On Friday, April 17th, DEAR Lab members (pictured right), Dr. Colin Rhinesmith along with Elliot Barber (on Zoom), Isabel Braico, Mads Christiansen, and Bashi Hariharan Yasodha, joined our community partner, Anne Slaughter, RAILS Director of Technology Service at the Public Engagement Summit. During the Summit, we presented our case study titled “Building the Digital Equity […]
I’m excited to join my friend and colleague, Claudia Șerbănuță for the first in a series of engaging discussions on “Libraries in a democratic ecosystem” hosted by Acesso Cultura. As the website explains (also below):Online debates5, 12, 19 May (Tuesdays) and 25 May (Monday)7-9pm CETThe debates will be held in English. They will not be recorded. Register here Human beings […]
I will be giving my first book talk on Wednesday, February 18th at 11:00am (EST) at the Quello Center at Michigan State University, where I am a Research Fellow. The book will be published in June 2026 by the University of California Press. Here is the link to the event on the Quello Center’s website. The talk […]
As a member of the Digital Equity Action Research (DEAR) Lab, I spend much of my time thinking about how technology, learning, and community realities intersect, especially in rural and underserved settings. This year, I had the opportunity to share a part of my work at the 2025 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information […]
I look forward to moderating our iConference 2025 panel discussion, titled “20 Years of The Journal of Community Informatics: The Past, Present, and Future of Putting People First,” at 3:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 19th at Indiana University in Bloomington. The discussion is part of the iSchools Community Informatics Group Community Event and will […]
I was invited to join the American Library Association (ALA)’s Digital Inclusion Working Group this week to present findings from my recently published article, titled “Public Libraries, Digital Equity Coalitions, and The Public Good” in Public Library Quarterly. Several participants in the working group participated in the research. While I was able to share early […]