ANDREA WIGGINS
6001 Dodge St.
177C Peter Kiewit Institute
Omaha, NE 68182 USA
wiggins *at* unomaha *dot* edu
Research Interests
Open collaboration systems
My research investigates the interactions of organizational settings, work design, and technologies in open collaboration systems. I study citizen science to better understand and design information systems for open participation and collaboration in data-intensive contexts.
Appointments
University of Nebraska at Omaha, College OF Information science & Technology
Assistant Professor, 2017-current
University of Maryland College Park, College OF Information Studies
Affiliate Assistant Professor, 2017-2020
Assistant Professor, 2014-2017
University of New Mexico and Cornell University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2012-2014
Supervisors: William Michener (DataONE) & Rick Bonney (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Education
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES
PhD, Information Science & Technology, 2012
Dissertation: Crowdsourcing Scientific Work: A Comparative Study of Technologies, Processes, and Outcomes in Citizen Science
Committee: Kevin Crowston (Advisor), Steve Sawyer, Jian Qin, Rick Bonney, Geoffrey Bowker, and Murali Venkatesh.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF INFORMATION
MSI, Information, 2007
Thesis: Exploring Peer Prestige in Academic Hiring Networks
Committee: Michael J. McQuaid (Advisor), and Lada A. Adamic.
ALMA COLLEGE
BA, Mathematics, 2000
Publications
REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
- Wiggins, A. & Wilbanks, J. (2019). The Rise of Citizen Science in Biomedical and Health Research. American Journal of Bioethics, 19(8):3-14. DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2019.1619859.
- Lukyanenko, R., Wiggins, A., & Rosser, H. (2019). Citizen Science as an Information Quality Frontier. Information Systems Frontiers, (2019), 1–23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-019-09915-z.
- Parrish, J.K., Burgess, H., Weltzin, J.F., Fortson, L., Wiggins, A., & Simmons, B. (2018). Exposing the Science in Citizen Science: Fitness to Purpose and Intentional Design. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 58(1): 150-160. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy032.
- Wiggins, A., Bonney, R., LeBuhn, G., Parrish, J.K., & Weltzin, J.F. (2018). A Science Products Inventory for Citizen-Science Planning and Evaluation. BioScience, 68(6):436–444. DOI: 10.1093/bio- science/biy028.
- He, Y. & Wiggins, A. (2017). Implementing an Environmental Citizen Science Project: Strategies and Concerns from Educators’ Perspectives. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 12(6):1459-1481.
- Kosmala, M., Wiggins, A., Swanson, A., & Simmons, B. (2016). Assessing Data Quality in Citizen Science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 14(10):551–560. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1436 (published); 10.1101/074104 (bioRxiv preprint).
- Sullivan, B., Phillips, T., Dayer, A., Wood, C., Farnsworth, A., Rodewald, A., Iliff, M., Davies, I., Wiggins, A., Rosenberg, K., Fink, D., Hochachka, W., Bonney, R., & Kelling, S. (2016). Using open access observational data for conservation action: a case study for birds. Biological Conservation, 208, 5-14. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.031.
- McKinley, D., Miller-Rushing, A., Ballard, H., Bonney, R., Brown, H., Cook-Patton, S., Evans, D., French, R., Parrish, J., Phillips, T., Ryan, S., Shanley, L., Shirk, J., Stepenuck, K., Weltzin, J., Wiggins, A., Boyle, O., Briggs, R., Chapin, S., Hewitt, D., Preuss, P., & Soukup, M. (2016). Citizen Science Can Improve Conservation Science, Natural Resource Management, and Environmental Protection. Biological Conservation, 208, 15-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2016.05.015.
- Bowser, A. & Wiggins, A. (2015). Privacy in Participatory Research: Advancing Policy to support Human Computation. Human Computation, (2)1. DOI: 10.15346/hc.v2i1.3.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2015). Surveying the citizen science landscape. First Monday, 20(1). DOI: 10.5210/fm.v20i1.5520.
- McKinley, D., Miller-Rushing, A., Ballard, H., Bonney, R., Brown, H., Evans, D., French, R., Parrish, J., Phillips, T., Ryan, S., Shanley, L., Shirk, J.,Stepenuck, K., Weltzin, J., Wiggins, A., Boyle, O., Briggs, R., Chapin, S., Hewitt, D., Preuss, P., & Soukup, M. (2015). Investing in Citizen Science Can Improve Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection. Issues in Ecology, (19).
- Kelling, S., Johnston, A., Hochachka, W., Iliff, M., Fink, D., Gerbracht, J., Lagoze, C., La Sorte, F., Moore, T., Wiggins, A., Wong, W.-K., Wood, C., & Yu, J. (2015). Can Observation Skills of Citizen Scientists Be Estimated Using Species Accumulation Curves?. PLoS one, 10(10), e0139600. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139600.
- Bonney, Shirk, J., Phillips, T., Wiggins, A., Ballard, H., Miller-Rushing, A., & Parrish, J. (March 2014). Next Steps for Citizen Science. Science. 343(6178):1436-1437. DOI: 10.1126/science.1251554.
- Sullivan, B., Aycrigg, J., Barry, J., Bonney, R., Bruns, N., Cooper, C., Damoulas, T., Dhondt, A., Dietterich, T., Farnsworth, A., Fink, D., Fitzpatrick, J., Fredericks, T., Gerbracht, J., Gomes, C., Hochachka, W., Iliff, M., Lagoze, C., La Sorte, F., Merrifield, M., Morris, W., Phillips, T., Reynolds, M., Rodewald, A., Rosenberg, K., Trautmann, N., Wiggins, A., Winkler, D., Wong, W.-K., Wood, C., Yu, J., & Kelling, S. (2014). The eBird enterprise: an integrated approach to the development and application of citizen science. Biological Conservation, 169(1):31-40. Editor’s Choice, January 2014.
