I am an Assistant Professor in the departments of Communication Studies and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Northwestern University. I'm also a member of the Center for Technology and Social Behavior. I advise students in Communication Studies, EECS and the Technology and Social Behavior joint PhD in Computer Science and Communication Studies. My research laboratory is the CollaboLab: The Laboratory for Collaborative Technology.
My research is in the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) with an interest in developing a theoretical understanding of the role that visual information plays in supporting communication and small group interactions. A key component of my work is the application of social and cognitive psychology theory to the design, deployment and evaluation of computing technologies.
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Our technical notes "Egalitarians at the Gate: One-Sided Gatekeeping Practices", with Brian Keegan, and "On The 'Localness' of User-Generated Content", with Brent Hecht, have been accepted to CSCW 2010. |
1st-year PhD student, Alan Clark, was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to support his research in Human-Computer Interaction. |