News: Faculty & Staff
The Associated Press: Despite Promise, Few in US Adopting COVID-19 Exposure Apps, featuring Jessica Vitak
December 9, 2020 | iSchool NewsDr. Jessica Vitak explains why Americans have been hesitant to use COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone tools.
The Kojo Nnamdi Show: Conspiracy Theories, Math And The Presidential Election, featuring Jen Golbeck
November 20, 2020 | iSchool NewsDr. Jen Golbeck explains why Benford's Law cannot be used to identify voter fraud in the 2020 election.
UMD iSchool @ the ACM’s 2020 Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
November 16, 2020 | Jessica VitakUMD iSchool's Dr. Jessica Vitak discusses the college's robust participation in the ACM's prestigious CSCW 2020 Conference.
Cogitatio Press: Strengthening Children’s Privacy Literacy through Contextual Integrity
November 13, 2020 | iSchool NewsA team of UMD iSchool researchers aim to strengthen children's privacy literacy.
Faculty Spotlight: Assistant Professor, Naeemul Hassan
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsNaeemul is focused on computational journalism and social sensing, working on a number of projects with faculty and staff from the UMD …
PhD Student Spotlight: Xiaoyun Huang
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsXiaoyun is currently exploring how people present themselves across their social media ecosystems and what factors could influence the …
Staff Spotlight: IT Coordinator, Allan Oliveros
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsAllan is currently focused on providing tech support to faculty and staff to make sure they are able to use tech equipment just as effe …
Faculty Spotlight: Adjunct Lecturer, Nancy Roderer
November 10, 2020 | iSchool NewsAn "iSchool hanger-on," Nancy began a long association with the school as a student and has returned sporadically over the years to te …
Social Media’s Impact on the 2020 Presidential Election: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
November 3, 2020 | Hayleigh Moore Mia HinckleSocial media has been a tool for boosting civic engagement, but also a vehicle for surprisingly convincing fake news and videos.