- Newman, G., Wiggins, A., Crall, A., Graham, E., Newman, S., & Crowston, K. (August 2012). Citizen Science Futures: Emerging Technologies and Shifting Paradigms. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 10(6):298-307.
- Shirk, J., Ballard, H., Wilderman, C., Phillips, T., Wiggins, A., Jordan, R., McCallie, E., Minarchek, M., Lewenstein, B., Krasny, M., & Bonney, R. (2012). Public Participation in Scientific Research: A Framework for Deliberate Design. Ecology & Society, 17(2):29.
- Crowston, K., Wei, L., Howison, J., & Wiggins, A. (2012). Free/Libre Open Source Software Development: What We Know and What We Do Not Know. ACM Computing Surveys, 44(2).
- Wiggins, A. & Sawyer, S. (2012). Intellectual Diversity and the Faculty Composition of iSchools. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 63(1), 8–21.
- Howison, J., Wiggins, A., & Crowston, K. (2011). Validity Issues in the Use of Social Network Analysis for the Study of Online Communities. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 12(12).
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2010). Developing a Conceptual Model of Virtual Organizations for Citizen Science. International Journal of Organisational Design and Engineering, 1(1/2), 148–162.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
- Rosser, H. & Wiggins, A. (2019). Crowds and Camera Traps: Genres in Online Citizen Science Projects. In Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. Grand Wailea, HI, 8–11 January, 2019.
- Wiggins, A., Young, A., & Kenney, M. (2018). Exploring Visual Representations to Support Data Re-Use for Interdisciplinary Science. In Proceedings of the 81st Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology. Vancouver, BC, 9–14 November, 2018.
- Law, E., Gajos, K., Wiggins, A., Gray, M., & Williams, A. (2017). Crowdsourcing as a Tool for Research: Implications of Uncertainty. In Proceedings of the ACM International conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing. Portland, OR, 25 February–1 March, 2017. DOI: 10.1145/2998181.2998197.
- Wiggins, A. & He, Y. (2016). Community-based Data Validation Practices in Citizen Science. In Proceedings of the ACM International conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing. San Francisco, CA, 28 February – 3 March, 2016. DOI: 10.1145/2818048.2820063. Honorable Mention.
- Lagoze, C., Sullivan, B., Wiggins, A. & Kelling, S. (2014). eBird: Curating Citizen Science Data for Use by Diverse Communities. Proceedings of the International Digital Curation Conference. San Francisco, CA, 24–27 February, 2014.
- Sheppard, S.A., Wiggins, A. & Terveen, L. (2014). Capturing quality: Retaining provenance for curated volunteer monitoring data. Proceedings of the ACM International conference on computer-supported cooperative work and social computing. Baltimore, MD, 15–19 February, 2014.
- Wiggins, A. (2013). Free as in Puppies: Compensating for ICT Constraints in Citizen Science. Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. San Antonio, TX, 23–27 February, 2013.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2012). Goals and Tasks: Two Typologies of Citizen Science Projects. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. Wailea, HI, 4–7 January, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2011). From Conservation to Crowdsourcing: A Typology of Citizen Science. Proceedings of the 44th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Koloa, HI, 4–7 January, 2011.
- Qin, J., Chen, M., Liu, X. & Wiggins, A. (2010). Linking Entities in Scientific Metadata. Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications. Pittsburgh, PA, 20–22 October, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2010). Reclassifying Success and Tragedy in FLOSS Projects. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Open Source Software. Notre Dame, IN, 30 May–2 June, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. & Sawyer, S. (2010). Intellectual Diversity in iSchools: Past, Present and Future. Proceedings of the iConference 2010. Champaign, IL, 3–6 February, 2010.
- Crowston, K., Wiggins, A., & Howison, J. (2010). Analyzing leadership dynamics in distributed group communication. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, HI, 5–8 January, 2010.
- Wiggins, A., Howison, J. & Crowston, K. (2009). Heartbeat: Measuring Active User Base and Potential User Interest in FLOSS Projects. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Open Source Software. Skövde, SE, 3–6 June, 2009.
- Crowston, K., Wiggins, A. & Howison, J. (2008). Opportunities for eScience Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software. Proceedings of the Oxford e-Research Conference. Oxford, UK, 11–13 September, 2008.
- Wiggins, A., Howison, J., & Crowston, K. (2008). Replication of FLOSS Research as eResearch. Proceedings of the Oxford e-Research Conference. Oxford, UK, 11–13 September, 2008.
- Wiggins, A., Howison, J. & Crowston, K. (2008). Social dynamics of FLOSS team communication across channels. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Open Source Software. Milan, IT, 7–10 September, 2008.
- Howison, J., Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2008). eResearch workflows for studying free and open source software development. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Open Source Software. Milan, IT, 7–10 September, 2008.
- Crowston, K., Howison, J. & Wiggins, A. (2008). eSocial Science for Free/Libre Open Source Software Researchers. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on eSocial Science. Manchester, UK, 18–20 June, 2008.
- Wiggins, A., McQuaid, M., & Adamic, L. (2008). Community Identity: Peer Prestige and Academic Hiring in the iSchools. Proceedings of iConference 2008. Los Angeles, CA, 28 February–1 March, 2008.
- Wiggins, A. (2007). Data Driven Design: Using Web Analytics to Improve Information Architectures. Proceedings of the ASIST Information Architecture Summit 2007. Las Vegas, NV, 22–26 March, 2007.
- Wiggins, A., Adamic, L., & McQuaid, M. (2006). The Small Worlds of Academic Hiring Networks. Applications of Social Network Analysis 2006. Zürich, CH, 5–6 October, 2006.
