Meghan Doran (Simmons Community Engagement), Sarah Arena (Harvard University), and I have a new article in the Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning. The paper is titled “Perspectives of Community Partner Organizations in the Development of Ethical Service-Learning Guidelines” and it was published in a special issue on “Centering Social Justice in the Scholarship of Community…
TPRC49 Presentation on MLBN Research
Chris Ritzo (M-Lab) and I presented our paper, titled “Measuring Library Broadband Networks to Address Knowledge Gaps and Data Caps” to the attendees at the 49th Annual Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy, which was virtual again this year. The paper presents findings from our U.S Institute of Museum and Library Services funded research…
National Tribal Broadband Summit
I am honored to participate today in the National Tribal Broadband Summit hosted by the U.S. Department of the Interior. On behalf of our team, I am presenting an overview of our participatory action research project, titled “Improving Digital Inclusion and Broadband Infrastructure in Native Communities” funded by a grant from the U.S Institute of…
Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Scholarship and Research
Today, I officially begin an additional appointment as the Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Scholarship and Research in the Center for Faculty Excellence at Simmons University. I am incredibly excited and honored to begin this position to help “craft and implement a vision for supporting faculty research and scholarship at Simmons University as part of a…
Improving Digital Inclusion and Broadband Infrastructure in Native Communities
I am incredibly honored and excited to announce that our Community Informatics Lab at Simmons University has received a two-year grant (award #LG-250043-OLS-21) from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to work with the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Here is the description of the project that is available on…
Next Century Cities Presentation
Next Century Cities‘ Brittany-Rae Gregory organized an amazing group of scholars to participate in their Academic Pre-Conference event on July 20. I was incredibly honored to be part of this panel, which consisted of the following folks: Mike Conlow (Blue State Digital); Darrah Blackwater (Indigenous Law & Policy Fellow); Brian Whitacre (Oklahoma State University) and…
Call for Proposals: Sociotechnical Perspectives on Equity, Inclusion, and Justice
The 17th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium and the 3rd Annual Information Ethics and Policy Workshop (Half-Day Workshop) Conference website https://www.asist.org/sig/sigsi/sigsi-symposiums/ Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigsiiep2021 Early bird deadline July 21, 2021 Submission deadline August 16, 2021 Sociotechnical Perspectives on Equity, Inclusion, and Justice The Association for Information Science and Technology’s Special Interest Group for Social Informatics…
ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
I am incredibly humbled to share the news that I have received this year’s ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. My students always inspire me. I am grateful to them for this award. In particular, I want to thank my former rock star students who wrote absolutely incredible letters of support for my nomination, including:…
Opening Up About Mental Health Issues
I’ve been meaning to share this post from April 7, 2017, which I shared on Facebook with the community of friends and family I had there at that time. This was a deeply personal post that I’d only shared with those who I felt most comfortable with. At the end of this mental health awareness…
Coalitions and Digital Equity Planning
It was wonderful to be part of this year’s Net Inclusion Webinar Series, which took the place of this year’s Net Inclusion Annual Summit. On April 21st, NDIA hosted the webinar, “Coalitions and Digital Equity Planning” moderated by amalia deloney of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation with speakers Curt Williams (Cleveland Foundation), Sharonne Navas, (Equity in…