Professional experience

Senior Research Scientist II

CrowdStrike, Product & Engineering 2020-present

Senior Design Researcher

Wikimedia Foundation, Technology 2015-2020

Community Research Lead

Wikimedia Foundation, Community Engagement 2013-2015

Research Strategist

Wikimedia Foundation, Grantmaking & Programs 2011-2013

Teaching and curriculum development

Human Data Interaction

HCDE 410. University of Washington, Undergraduate Data Science Minor

Human Centered Data Science

DATA 512. University of Washington, Master in Data Science 2017-present

Data Science for UX Researchers

HCDE 598, University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineering 2016

Theoretical Foundations of Human-Centered Design & Engineering

HCDE 501, University of Washington, Master in Human Centered Design & Engineerings 2013

Concepts in Human-Computer Interaction

HCDE 419, University of Washington, Bachelor in Human Centered Design & Engineerings 2012

Education

PhD in Human-Centered Design & Engineering

University of Washington 2013

Dissertation: Coordinating the Commons: Diversity & Dynamics in Open Collaborations. (via ACM)

Advisory committee: Mark Zachry (chair), Cecilia R. Aragon, Robert M. Mason, David W. McDonald, Karine Nahon (qualifying exams), Judith Ramey (qualifying exams)

Master of Science in Human Centered Design & Engineering

University of Washington 2010

Specialization: User-centered design

Bachelor of Liberal Arts

St. Johns College 2005

Thesis: An Excess of Equality: Democratic and Aristocratic Mores in Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America

Affiliations

UW Human Centered Design & Engineering

Affiliate Assistant Professor

Community Data Science Collective

Affiliate Researcher

Partnership on AI (2018-2020)

Working group on Fair, Transparent, and Accountable AI

Service

Program committees

• 2017-2020. ACM Conference on Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
• 2019-2020. WikiWorkshop
• 2012. ACM Conference of the Special Interest Group on the Design of Communication (SIGDOC)
• 2011. Annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (AOIR)

Peer review

• ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI)
• ACM Conference on Computer-supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW)
• International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym)
• Hawaii International Conference on System Science (HICSS)
• Journal of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (JCSCW)
• WikiWorkshop

Mentoring

• 2017-2019. GNOME Outreachy
• 2017-2018. Google Summer of Code
• 2013. AAAS Emerging Leaders in Science and Society (ELISS) program

My work in the press

• 2020. "How does social media influence our vote?" Digital Future Society
• 2020. "How screwed are we? Experts don’t see a bright future for technology's impact on democracy (or journalism)" Nieman Lab
• 2020. "Many Tech Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy" Pew Research
• 2019. "How Wikimedia is using machine learning to spot missing citations" VentureBeat
• 2016. "Why Wikipedia Is in Trouble" Time
• 2015. "Feminists aim to fix the Wikipedia gender gap" UW Daily
• 2013. "Free for all? Lifting the lid on a Wikipedia crisis" New Scientist
• 2013. "The Decline of Wikipedia" MIT Technology Review
• 2012. "How Kate Middleton’s Wedding Gown Demonstrates Wikipedia’s Woman Problem" Slate
• 2012. "Living Voters Guide, WhichBus win top honors in state app contest" Seattle Times
• 2010. "Living Voters Guide invites Washington voters to hash out ballot initiatives" UW News