Grants & Funding
- 2023-2026 - Institute of Museum and Library Services Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Early Career Research Grant ($399,890). Awareness and Critical Thinking (ACT)Program: How School Librarians Can Teach Children to Detect and Avoid Misinformation.
- 2020-2022 - Selected as a Computing Innovation Fellow 2020 by the Computing Research Association and awarded $263,959 in funding from the National Science Foundation to support two years of research.
Research overview
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In 2017, I began wondering why social media users were sharing false information, and my love of research was born. I am fascinated by the information behavior of everyday people, particularly as they navigate new media environments. More than simply a new channel of communication, social media represents a revolutionary change in how humans access and share information in our fast-paced world. It has impacted national elections and public discourse on key social issues, as well as interpersonal relationships. I am interested in the personal motivations that drive individuals to interact with information, to trust it, and to share it with others. My interest in social media provided a foundation on which I have continued to build my research, including my dissertation research on social noise in social media and work on COVID-19 health information. My IMLS-funded research on teaching information literacy skills to K-5 students to help them detect and avoid misinformation resulted in the Awareness and Critical Thinking (ACT) Program with lessons available to teachers and librarians at no cost through Project Look Sharp.
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Good Systems Research Presentation - Social Noise and the Technological Agency of Facebook Users (May 10, 2021)
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