iSchool faculty are leading conversations in the information field across the globe. They publish, present, and contribute their expertise in myriad way throughout the year. See where our faculty have been active this Fall:
Jaime Banks
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Accepted/In Press)
Banks, J., Bowman, N. D., Harper, R. (2025). Subjective Experiences of Robot Teleoperation: Validation of the TARX Framework, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS).
Journal Article (Accepted/In Press)
Bowman, N. D. *, Banks, J. (2025). The Egocentricity and Emotionality of Sense of Place: Scale Development and Validation across Digital/Physical and Positive/Negative Locales. New Media & Society.
Presentations
Li, Z. (Presenter, Co-author), Banks, J. (Co-author), Li, J. (Co-author), Carr, C. T. (Co-author), “A Second-Hand Measure: Applying the Player-Avatar Interaction (cPAX) Model to Teleoperator-Avatar Robot Interaction (TARX),” MediaPsych’25, Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association, Duisburg, Germany. (September 10, 2025 – September 12, 2025).
Li, Z. (Presenter, Co-author), Banks, J. (Co-author), Li, J. (Co-author), Carr, C. T. (Co-author), “Operationalizing Machine Companionship: An Exploration of Human-AI Relationality Across AI Companions,” MediaPsych’25, Media Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association, Duisburg, Germany. (September 10, 2025 – September 12, 2025).
Banks, J., “Media make the model: How sci-fi helps shape our reactions to social machines,” Summer School 2025, Chemnitz University of Technology Department of Media Psychology, Chemnitz, Germany. (August 28, 2025).
Bohlander, A. (Author/Presenter), Banks, J. (Author), “Hybrid Imaginaries: Value Orientations and Mental Models for Human-Machine Integration,” Moral Media Conference 2025, Buffalo, NY. (April 12, 2025).
Banks, J., “Previewing Project SHADE: Anthropomorphic Language Effects on Human Judgments of AI Moral Violations,” Moral Media Conference 2025, Buffalo, NY. (April 12, 2025).
Banks, J., “Why we humanize: How lazy thinking imapcts our interactions with social AI,” Newhouse Immersion Course for Lockheed Martin, SU, The Newhouse School. (April 2, 2025).
Nair, J. R. (Author, Presenter), Bowman, N. D. (Author), Banks, J. (Author), “Robots increase perceived effort at video games: Exploratory study of perceived demands of co-playing video games,” Annual Conference of the Eastern Communication Association, Buffalo, NY. (March 2025).
Banks, J. (Presenter/Convener), Czczuka, J. (Presenter), McArthur, N. (Presenter), Bowman, N. (Moderator), “Love Machines: The Science of AI Companionship,” SXSW, SXSW, Austin, TX. (October 2024 – March 2025).
Carlos Caicedo Bastidas
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Published)
Mu, K. *G, Xie, Z.G, Caicedo Bastidas, C. E., Kadota, I., Lehr, W., Berry, R. (2025). Compete or Coordinate? Analysis of Spectrum Sharing Strategies for Local Wireless Services, IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Symposium (DySPAN). IEEE. 10.1109/DySPAN64764.2025.11115953
Tamim, I.UG, Caicedo Bastidas, C. E., Kadota, I. *, Zussman, G. (2025). Cooperative dynamic spectrum access for large-scale networks using directional antennas, WiOpt’25 – RAWNET (International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks – Workshop on Resource Allocation and Cooperation in Wireless Networks). IEEE. 10.23919/WiOpt66569.2025.11123362
Rezaei, F. *, Shergill, M., Velipasalar, S., Caicedo Bastidas, C. E., Carter, E. K. (2025). POWER OPTIMIZED CO-REGISTRATION OF MULTISPECTRAL AND THERMAL CAMERAS FOR REAL-TIME URBAN PLUVIAL FLOOD MONITORING, Geological Society of America 2025 Northeastern/North-central section meeting. Geological Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2025ne-409012 10.1130/abs/2025ne-409012
Journal Article (Published)
Lehr, W. *, Berry, R., Kadota, I., Caicedo Bastidas, C. E., Mu, K.G, Xie, Z.G, Tamim, I.G (2025). Automating Spectrum Sharing from the Ground Up: A bottom-up approach and research agenda. Telecommunications Policy. 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102937
Netalkar, P.G, Caicedo Bastidas, C. E., Kadota, I., Zussman, G., Seskar, I., Raychaudhuri, D. (2025). Scalable Dynamic Spectrum Access with 1900.5.2 Spectrum Consumption Models. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 10.1109/JSAC.2025.3584507
EunJeong Cheon
Publications
Fulfillment of the Work Games: Warehouse Workers’ Experiences with Algorithmic Management (with Dr. Ingrid Erickson).
Organization Matters: A Qualitative Study of Organizational Dynamics in Red Teaming Practices for Generative AI (with PhD student Bixuan, Master student Janghui).
Conference Proceeding (Accepted/In Press)
Qin, Y., Li, Y., Cheon, E. * (2025). How Robotic Artists Perceive ‘Collaboration’ with Machines? Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’25). ACM.
Centralized Trust in Decentralized Systems: Unveiling Hidden Contradictions in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (with previous phd student Bappy). Bappy, F. H., Cheon, E., & Islam, T. (2025, June). Centralized Trust in Decentralized Systems: Unveiling Hidden Contradictions in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (pp. 1960-1971).
Presentations
Ming, J. (Co-organizer), Pei, L. (Co-organizer), Steup, R. (Co-organizer), Fernandes, K. (Co-organizer), Cheon, E. (Co-organizer), “Reclaiming the Future of Work,” The Society for Social Studies of Science (4S), 2025. (2024 – October 2025).
Cheon, E., “Rethinking Design for Human-Robot Collaboration,” NSF-NRT program, INTEGRATE, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2024 – February 26, 2025).
Kevin Crowston
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Published)
Varone, A., Bolici, F., Crowston, K. G. (2025). Short-term gain, long-term pain? A conceptual model on AI’s impact on human skill development, European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS) Colloquium. Athens, Greece:.
Liang, Q.G, Crowston, K. G., You, S. (2025). The task matters: The effect of perceived similarity to AI on intention to use in different task types, Hawai’i International Conference on System Science. Waikaloa, HI:.
Journal Article (Published)
Wu, Y., Zevin, M., Berry, C., