I am ecstatic to announce that I have received the ASIS&T SIG-HFIS Bob Williams Research Grant! This will be quite the undertaking, but I am excited to have funding to begin this work–and hire a research assistant. In my project “Mental Health Information in LIS: A Retrospective of Access and Attitudes,” I will examine historic … Continue reading Bob Williams Research Grant
I was very hesitant to write about this, but as qualitative research includes the researcher, I think it’s important for my dissertation and further work for me to publicly note that, like my future research subjects, I am a queer person with mental health concerns, including alcoholism. June 28, 2020 made two years of sobriety. … Continue reading Social structures of sobriety & recovery: a personal note
The obstetrician told my parents that my heartbeat was strong, and my mother said: my child will be a runner. And, despite myself, she was right. My first shoes were tiny Nike joggers, small enough to hold in the palm of your hand. My earliest memories are of the road rushing at me as mom … Continue reading A note on running and resilience
Good evening! You may have just survived your first day working remotely, and are already concerned that you’re going to disintegrate into a lump of sweatpants and sour gummy candies before your second day is over. Fear not, and welcome to a look into the last three years of my professional life, during which I’ve … Continue reading Remote work
Recently, I decided to stop using the term LGBTQ+ when talking about my research, and begin using the phrase “sexual and gender minority” (SGM). Especially with my being a non-binary bisexual person, this was a thoughtful consideration, though one that I’m not certain I’ll continue to utilize throughout my research. As the 7th edition of … Continue reading A note on terminology
I was honored to present my initial research into AI in mobile apps for mental healthcare at the Internet Technologies & Society 2020 Conference (ITS 2020).
In Spring 2019, I took a Social Informatics course from Dr. Colin Rhinesmith. During the class, I focused my research mostly on mental healthcare apps and LGBTQ mental healthcare needs. This generated what I hope others find to be a helpful bibliography. Please be aware that this bibliography was generated by Zotero and I have … Continue reading AI chatbots and mental health apps
I am very excited to say that I will be a LEADS-4-NDP 2019 Fellow! Data science and information science have many similarities, so close that researchers have used information science’s trajectory to understand the development of data science (Mayrnik, M., 2018). As a LIS doctoral student who works as the research associate on a data science initiative, … Continue reading Data science + LIS = LEADS-4-NDP
When doctoral research while being a working class academic feels overwhelming, an important motivation for continuing is the ability to contribute to equitable access. The project described in this interview explains some about my research assistantship with Dr. Colin Rhinesmith on the IMLS funded work “Measuring Library Broadband Networks for the National Digital Platform (LG-71-18-0110-18).” … Continue reading On equitable access and research triangles
