd.edu<http://ischool.umd.edu/>. Qualifications. Ph.D. or equivalent in a related area at time of appointment; demonstrated research excellence; a research agenda with the potential to attract external support; interest in developing effective and innovative teaching. Application Submission. For best consideration, apply by November 30, 2013. Provide a CV, letter of interest that clearly describes your primary area(s) of expertise and the specific contributions that you would make to the iSchool, and separate statements outlining research and teaching interests. Applications for the position of Assistant Professor, Information Management (Position #119623) must be submitted through the University of Maryland's online system at https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/22393. The University of Maryland is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Hello, all - I'd like to get some suggestions for a course I'm teaching. I'm doing an STS-type course on communication technologies, and I want to include a unit focusing on gender. Can anyone suggest contemporary feminist- or gender studies-inflected STS scholarship on communication technologies? I have a few things in mind, but I'd love to broaden my library in this area. Regards, Rob Gehl -- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet
Dear Rob Gehl, Within the HCI discipline, Shaowen Bardzel has done some excellent work on feminism. You can find much of her work in the ACM digital library. There was also a recent issue of Interacting with Computers that focused on feminism, co-edited by Shaowen and Elizabeth Churchill. (Full disclosure: They accepted a brief article by me for that issue of IwC, and I provided minor help with reviewing.) thanks, --michael ----- Michael Muller, IBM Research, Cambridge MA USA, michael_muller@us.ibm.com From: "Robert W. Gehl" <lists@robertwgehl.org> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org, Date: 10/24/2013 01:33 PM Subject: [Air-L] Feminist STS and communication technologies? Sent by: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org Hello, all - I'd like to get some suggestions for a course I'm teaching. I'm doing an STS-type course on communication technologies, and I want to include a unit focusing on gender. Can anyone suggest contemporary feminist- or gender studies-inflected STS scholarship on communication technologies? I have a few things in mind, but I'd love to broaden my library in this area. Regards, Rob Gehl -- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Dear Rob - and all, Have you come across feminist technoscience work, for example by Cecilia Asberg? This is an introduction: Asberg, C. & Lykke, N. Feminist technoscience studies.European Journal of Women's Studies 17(4) 299-305. Then there is Alison Harvey - Constituting the Player: Feminist Technoscience, Gender, and Digital Play International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology, Vol 3, No 1 (2011) http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewArticle/12... Hope these are useful, Best wishes, Koen. Koen Leurs, PhD | Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher, LSE | | Affiliated researcher Graduate Gender Studies / Institute for Cultural Enquiry (ICON) Utrecht University | www.uu.nl/wiredup | http://www.mignetproject.eu/ | www.koenleurs.net ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of michael_muller@us.ibm.com [michael_muller@us.ibm.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 8:56 PM To: Robert W. Gehl Cc: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Feminist STS and communication technologies? Dear Rob Gehl, Within the HCI discipline, Shaowen Bardzel has done some excellent work on feminism. You can find much of her work in the ACM digital library. There was also a recent issue of Interacting with Computers that focused on feminism, co-edited by Shaowen and Elizabeth Churchill. (Full disclosure: They accepted a brief article by me for that issue of IwC, and I provided minor help with reviewing.) thanks, --michael ----- Michael Muller, IBM Research, Cambridge MA USA, michael_muller@us.ibm.com From: "Robert W. Gehl" <lists@robertwgehl.org> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org, Date: 10/24/2013 01:33 PM Subject: [Air-L] Feminist STS and communication technologies? Sent by: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org Hello, all - I'd like to get some suggestions for a course I'm teaching. I'm doing an STS-type course on communication technologies, and I want to include a unit focusing on gender. Can anyone suggest contemporary feminist- or gender studies-inflected STS scholarship on communication technologies? I have a few things in mind, but I'd love to broaden my library in this area. Regards, Rob Gehl -- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Dear colleagues, My name is Alex Stiver and I’m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK). We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding. Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and feedback? We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us: perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes. We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further. Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project. Many thanks! Alex -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).
Hi Alex, Another useful network to put this question out to would be the e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about your work and possibly collaborating. Filippo ------- Dr. Filippo Trevisan Post-doctoral Research Assistant Adam Smith Research Foundation University of Glasgow 66, Oakfield Avenue Glasgow G12 8LS United Kingdom email: filippo.trevisan@glasgow.ac.uk Web: www.filippotrevisan.net Download some of my papers here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633 On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver@open.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
My name is Alex Stiver and I¹m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK).
We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding. Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and feedback?
We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us: perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes. We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
Many thanks!
Alex -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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hi alex, at the conference on online social networks[1] this year, there was a track on crowdsourcing, which had a number of quantitative studies on existing platforms. the first presentation was titled: Launch Hard or Go Home! Predicting the Success of Kickstarter Campaigns Vincent Etter (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Matthias Grossglauser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Patrick Thiran (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) and may be of interest to you. best, s. [1] http://cosn.acm.org/program.html On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Filippo Trevisan <Filippo.Trevisan@glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Alex,
Another useful network to put this question out to would be the e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist
I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about your work and possibly collaborating.
Filippo
------- Dr. Filippo Trevisan Post-doctoral Research Assistant Adam Smith Research Foundation University of Glasgow 66, Oakfield Avenue Glasgow G12 8LS United Kingdom
email: filippo.trevisan@glasgow.ac.uk Web: www.filippotrevisan.net
Download some of my papers here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633
On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver@open.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
My name is Alex Stiver and I¹m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK).