REFEREED CONFERENCE POSTERS
- Ahuja, V., Wiggins, A., & Mudhelli, S. (2019). The Impact of Screen Size on Crowdsourced Image Classification. In Companion to the Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing, Austin, TX, 11 November, 2019.
- Rosser, H. & Wiggins, A. (2018). Task Instruction in Crowdsourcing: Evaluating Tutorial Design in Zooniverse. In Companion to the Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing, Jersey City, NJ, 3 – 7 November, 2018.
- Brier, J., Wiggins, A., Cawood, A., & Sharova, M. (2017). Evaluating Science Outcomes in Citizen Science. Citizen Science 2017 Conference, St. Paul, MN.
- He, Y., Preece, J., Hammock, J., Weber, M., McKeon, S., & Wiggins, A. (2017). Integrating a citizen science project in different education settings. Citizen Science 2017 Conference, St. Paul, MN.
- He, Y., Preece, J., Hammock, J., Weber, M., McKeon, S., & Wiggins, A. (2016). A Journey of Citizen Science Data in an Online Environment. In Companion to the Proceedings of the ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing, San Francisco, CA, 28 February – 3 March, 2016.
- Prestopnik, N., Crowston, K., & Wiggins, A. Motivating Citizen Scientists with a Classification Game. Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research. Portland, OR, 4-5 August, 2012.
- Michener, W., Bonney, R., Budden, A., Cook, R., Kelling, S., Koskela, R., Vieglais, D., & Wiggins, A. Supporting the Management of Data Throughout its Life Cycle. Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research. Portland, OR, 4-5 August, 2012.
- Shirk, J., Ballard, H., Wiggins, A., Jordan, R., & Bonney, R. (2011). Public participation in scientific research: A framework for intentional design. 96th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Austin, TX, 7-12 August, 2011.
- Wiggins, A. eBirding: Technology Adoption and the Transformation of Leisure into Science. iConference 2011. Seattle, WA, 8–11 February, 2011. Best Poster Award.
- Qin, J., D’Ignazio, J., Oakleaf, M., Crowston, K., Wiggins, A. & Steinhart, G. Educating eScience Librarians. Sixth International Digital Curation Conference. Chicago, IL, 6–8 December, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. Crowdsourcing Science: Organizing Virtual Participation in Knowledge Production. GROUP 2010. Sanibel Island, FL, 7–11 November, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. Technology and Work Practices in Citizen Science. ASIST 2010. Pittsburgh, PA, 22–27 October, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. Organizing from the Middle Out: Citizen Science in the National Parks. iConference 2010. Champaign, IL, 3–6 February, 2010.
- Wiggins, A. Coordination Dynamics in Free/Libre Open Source Software Development. In Proceedings of the Doctoral Consortium of the Fifth International Conference on Open Source Software. Skövde, SE, 3–6 June, 2009.
- Crowston, K., Bolici, F., & Wiggins, A. Appropriate Measures for On-line Communities. Sunbelt XXIX. San Diego, CA, 10–15 March, 2009.
- Wiggins, A. Interdisciplinary Diversity in the iSchool Community. iConference 2009. Chapel Hill, NC, 9–11 February, 2009.
- Li, Q., Heckman, R., Allen, E., Crowston, K., Eseryel, U., Howison, J., & Wiggins, A. Asynchronous Decision-Making in Distributed Teams. CSCW 2008. San Diego, CA, 8–12 November, 2008.
- Williams, K., Bishop, A., Bard, M., & Wiggins, A. Turning program management data into a research dataset: working with the Department of Commerce to study technology projects in local communities. IASSIST 2006. Ann Arbor, MI, 23–26 May, 2006.
REFEREED WORKSHOP PAPERS
- He, Y. & Wiggins, A. (2015). Community-as-a-Service: Data Validation in Citizen Science. 4th International Workshop on Methods for Establishing Trust of (Open) Data, Bethlehem, PA.
- Hammock, J. & Wiggins, A. (2014). Connecting diverse communities through citizen science data infrastructure, “Citizen + X” workshop, AAAI Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Wiggins, A., Lagoze, C., Wong, W.-K., & Kelling, S. (2014). A sensor network approach to managing data quality in citizen science, “Citizen + X” workshop, AAAI Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, Pittsburgh, PA.
- Wiggins, A., Gerbracht, J., Lagoze, C., Yu, J., Wong, W.-K., & Kelling, S. (2012). Crowdsourcing citizen science data quality with a human-computer learning network. Neural Information Processing Systems Conference “Human Computation for Science and Computational Sustainability” workshop. Lake Tahoe, NV.
- Wiggins, A., Newman, G., Stevenson, R. D., & Crowston, K. (2011). Mechanisms for Data Quality and Validation in Citizen Science. IEEE eScience Conference “Computing for Citizen Science” workshop. Stockholm, SE.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2010). Distributed Scientific Collaboration: Research Opportunities in Citizen Science. CSCW 2010 “The Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaboration” Workshop. Savannah, GA.
- Wiggins, A. & Crowston, K. (2009). Designing Virtual Organizations for Citizen Science. OASIS 2009 Workshop. Phoenix, AZ.
- Wiggins, A., Crowston, K., & Howison, J. (2009). Collaborative Data Analysis with Taverna Workflows. Microsoft eScience 2009 Workshop. Pittsburgh, PA.
- Crowston, K., Howison, J., & Wiggins, A. (2009). eScience to support research on free/libre/open source software development. Microsoft eScience 2009 Workshop. Pittsburgh, PA.
REFEREED PANELS
- Peterman, K., Wiggins, A., Mueller, M., Vastine, J., Semmens-Pattengill, C., Stylinski, C., & Becker- Klein, R. (2019). Hiding in Plain Sight – Stories of the Search for Volunteer Skill Gains In Data Validation Records. Symposium. Citizen Science Association Conference, Raleigh, NC.
