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Morgan G. Ames

Morgan Ames

Assistant Professor of Practice
Alumni (MIMS 2006)
Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science
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Jenna Burrell

Adjunct Professor
how systematically excluded communities adapt technology, algorithmic fairness and transparency, human control over algorithms, ethnography
Coye Cheshire

Coye Cheshire

Professor
Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange
Paul Duguid

Paul Duguid

Adjunct Professor
The concept of information; the history of information; the history of "technocracy"; critical information studies.
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Andrew Reddie

Assistant Professor of Practice
Politics, Security, Emerging Technologies, Arms Control, Global Governance, Cybersecurity

Recent Publications

Revisiting the Fishers of Kerala, India
Sep 1, 2013
Invisible Users: Youth in the Internet Cafes of Urban Ghana.
May 1, 2012
The political life of information: “Information” and the practice of governance in India
Dec 15, 2011
None of us is as lazy as all of us: Social Intelligence and Loafing in Information Pools
Jul 10, 2010
Trust and Transitions in Modes of Social Exchange
Jul 1, 2010
Self-presentation, Interpersonal Perception, and Relationship Initiation Through Computer-Mediated Communication
Jun 30, 2010
Social Operational Information, Competence, and Participation in Online Collective Action
Apr 1, 2010
Evaluating Shared Access: Social Equality and the Circulation of the Mobile Phones in Rural Uganda
Jan 20, 2010
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Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Nov 30, 2009
Groundbreaking new book reports on a three-year ethnographic investigation of young people's use of digital technology. Twenty-three different case studies reveal the intricate dynamics of youth's social and recreational use of digital media.
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Order, Coordination and Uncertainty
Oct 15, 2009

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Social & Cultural Studies news

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop Per Child
Morgan Ames’ The Charisma Machine: A Deep Dive into One Laptop per Child
Oct 15, 2019

Morgan G. Ames explores the rise and fall of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project in her new book, The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop Per Child. 

Steve Fadden
Steve Fadden Speaks Design at UXINDIA 2019
Sep 12, 2019
Geoffrey Nunberg
Geoffrey Nunberg on Gender Pronouns and Sam Smith
Sep 13, 2019
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Watch danah boyd on the Spread of Conspiracies and Hate Online
Aug 5, 2019
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Geoff Nunberg Discusses AI on Fresh Air
Jun 28, 2019
AnnaLee Saxenian
Bloomberg Cites AnnaLee Saxenian’s Research on the Benefits of High-Skill Immigration
May 10, 2019
Geoff Nunberg
A Conversation with Geoff Nunberg on The Hidden Consequences of Being a Jerk Online
Apr 24, 2019
Shazeda Ahmed
Shazeda Ahmed on the Messy Truth About Social Credit
Apr 23, 2019

Ph.D. student Shazeda Ahmed writes that foreign media has painted a dystopian portrait of China’s social credit system. The reality is both less coherent and more complex.

Jen King
Alumna Jennifer King’s Dissertation Honored by iSchools Organization
Jan 30, 2019

School of Information alumna Jennifer King was honored by the iSchools organization for her doctoral dissertation, “Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory.”

Richmond Wong
I School Team Reimagines “Privacy by Design,” and Wins Best Paper Award
Dec 6, 2018

Instead of looking for design solutions to fix existing problems in privacy, I School researchers used speculative design fictions to explore the potential privacy issues that may arise in future uses and adoptions of emerging biosensing technologies.

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