Many thanks to iSchools Community Manager, Ulrike Liebner for sharing this wonderful spotlight on my new book! Since this iSchools Book Talk provides a nice overview of both the scholarly and practical contributions of the book, I thought I’d also share parts of the article below for those who might also find this write-up useful…
Digital Equity
The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation
I look forward to participating in this wonderful event tomorrow at 1pm ET via the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society‘s YouTube page in celebration of Alisa Valentin and Claudia Ruiz’s new excellent paper, titled “The Blueprint for Equitable Digital Participation” from Public Knowledge, UnidosUS, and the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA). From the Benton…
Book Release Day!
It’s book release day! đ â¤ď¸ This book is for everyone who helps people gain access to affordable broadband, digital devices, and digital skills in the US and around the world. This book is also for everyone who advocates for faster, affordable high-speed internet and the funding to support digital equity. If you don’t do…
New Tech Policy Press Op-Ed
Cook County Digital Equity Director and visionary leader, Kyla Williams Tate and I have a new piece up at Tech Policy Press. In it, we share our perspectives on why our federal government needs to restore the Digital Equity Act. Mainly, we argue that federal funding is required to sustain the ecosystems that digital equity…
Beta Phi Mu Spring Initiation Talk
I was invited to give a talk, which I titled “LIS Values: Access, Equity, and Social Justice” at today’s Beta Phi Mu Initiation for our students in the School of Information Sciences. As the website exaplains, Beta Phi Mu “was founded in 1948 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by a group of leading…
Mobile Media & Communication Article Now Open Access
In 2023, my article titled ââItâs one of the most important things we carry for usâ: How mobile hotspots support people experiencing homelessnessâ was published in a special issue of Mobile Media & Communication. The article featured findings from my study of the Boston Public Library’s hotspot lending program, which is still continuing today. I’m thrilled…
Digital Equity Ecosystems Book Cover
The University of California Press has been absolutely wonderful to work with in designing the cover for my new book, titled Digital Equity Ecosystems: How Community Coalitions Reduce Inequality and Strengthen Democracy. Many thanks to Vanessa Rhinesmith for helping to inform the design, which is represented in this final version below! The image in the…
New Article in Journal of Information Policy
Thrilled to have another journal article published this year, titled “Beyond Access and Infrastructure: Evaluating the Impact of Local Contexts on Digital Equity Strategies Through the Lens of the Digital Opportunities Compass.” The article was co-authored with my wonderful colleagues Dr. Pierrette RenĂŠe Dagg, Dr. Megan Knittel, and Joon Oh revised from an earlier version…
“The Ability to Pay for Broadband” Now Open Access
I am thrilled to announce that our 2019 paper, titled “The Ability to Pay for Broadband” (Rhinesmith, Reisdorf, & Bishop) is now open open access in Communication Research and Practice. As I described in a previous post after the article was published, “In our recent paper, published in a special issue of Communications Research and…
New Article in Journal of Participatory Research Methods
I’m absolutely thrilled to share the news that Sangha Kang-Le and I have a new peer-reviewed article that’s just been published in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods. The article, titled “Understanding the Value of a Digital Equity Researcher-Practitioner Collaboration Using Participatory Action Research,” presents an in-depth analysis of the participatory approach we used to…