We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding. Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and feedback?
We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us: perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes. We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
Many thanks!
Alex -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Hi Alex, I've been looking at crowdfunding for the past year at MIT's Center for Civic Media. My interest is mostly in so-called 'civic' crowdfunding - the use of online platforms to raise money for projects that provide services to communities. I'm interested in questions of fairness/equity, geography and framing. I blog fairly regularly on the topic (rodrigodavies.com/blog) and am working on a couple of articles at the moment. I'd be glad to talk and hear more about your project. Likewise, I'd be glad to connect with other AIR folks who are working in this area. Best regards, Rodrigo -- Rodrigo Davies MIT Center for Civic Media @rodrigodavies | rodrigodavies.com/blog Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Seda Gurses <seda@nyu.edu> wrote:
hi alex,
at the conference on online social networks[1] this year, there was a track on crowdsourcing, which had a number of quantitative studies on existing platforms. the first presentation was titled:
Launch Hard or Go Home! Predicting the Success of Kickstarter Campaigns Vincent Etter (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Matthias Grossglauser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) Patrick Thiran (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
and may be of interest to you. best, s.
[1] http://cosn.acm.org/program.html
On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Filippo Trevisan <Filippo.Trevisan@glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Alex,
Another useful network to put this question out to would be the e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist
I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about your work and possibly collaborating.
Filippo
------- Dr. Filippo Trevisan Post-doctoral Research Assistant Adam Smith Research Foundation University of Glasgow 66, Oakfield Avenue Glasgow G12 8LS United Kingdom
email: filippo.trevisan@glasgow.ac.uk Web: www.filippotrevisan.net
Download some of my papers here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633
On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver@open.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
My name is Alex Stiver and I¹m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK).
We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding. Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and feedback?
We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us: perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes. We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
Many thanks!
Alex -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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I would also point you to http://www.crowdsourcing.org/ to find some stuff on crowdfunding (and crowdsourcing). The site is an aggregator of sorts for anything that discusses these issues. There's not much of a filter, for better or worse, so just about any company or scholarly article that claims to be about crowdsourcing or crowdfunding ends up catalogued on the site. It may serve as a good starting point, though, for tracking down key studies, companies, or researchers on crowdfunding. As a crowdsourcing researcher, I haven't done much on crowdfunding (which I consider conceptually distinct!), but I'm working on a paper now about how the discourse on crowdfunding may affect public arts funding - get in touch in a few weeks and I can share a copy of it. Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham@usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com
On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver@open.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear colleagues,
My name is Alex Stiver and I¹m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK).
We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding. Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and
feedback?
We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and
impressions with us:
perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes. We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
Many thanks!
Alex -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
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Maybe also check out... Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat: New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming Kafai, Heeter, Denner, and Sun http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Barbie-Mortal-Kombat-Perspectives/dp/0262516063... I am not sure it's exactly what you're looking for, but in essence it is STS and it is focused on gender. (It also has some really great authors whose work I admire.) On Oct 24, 2013, at 2:56 PM, michael_muller@us.ibm.com wrote:
Dear Rob Gehl,
Within the HCI discipline, Shaowen Bardzel has done some excellent work on feminism. You can find much of her work in the ACM digital library. There was also a recent issue of Interacting with Computers that focused on feminism, co-edited by Shaowen and Elizabeth Churchill. (Full disclosure: They accepted a brief article by me for that issue of IwC, and I provided minor help with reviewing.)
thanks, --michael ----- Michael Muller, IBM Research, Cambridge MA USA, michael_muller@us.ibm.com
From: "Robert W. Gehl" <lists@robertwgehl.org> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org, Date: 10/24/2013 01:33 PM Subject: [Air-L] Feminist STS and communication technologies? Sent by: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org
Hello, all -
I'd like to get some suggestions for a course I'm teaching. I'm doing an STS-type course on communication technologies, and I want to include a unit focusing on gender. Can anyone suggest contemporary feminist- or gender studies-inflected STS scholarship on communication technologies? I have a few things in mind, but I'd love to broaden my library in this area.
Regards,
Rob Gehl
-- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet
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Hi Robert You may wish to check out the special issue of Feminist Media Studies that I co-edited with Larissa Hjorth entitled " Mobile intimacies " http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfms20/12/4 Good luck with your course! Sun --- Sun Sun LIM PhD Associate Professor & Deputy Head Department of Communications and New Media National University of Singapore Website: http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/cnmlss/ -----Original Message----- From: Robert W. Gehl [mailto:lists@robertwgehl.org] Sent: 25 October, 2013 1:35 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Feminist STS and communication technologies? Hello, all - I'd like to get some suggestions for a course I'm teaching. I'm doing an STS-type course on communication technologies, and I want to include a unit focusing on gender. Can anyone suggest contemporary feminist- or gender studies-inflected STS scholarship on communication technologies? I have a few things in mind, but I'd love to broaden my library in this area. Regards, Rob Gehl -- Robert W. Gehl Assistant Professor, Department of Communication The University of Utah www.robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Sent from our OS on our Internet
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Alexandra.Stiver -
Brian Butler -
Daren Brabham -
Filippo Trevisan -
Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) -
michael_muller＠us.ibm.com -
Nathaniel Poor -
Robert W. Gehl -
Rodrigo Davies -
Seda Gurses -
Sun Sun LIM