- Wiggins, A. (2017). Citizen Science: Data Sharing For, By, and With the Public. Receiving Credit Where Credit is Due: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Data Sharing for Collaborative, Transdisciplinary Research Panel (official panel of Earth and Space Sciences Focus Group Program Committee). American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
- Yew, J., Chi, E., Antin, J., Paul, S., Shaw, A., Lampe, C., & Wiggins, A. (2011). Apples to Oranges?: Comparing across studies of open collaboration/peer production. International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration. Mountain View, CA.
- Khoo, M., Twidale, M., Wiggins, A., & Rhode, J. (2011). The Sociotechnical Learning Object Slam Happening. iConference 2011. Seattle, WA.
- Crowston, K., Sawyer, S., Ribes, D., & Wiggins, A. (2009). Big eScience, Little eScience. iConference 2009. Chapel Hill, NC.
REFEREED ABSTRACTS
- Wiggins, A. (2017). Citizen science infrastructures: Technology appropriation for data management and sharing. National Environmental Monitoring Conference, Washington, DC.
- Petluru, S. & Wiggins, A. (2017). Designing Participation Experiences to Engage and Retain Long-Term Volunteers. Citizen Science 2017 Conference, St. Paul, MN.
- Brier, J. & Wiggins, A. (2017). Presentation matters: how teachers assess citizen science projects for classrooms. Citizen Science 2017 Conference, St. Paul, MN.
- Bowser, A. & Wiggins, A. (2016). A typology of citizen science technologies and tools. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science, Barcelona, SP.
- Wiggins, A. & Brier, J. (2016). Evaluating Citizen Science Project Performance: A Science Outcomes Inventory & Implementation Guidelines. 101st Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
- Wiggins, A. (2015). Sensors & Processors: A Human Computation Perspective on Citizen Science & Data Quality. Citizen Science Association Conference, San Jose, CA.
- Wiggins, A. & He, Y. (2015). Open Knowledge Infrastructures: Emergent Community-based Biodiversity Data Ecosystems. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science, Denver, CO.
- Wiggins, A., Young, A., Brody, C., Gerst, M., Kenney, M.A., Lamoureux, A., Rice, A., & Wolfinger, F. (2015). Climate-Related Indicators and Data Provenance: Evaluating Coupled Boundary Objects for Science, Innovation, and Decision-Making. Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
- Wiggins, A. Tales of the Field: Building Small Science Cyberinfrastructure. Presentation at Society for Social Studies of Science 2009 Annual Meeting 4S 2009. Washington, DC, 28 October–1 November, 2009.
Technical Reports
- Gerst, M.D., Kenney, M.A, Wolfinger, J.F., Baer, A., Wiggins, A., Feygina, I., Bell, J., Brody, C., Jaf- fee, N., Lamoreux, A., Lloyd, A., Rice, A., Speciale, A., Sproul, D., Winik, J., & Young, A. (2017) Effective Visual Communication of Climate Indicators and Scientific Information: Synthesis, Design Considerations, and Examples. A Technical Input Report to the 4th National Climate As- sessment Report. Version 1.0. http://www.umdindicators.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ Visual-Design-Guidance-Document-V1.0.pdf.
SYMPOSIA
- Mugar, G., Wiggins, A., Osterlund, C., & LaLone, N. (2017). Citizen Science: Beyond the Laboratory. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science. Co-organized conference track.
- Mugar, G., Wiggins, A., & Osterlund, C. (2016). Citizen Science: Beyond the Laboratory. Annual Meetings of the Society for the Social Studies of Science & the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology, Barcelona, SP. Co-organized conference track (3 sessions).
- Wiggins, A. (2015). Human-Centered Technologies for Citizen Science. Citizen Science Association Conference, San Jose, CA. Convened 13 speakers.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
- Bowser, A., Wiggins, A., Shanley, L., Preece, J., & Henderson, S. (2014). Sharing Data While Protecting Privacy in Citizen Science. ACM interactions, January 2014.
- Bowser, A., Wiggins, A. & Stevenson, R. Data Policies for Public Participation in Scientific Research: A Primer. DataONE: Albuquerque, NM. 2013.
- Wiggins, A., Bonney, R., Graham, E., Henderson, S., Kelling, S., Littauer, R., LeBuhn, G., Lotts, K., Michener, W., Newman, G., Russell, E., Stevenson, R. & Weltzin, J. Data Management Guide for Public Participation in Scientific Research. DataONE: Albuquerque, NM. 2013.
- Wiggins, A. Building a Data–Backed Persona. Boxes & Arrows, 2007. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/building-a-data
- Wiggins, A. Data Driven Design: Using Web Analytics to Validate Heuristics. Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2007. http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Jun-07/wiggins.html
- Wiggins, A. Metrics for Heuristics: Quantifying User Experience Part 2.
Boxes & Arrows, 2006. http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/metrics_for_heu7 - Wiggins, A. Metrics for Heuristics: Quantifying User Experience Part 1.
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INVITED TALKS
- Wiggins, A. Scholarship in the Public Eye. Panel presentation for Decennial Sociotechnical Research Symposium. Ann Arbor, MI. 1 July, 2018.
- Wiggins, A. Fitness for intended use: designing, managing, and assessing data quality in citizen science. New Zealand Citizen Science Symposium 2018. Te Papa, Wellington, NZ. 9 April, 2018.
- Wiggins, A. Data & Quality Management for #WeGlobal. Planning meeting for African Americans Living Abroad Research and Education project. School for International Training, Washington, DC, 5 January 2018.
- Wiggins, A. Data Sharing Perspectives from Citizen Science and Information Science. The Value of Data Sharing workshop, Policies, Oversight, and Best Practices Panel, NIH Office of Science Policy & NSF Science of Science & Innovation Policy Program, Washington, DC. 13 October, 2017.
