Books, Book Chapters, Journal Articles

BOOKS PUBLISHED Jeffrey Saltz,associate professor, andJeffrey Stanton, professor, published the textbook, An Introduction to Data Science (Springer, October 2017). Jeffrey M. Stanton, professor, had his book, Reasoning With Data: An Introduction to Traditional and Bayesian Statistics Using R, published by Guildford Press in May. The book teaches the use of inferential statistical thinking to check assumptions, assess evidence about beliefs and avoid over-interpreting results with both classical and Bayesian approaches to inference.

BOOK CHAPTERS PUBLISHED Kevin Crowston, assistant dean for research and distinguished professor of information science, had a book chapter, “Levels of Trace Data for Social and Behavioral Science Research,” published in the Springer book by Editors Sorin Adam Matei, Sean Goggins and Nicholas Jullien, Big Data Factories: Collaborative Approaches (ISBN 978-3-319- 59186-5). Caroline Haythornthwaite, professor and director of the iSchool’s MIS library programs,published a second edition of her 2016 title, Handbook of E-Learning Research (co-authored with Richard Andrews, Jude Fransman and Eric M. Meyers and published by Sage Publishing. This edition addresses the continued need for study and understanding of learning practices (formal, informal and non-formal) in contemporary technology-supported and technologyenabled educational, work and social settings. Megan Oakleaf, associate professor, had her workbook, Academic Library Value: The Impact Starter Kit, listed in the ALA store online. The workbook is a resource kit for professional development workshops and to help academic libraries measure their existing value while also identifying ways to increase their value in the context of their institutional missions. Barbara Stripling, professor, had her chapter, “Empowering Students to Inquire in a Digital Environment,” included in the 2017 publication of the book, School Librarianship: Past, Present, and Future (ed. Susan Alman, New York; Rowman & Littlefield). Stripling retired from the iSchool at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year.

JOURNAL ARTICLES Carlos Caicedo, associate professor, published “Spectrum Consumption Model Builder: A Software Tool to Enhance Spectrum Sharing,” in Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (with Arnav Mohan), 2017. Rachel Ivy Clarke, assistant professor, published “Using Critical Design to Explore the Future of Libraries,” in Library Hi-Tech News 34(9): 6-9 (invited contribution); and “Understanding Appeals of Video Games for Readers’ Advisory and Recommendation” (with Jim Ha Lee, Hyerim Cho and Travis Windleharth) in Reference & User Services Quarterly,57 (2): 127-139. Kevin Crowston, associate dean for research, had several articles published in academic journals in 2017:

“Gamers, Citizen Scientists, and Data: Exploring Participant Contributions in Two Games With A Purpose” (with Nathan Prestopnik and Jun Wang), in Computers in Human Behavior

“Gravity Spy: Integrating Advanced LIGO Detector Characterization, Machine Learning and Citizen Science” (with Michael Zevin,Scott Coughlin,Sara Bahaadini,Emre Besler,Neda Rohani,Sarah Allen,Miriam Cabero, Aggelos Katsaggelos,Shane Larson,Tae Kyoung Lee,Chris Lintott,Tyson Littenberg,Andrew Lundgren,Carsten Oesterlund,Joshua Smith,Laura Trouille and Vicky Kalogera), published in Classical and Quantum Gravity

“Roles and Politeness Behavior in Community-Based Free/Libre Open Source Software Development” (with Kangning Wei, U. Yeliz Eseryel and Robert Heckman), was published in Information & Management

“Organizational IT Infrastructures in the Era of IT Consumerization as Changing Interdependencies Among Technology, People and Work Practices” (with Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi, Kateryna Bondar and Bernhard Katzy), was published in the International Journal of Information Management

“Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects” (with Ivan Shamshurin), was published in Core Journal of Internet Services andApplications (JISA), Thematic Series on FOSS Development Core Journal of Internet Services

“Pursuing Best Performance In Research Data Management by Using the Capability Maturity Model and Rubrics,” written with iSchool Professor Jian Qin and Arden Kirkland, an iSchool adjunct faculty member, was published in the October 2017 issue of the Journal of eScience Librarianship.

Martha Garcia-Murillo, professor, and Ian MacInnes, associate professor, had their article, “Cosi Fan Tutte: A Better Approach than the Right to Be Forgotten,” published in the journal, Telecommunications Policy, in December.

Jeff Hemsley, assistant professor, was published in the Journal of Information Technology and Politics for the article, “Tweeting To The Target: Candidates’ Use of Strategic Messages and @Mentions on Twitter,” written with iSchool faculty members Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Sikana Tanupabrungsun and Bryan Semaan.

Yun Huang, assistant professor, had her work, “Ontology Informed Design to Advance Developers’ Informal Online Learning,” published in the Journal of Educational Technology & Society. (Co-author is Brian Dobreski). She also was published in ACM Computing Surveys for “Nudges for Privacy and Security: Understanding and Assisting Users’ Choices Online,” (a paper with co-authors Pedro Leon, Idris Adjerid, Rebecca Hunt Balebako, Laura Brandimarte, Saranga Komanduri, Florian Schaub, Manya Sleeper, Shomir Wilson, Alessandro Acquisti, Lorrie Faith Cranor, and Norman Sadeh. That publication also included as a co-author Assistant Professor Yang Wang.

Megan Oakleaf, associate professor, published “Academic Libraries and Institutional Learning Analytics:One Path to Integration” (authored with Anthony Whyte, Emily Lynema and Malcolm Brown), in the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Oakleaf also had her article, “The Academic Library’s Role in the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment: Expanding Support for Student Learning and Success” (with Scott Walter and Malcolm Brown), published in the August 2017 issue of EDUCAUSE Review.

Jeffrey Saltz, associate professor, was published in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology for “Predicting Data Science Socio-Technical ExecutionChallenges by Categorizing Data Science Projects,” written with Ivan Shamshurin and Colin Connors.

Steven Sawyer, professor, was published in International Reports on Socio-Informatics(IRSI, 14(3), 29-33) for “More Than Nomadicity: The Paradoxical Affordances of Liminality,” co-authored by Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, professor, had her article, “Testing the Power of Game Lessons: The Effects of Art and Narrative on Reducing Cognitive Bias,” published in the International Journal of Communication. (Co-authors are Mikeal Martey, Adreienne Shaw, Kate Kenski, Benjamin Clegg, James Folkestad, Tobi Saulnier, and Tomek Strzalkowski). Additionally her article, “Social Media, U.S. Presidential Campaigns, and Public Opinion Polls: Disentangling Effects,” (with co-authors Patricia Rossini, Jeff Hemsley, Kate Kenski, Feifei Zhang, Lauren Bryant and Bryan Semaan) was published in the May issue of the Association of Internet Researchers collection.

Lu Xiao, associate professor, published two papers in 2017:

“Discourse Relations in Rationale-Containing TextSegments,” published in October’s Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (written with Niall Conroy)

“Toward The Automated Detection of Individuals’ Rationales in Large-Scale Online Open Participative Activities–A Conceptual Framework, Group Decision and Negotiation,” published with Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Agnes Sandor in the Journal of Group Decision and Negotiation, in cooperation with the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

She also presented a talk in May at the School of Information Management at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, titled, “Internet Users’ Reasoning in Large-Scale Online Open Participative (LSOOP) Activities,” and offered a poster at the 3rd Annual International Conference of Computational Social Science in Cologne, Germany: “What Makes a User’s Comment Persuasive in Online Discussions? An Entry-Order Examination.”