I am a professor in the Department of Information Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Generally, my research contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), and health informatics. I investigate situated communication and collaboration practices in healthcare, and, in turn, develop and deploy new mechanisms for collaboratively sensing, presenting, and interacting with information. I conduct my research through a sociotechnical lens – one in which we cannot extricate technical systems from ‘being in the world’. My process is to engage those not often prioritized in the digital health design process to counter hegemonic discourse and oftentimes making the invisible work visible.
Experience
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2021–presentProfessor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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2018–2021Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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2013–2018Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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2012–2013Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
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2010–2012Fellow, University of Cambridge
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2010–2012Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
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2009–2010Postdoctoral Fellow, Swedish Institute of Computer Science
Education
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2010The Pennsylvania State University, PhD Information Sciences and Technology
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2004Cornell University, MS Communication
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2000Virginia Tech, BS Psychology
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