- Wiggins, A. How We Did Everything Right & Still Got It Wrong. Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning study workshop, National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, Board on Science Education, Washington, DC. 10 August, 2017.
- Wiggins, A. Equality, Integrity, Justice, & Common Good: Democratic Design Principles for Personal Health Citizen Science. Promoting Social Justice in the Use of Personal Health Data, Health Data Exploration Network Meeting, San Diego, CA. 3 May, 2017.
- Wiggins, A. Information Studies Research Opportunities in Citizen Science. INST 888, Doctoral Seminar, College Park, MD. 29 March, 2017.
- Wiggins, A. Fitness for intended use: designing, managing, and assessing data quality in citizen science. Citizen Science in Southeast Asia Conference, Singapore. 4 March, 2017.
- Wiggins, A. Data Quality in Citizen Science. ASU Citizen Science Maker Summit, Chandler, AZ. 27 October, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Data Quality in Citizen Science. Midwest Big Data Hub workshop on Data Quality in the Age of Big Data. Bloomington, IN. 29 September, 2016
- Wiggins, A. Teaching Sustainability in Information Management. Chesapeake Project Faculty Training Workshop, College Park, MD. 27 May, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Evaluating Climate Indicators to Inform Design for Data Discovery & Science Communication. 32nd Annual Human-Computer Interaction Lab Symposium, College Park, MD. 26 May, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Tales of the Field: Citizen Science Edition. Enabling Personal Data Donation for Public Good Research, Health Data Exploration Network Meeting, San Diego, CA. 17 May, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Community-based Data Validation in Citizen Science. Carnegie Mellon University Human-Computer Interaction Institute and Language Technologies Institute Crowdsourcing Lunch Seminar Series, Pittsburgh, PA. 15 March, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Community-based Data Validation in Citizen Science. Human-Computer Interaction Lab Brown Bag Lunch Series, College Park, MD. 7 April, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Citizen Science 101: What everyone should know about crowdsourcing science. UNC Chapel Hill, INLS 697: Emerging Topics in Information Science. 31 March, 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Maintenance & Sustainability in Information Management. INFM 600, College Park, MD. March 2016.
- Wiggins, A. Frontiers in the Science of Citizen Science. National Institutes for Health Citizen Science Working Group, Rockville, MD. 2015.
- Wiggins, A. Strategic Capacity Theory. CASCI Theory Reading Group, College Park, MD. 2015.
- Wiggins, A. Information Studies Research Opportunities in Citizen Science. INST 888, Doctoral Seminar, College Park, MD. 2015.
- Wiggins, A. Data Quality in Citizen Science (or the next closest thing). University of Oxford Astrophysics “Zoominar” Seminar Series, Oxford, UK. 5 August, 2015.
- Wiggins, A. (2015). Adventures in Open eScience: the FLOSS Replication Studies. iSchool-BSOS Symposium on Data-Intensive Computational Social Science, College Park, MD.
- Wiggins, A. Citizen Science at Scale: Human Computation for Science, Education, and Sustainability. Human-Computer Interaction Lab Brown Bag Seminar, College Park, MD. 23 October, 2014.
- Wiggins, A. Information Studies Research Opportunities in Citizen Science. INST 888, Doctoral Seminar, College Park, MD. 16 October, 2014.
- Wiggins, A. Data Management in the Wild. INST 643, Curation in Cultural Institutions, College Park, MD. 21 October, 2014.
- Wiggins, A. Citizen Science and the Data Quality Debate. US Environmental Protection Agency, Office on Science Policy. Washington, DC, 16 July, 2014.
- Wiggins, A. Crowdsourcing Your Research. Syracuse University Graduate School Professional Development Lecture Series. Syracuse, NY, 7 February 2014.
- Wiggins, A. Online Communities in Citizen Science. COMM/INFO 3460, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, 19 November, 2013.
- Wiggins, A. Online Communities in Citizen Science. COMM/INFO 3460, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY, 8 November, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. Citizen Science Phenotypes: Typologies and Implications of Project Design. iDigBio Public Participation in Digitization of Biodiversity Specimens Workshop. Gainesville, FL, 27/28 September, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. Citizen Science 101: What Every Researcher Should Know About Crowdsourcing Science. Center for Nonlinear Systems, Los Alamos National Labs. Los Alamos, NM, 17 September, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. Data Management for Citizen Science: Challenges and Opportunities for USGS Leadership. USGS Community for Data Integration Workshop on Citizen Science. Denver, CO, 12 September, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. The Evolving Landscape of Citizen Science: Typologies and Implications of Project Design. USGS Community for Data Integration Workshop on Citizen Science. Denver, CO, 11 September, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. With Great Data Comes Great Responsibility: Data Management for PPSR. Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research. Portland, OR, 5 August, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. Motivation by Design: Technologies, Experiences, and Incentives. Citizen Cyberscience Summit 2012. London, UK, 16 February, 2012.
- Wiggins, A. Secondary data analysis with digital trace data: examples from FLOSS research. Département LUSSI, Institut Télécom Bretagne. Technôpole Brest-Iroise, FR, 13 July, 2011.
- Wiggins, A. Open Source, Open Science, and Citizen Science. Département LUSSI, Institut Télécom Bretagne. Technôpole Brest-Iroise, FR, 24 June, 2011.
- Goggins, S., & Wiggins, A. Research methodologies for digital trace data. University of British Columbia, School of Library, Archival and Information Sciences. Vancouver, BC, 4 February, 2011.
- Wiggins, A. Little eScience. Information Management Group, University of Manchester. Manchester, UK, 18 June, 2009.
