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 […]
It was wonderful to co-lead our iSchools Community Informatics Group session yesterday, during iConference 2026 in Edinburgh, Scotland, with my colleague and The Journal of Community Informatics co-editor-in-chief, Dr. Khalid Hossain, Research Fellow in the Department of Human Centred Computing at Monash University. During the session, we introduced our iSchools Community Informatics Group and had […]
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 […]
Thank you to amalia deloney (Point A Studio) and Mariam Sannoh from the Baltimore Office of Digital Equity for inviting me to lead a workshop with a group of amazing non-profit leaders and digital equity advocates from Baltimore’s vibrant digital equity ecosystem this evening. Many of the attendees were interested in learning more about how […]
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 […]
The Southeastern New York Library Council released a new report today, titled “DNHV: Report Highlights and Recommendations.” I am thrilled to have played a small part in this report, which outlines the findings from research on data gathered by the Southeastern NY Library Resources Council about the Digital Navigators of the Hudson Valley program between […]
We are thrilled to partner with the data and technology team at the Reaching Across Illinois Library System on a new project to investigate the digital equity capacity of Illinois libraries! While existing studies have identified the role of public libraries in addressing their communities’ digital equity needs, there is little research on the digital […]
I am excited to share the cover design (pictured right) for my forthcoming book, titled Digital Equity Ecosystems: How Community Coalitions Reduce Inequality and Strengthen Democracy, which will be published by the University of California Press in 2026. The description of the book from UC Press is below. “Digital Equity Ecosystems introduces readers to the […]
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 Renée Dagg, Dr. Megan Knittel, and Joon Oh revised from an earlier version […]