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Brubaker, Jed R.

Associate Professor

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Research

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  • Dr. Brubaker conducts research in social computing, social media, and technology studies where he studies how identity is designed, represented and experienced in socio-technical systems. A large focus of his existing work is on technology and mortality, “digital afterlives”, online bereavement, and how to improve how technology is designed to account for mortality. The second major focus is on the representation of marginalized populations within technology and data, notably LGBTQ and racial minorities.

keywords

  • digital identity, technology and mortality, post-mortem data and interaction, social computing, social media, human-computer interaction, HCI, computer supported cooperative work, CSCW, infrastructure studies, science and technology studies, STS, computational representation, socio-technical systems

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Teaching

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  • INFO 1111 - Introduction to Information Science: Understanding the World Through Data
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    Provides a hands-on survey of key concepts and theories in Information Science, including the nature of information, everyday experience of data, technologies that generate data, and how data are conveyed and represented. Students will critically examine texts, systems, and interpretations of data from multidisciplinary perspectives. Through design explorations, activities, and group projects, students will develop facility representing and transforming information.
  • INFO 2001 - Information Science Portfolio and Professional Development
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
    Facilitates career development through the disciplined reflection about and presentation of one's work using a variety of modalities across a variety of media. Students will be introduced to individuals and organizations representing a diversity of career paths in information science.
  • INFO 3504 - Digital Identity
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022
    Explores and analyzes identity in a digital era. Through applied research, students investigate both social and technical aspects of how identity is captured, represented and experienced through technology using theoretical, empirical and design-based inquiry. Methods and platforms studied vary by semester. Degree credit not granted for this course and INFO 5504.
  • INFO 4001 - Information Science Portfolio and Professional Development
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2020
    Facilitates career development through the disciplined reflection about and presentation of one's work using a variety of modalities across a variety of media. Students will be introduced to individuals and organizations representing a diversity of career paths in information science.
  • INFO 4871 - Special Topics
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
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