- Wiggins, A. Dynamic Social Network Analysis (and more!) with eResearch Workflows. OSS-Watch Expert Workshop on Profiling Communities. Oxford, UK, 21 July, 2008.
- Wiggins, A. Data Analysis. IST 400/600, Science Data Management, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY, 14 April, 2008.
- Conklin, M., Howison, J., & Wiggins, A. FLOSSmole. NSF Free and Open Source Software Research Infrastructure Workshop. Irvine, CA, 11–12 February, 2008.
- Wiggins, A. Web Analytics. SI 658, Information Architecture, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI, 10 October, 2006.
- Wiggins, A., Bard, M., & Baugh, J. Dabbling in Drupal: A Case Study of the University of Michigan Community Information Corps Website. Library Technologies Division at the Michigan Library Association annual conference. Grand Rapids, MI, 25 October, 2005.
Colloquia
- Wiggins, A. (2011). Crowdsourcing Scientific Work: Public Participation in Knowledge Production. Social Computational Systems doctoral consortium, Minneapolis, MN.
- Wiggins, A. (2010). Crowdsourcing Science: Organizing Virtual Participation in Knowledge Production. International Conference on Information Systems doctoral consortium, St. Louis, MO.
- Wiggins, A. (2010). Crowdsourcing Science: Organizing Virtual Participation in Knowledge Production. ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work doctoral consortium, Sanibel Island, FL.
- Wiggins, A. (2010). Crowdsourcing Science: Organizing Virtual Participation in Knowledge Production. Organizational Communication and Information Systems Division doctoral consortium, Academy of Management, Montreal, QC.
- Wiggins, A. (2010). Crowdsourcing Science. Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems Summer Research Institute, Stevenson, WA.
- Wiggins, A. (2009). Coordination Dynamics in Free/Libre Open Source Software Development. Fifth International Conference on Open Source Software doctoral consortium, Skövde, SE.
- Wiggins, A. (2009). Interdisciplinary Diversity in the iSchool Community. iConference 2009 doctoral consortium, Chapel Hill, NC.
Sponsored Research
- Wiggins, A. (PI). Toward a Science of Citizen Science. Nebraska Research Institute, $160,000. April 2018–June 2020.
- Wiggins, A. (co-PI). Streamlining Embedded Assessment to Understand Citizen Scientists’ Skill Gains. Subaward, NSF 1713424, $98,307. Grant total: $1,155,777. September 2017–August 2021.
- Wiggins, A. (PI) Developing a Science Outcomes Inventory and Implementation Framework for Citizen Science Project Evaluation. U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative Agreement G16AC00267, $29,737. July 2016-December 2017.
- Flanagan, M. (Dartmouth College, PI), Fraistat, N. (co-PI), & Wiggins, A. (co-PI). Engaging the Public: Best Practices for Humanities Crowdsourcing. National Endowment for Humanities HC-229771, $35,960. May 2015.
- Fraistat, N. (PI), Wiggins, A. (co-PI), & Flanagan, M. (co-PI, Dartmouth College). Engaging the Public: Best Practices and Opportunities in Scholarly Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation G-2014-13799, $19,858. May 2015.
- Wiggins, A. (PI) & Kenney, M. (co-PI). Climate-related Indicators and Data Provenance: Evaluating Coupled Boundary Objects for Science, Innovation, and Decision-Making. Subaward, ADVANCE: Crafting A Culture of Investment, National Science Foundation HRD 10-08117, $27,700. April 2015-March 2016.
- Wiggins, A. (PI) & Preece, J. (co-PI). CyberSEES: Collaborative Research: Infrastructure and Technology Support for Citizen Science Data Use and Distribution for Education and Sustainability. National Science Foundation CCF 14-42668, $100,000. January 2015-December 2016.
Teaching
University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Information Science & Technology
- ISQA 3420, Managing in a Digital World. Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020
- ISQA 4000/8086, Special Topics: From Data to Decisions. Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
- CIST 3110, IT Ethics. Spring 2019, Spring 2020
- CIST 9900, Special Topics. Fall 2019
University of Maryland College Park, College of Information Studies
- INFM 600, Information Environments. Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016
- INST 719, Independent Study. Spring 2016
- INST 728R, Special Topics in Information Studies: Data Management. Spring 2016, Spring 2017
- INST 809, Individual Teaching Experience. Fall 2016
- INST 810, Individual Research Experience. Fall 2016, Spring 2017
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES
- IST 600, Workflows: eScience and eResearch. Fall 2011
Advising
- Holly Rosser (IT): PhD advisor. Spring 2019 – current.
- Holly Rosser (MIS): MS Thesis advisor. Fall 2017-Fall 2018.
- Lisa Federer (Information Studies): PhD advisor. Fall 2016-Spring 2017.
- Matt Mauriello (Computer Science): PhD committee member. Fall 2016-current.
- Kotaro Hara (Computer Science): PhD committee member. Summer 2016.
- Snigdha Petluru (Information Studies): Masters independent study advisor. Spring 2016.
- Jonathan Brier (Information Studies): PhD advisor. Fall 2015-current.
- Suzi Spitzer (Marine, Estuarine, & Environmental Science): PhD committee member. Fall 2015-current.
- Alyson Young: Postdoctoral supervisor. Summer 2015.
- Yurong He (Information Studies): PhD committee member. Fall 2014-Spring 2016.
- Anne Bowser (Information Studies): PhD committee member & DataONE internship mentor. Summer 2012-Spring 2013.
Professional Activities
Reviewing
Journals & Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor: Citizen Science: Theory & Practice
- Associate Editor: Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment
- BioScience
- Connected Science Learning
- CSCW Journal
- Ecological Applications
- Human Computation Journal
- The Information Society
- International Journal of the Commons
- International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Open
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- Journal of Coastal Research
- Journal of Science Communication
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Science & Technology Studies
- Social Media & Society
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Agencies & Foundations
- Austrian Science Foundation
- Israel Science Foundation
- Israeli Ministry of Science & Technology
- National Science Foundation: Advancing Informal Stem Learning Program; Cyber-Human Systems; Division of Earth Sciences Geoinformatics Program; Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings; Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences; Science, Technology, & Society
- National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Gulf Research Program
- National Geographic Society
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Insight Program
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Woods Hole Sea Grant Program
Conferences
- ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work (GROUP)
- AAAI Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing (HCOMP)
- Citizen Science Association Conference (CSA)
- ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive & Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp)
- International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym)
- Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research
- International Conference on Wikis & Open Collaboration (WikiSym)
- iConference
- ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work & social computing (CSCW)
- ACM International Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI)
- AIS International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS)
- American Society for Information Science & Technology Annual Meeting (ASIST)
- European Academy of Management Annual Meeting (EurAm)
- International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS)
- Hawai’i International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS)
- International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM)
Committees, Professional, & Campus Services
Departmental Service
- 2020-2022, Member, ISQA Professional Development Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2019, Member, ISQA Undergraduate Program Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2018, Member, ISQA Undergraduate Program Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2017, Member, ISQA Graduate Program Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of In- formation Science & Technology
College Service
- 2018–current, Member, Human-Centered Computing PhD Concentration Faculty Governance Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2018-current, Member, Diversity & Inclusion Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2018, Member, Academic Integrity Appeal Committee (3 cases), University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Information Science & Technology
- 2016–2017, Chair, Merit Pay Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2015–2016, Member, Communications & External Relations Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2015–2016, Member, Open Rank Faculty Search Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2015–2016, Member, College Advisory Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2015, Member, Targeted Search Advisory Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2014–2017, Member, Masters of Information Management Program Committee, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2014–2017, Member, Committee on Appointments, Promotions & Tenure, University of Maryland College of Information Studies
- 2010–2011, Member, Personnel Committee (5 cases), Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- 2008–2010, Member, Doctoral Programs Committee, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- 2008–2009, PhD Student Peer Mentor, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- 2008, Member, Open Rank Faculty Search Committee (8 positions), Syracuse University School of Information Studies
- 2007–2008, PhD Student Representative to Faculty, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
University Service
- 2019–2021, Chancellor’s Sustainability Committee, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 2019-2021, Faculty Advisory Policy Committee, Division of Continuing Studies, University of Nebraska at Omaha
- 2015–2017, Chesapeake Project Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland Office of Sustainability
- 2015–2016, Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability, University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education
- Chesapeake Project Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland Office of Sustainability, 2015-2017
- Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability, University of Maryland National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education, 2015-2016
Leadership in Meetings & Conferences
- 2020, General Co-Chair, ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work & social computing, Minneapolis, MN.
- 2019, Workshop co-organizer, “Evaluating the social health and sustainability of citizen science communities,” Citizen Science Association Conference 2019, Raleigh, NC. Brier, J., Wiggins, A., Gog- gins, S.
- 2018, Workshop co-organizer, “Open Online Community Health & Sustainability,” Omaha, NE. Germonprez, M., Wiggins, A., Goggins, S.
- Co-organizer, 2017 ACM International conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing, “Science of Citizen Science: Theories, Methodologies, and Platforms” workshop. Law, E., Wiggins, A., Shirk, J., Newman, G., Preece, J., Williams, A., & Brier, J.
- Proceedings Co-Chair, 2017 ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing
- Mentor, Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems 2016 Summer Institute. Skamania, WA, June 2016.
- Co-organizer, Engaging the Public: Best Practices for Crowdsourcing Across the Disciplines. Fraistat, N., Wiggins, A., & Flanagan, M. 2.5-day invitational workshop with 60 participants, supported by NEH, IMLS, and Sloan Foundation. College Park, MD, May 2015.
- Proceedings Co-Chair, 2015 ACM International Conference on Computer-supported cooperative work and social computing
- Co-organizer, Quality Hackathon: Evaluating the Products of Online Co-Production Systems, with S. Goggins, D. Gurzick, & B. Butler. Workshop at Group 2014. Sanibel, FL, 10 November, 2014.
- Co-organizer, Online Communities Data Hackathon, with S. Goggins, B. Butler, & S. Winter. Workshop at CSCW 2014, Baltimore, MD, 15 February, 2014.
- Co-organizer, Data Intensive Collaboration in Science and Engineering, with M. Bietz, C. Aragon, & M. Handel. Workshop at CSCW 2012, Bellevue, WA, 11 February, 2012.
- Member, iConference 2011 Program Committee
- Co-organizer, Design for Citizen Science, with K. Crowston. NSF-funded invitational workshop with 40 participants. Blue Mountain Lake, NY, 24–27 May, 2011.
- Member, iConference 2006 Program Committee
Professional Memberships, Positions, & Working Groups
- 2016-2018, Member, CODATA Task Group on Citizen Science
- 2016-2018, Member, Citizen Science Association Research & Evaluation Working Group
- 2015-current, Member, Citizen Science Association Metadata Working Group
- 2015-2017, Co-Chair, Open Collaboration Data Factories Metadata Working Group
- 2015-current, External Faculty, Human Computation Institute
- 2015-2017, Member, American Geophysical Union
- 2015-current, Member, Citizen Science Association
- 2014-current, Member, Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems, Advisory board
- 2012-2014, Member, Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems, Infrastructure Team
- 2012-2013, Member, Avian Knowledge Network Steering Committee
- 2011-2014, Member, DataONE Working Group on Public Participation in Scientific Research
- 2011-2013, Co-Chair, DataONE Working Group on Public Participation in Scientific Research
- 2010-current, Member, Ecological Society of America
- 2008-2012, Member, Association for Information Systems
- 2005-current, Member, Association for Computing Machinery & SIGCHI
External Service & Consulting
International Activities
- Academic Visitor, August 2015. Zooniverse, University of Oxford, Department of Physics, Oxford, UK.
- Co-facilitator, July 2014. Vespucci Summer Institute on Geographic Information Systems, “VGI and Citizen Science: engaging, creating and understanding,” EU COST European Network Exploring Research into Geospatial Information Crowdsourcing, Fiesole, IT.
- Visiting Scholar, June-July 2011. Département LUSSI, Institut Télécom Bretagne. Technôpole Brest-Iroise, FR.
- Project/Area Liaison, 2009-2011. myGrid, University of Manchester, School of Computer Sciences, Manchester, UK.
- Invited Representative for myGrid, 2009. JISC UK eScience Review, Oxford, UK.
- Academic Visitor, June 2009. myGrid, University of Manchester, School of Computer Sciences, Manchester, UK.
Advisory Activities
- 2018–current, Advisory board member, “WeGlobal: African Americans Living Abroad Research and Education Program”
- 2017–2022, Advisory board member, “Embedded Assessment and Innovation Adoption for SciStarter 2.0: Understanding Participant Dynamics and Outcomes in a Landscape of Citizen Science Projects,” NSF DRL 1713562. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- 2017, Advisory workshop panelist, “Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning”. National Academies of Science, Engineering & Medicine, Washington, DC.
- 2016, Advisory workshop participant, “Our Red Planet”. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard, MD.
- 2016, Invited participant, “Engaging Participants as Partners in Research”. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy & Stanford MedicineX, Washington, DC.
- 2015, Advisory workshop participant, “Legal, Ethical, and Social Implications of Biomedical Citizen Science”. National Institutes for Health, Rockville, MD.
- 2015, Invited presenter, “Data Management for Citizen Science”. National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, Washington, DC. NACEPT is an advisory board to the US Environmental Protection Agency.
- 2015, External reviewer, Federal Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science Toolkit, Federal Community of Practice on Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science. One of four external reviewers on Federal toolkit authored by 125 agency staff; only academic external reviewer.
- 2014, Steering committee member, U.S. Global Change Research Program, “Tracking a Changing Climate: Citizen Science Contributions to the National Climate Assessment”, Washington, DC.
- 2014, Advisory workshop participant, “Collaboration for Team Science Planning”. National Science and Technology Council Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NSTC-NITRD) program on Social, Economic, and Workforce Implications of IT, Austin, TX.
- 2014, Advisory workshop participant, “Human Computation Roadmap Summit”. Computing Research Association, Washington, DC.
- 2013-current, Advisory board member, Aurorasaurus Project. Los Alamos Consortium & NASA.
- 2012-current, Steering committee member, Biocubes Project. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
- 2012, Advisory workshop participant, USA National Phenology Network, Milwaukee, WI.
- 2011, Advisory board member, “Investigating Audience Engagement with Citizen Science”, NSF DRL 09-17608. Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL.
- 2010, Advisory workshop participant, “Integrating Citizen Science into the Scientific Monitoring of Phenology”. Northeast Regional Phenology Network, Durham, NH.
Public Communication
Outreach Presentations
- Citizen Science 101: What Everyone Should Know About Crowdsourcing Science. (2017). DIYBio Meetup, Reston, VA.
- The Power of Citizen Science. (2015). DC Science Café, Washington, DC. Invited speaker for DC Science Writers Association public event focused on citizen science.
- Citizen Science 101: What everyone should know about crowdsourcing science. (2015). Women’s Council on Energy & the Environment, Washington, DC.
Media Appearances
- Weekendavisen (Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper) (2019). Quoted in April 26 article, “Forskningens fodsoldater.” https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2019-17/ideer/forskningens-fodsoldater.
- Science (2018). Quoted in January 19 article, “U.S. scientists on edge as government shutdown looms.” DOI: 10.1126/science.aat0610.
- 2Scientists podcast (2017). “People Power.” Interviewee for monthly public communication of science podcast. https://2scientists.org/podcast/people-power
- @IamCitSci (2016). Host for Twitter account with rotating weekly guests.
- #CitSciChat: environmental monitoring and metrics to measure the success of citizen science. (2015). Guest panelist on weekly hosted Twitter chat on citizen science topics, sponsored by SciStarter.com and Discover Magazine.
- Are You Ready for Citizen Science?, Spokes. (2015) Interviewee quoted in article in monthly digital magazine of Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums.
- An Expert on Amateurs, Between the Columns. (2015). Featured in print magazine for the faculty and staff of the University of Maryland.
Service to the Community
- 2019, Certified Nebraska Master Naturalist
- 2018, Event volunteer, Nebraska Science Festival, Omaha, NE
- 2018, Invited participant, Metro Science and Engineering Fair, Omaha, NE
Honors & Awards
- Most Energetic Professor. Masters of Information Management Student Association, University of Maryland, 2016.
- Honorable Mention, CSCW 2015. Awarded to no more than 5% of accepted papers.
- All-University Doctoral Dissertation Prize, Syracuse University, 2012.
- Best Poster Award, iConference 2011. One of three best posters out of 100 refereed presentations.
- Phi Kappa Phi, Syracuse University, 2008.
- School of Information Studies Fellowship, Syracuse University, 2007.
- Stephen Markel Award, University of Michigan School of Information, 2006.
- Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, National Service Trust, 2001. Award recognizing national service.
Other Activities
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
- 2005–2007: Enlighten, Ann Arbor, MI — Data Analyst
- 2002–2005: The Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea, MI — Office Manager
- 2001–2002: Nonprofit Enterprise at Work, Ann Arbor, MI — Education Program Associate
- 2000–2001: Washtenaw Literacy, Ypsilanti, MI — Volunteer Coordinator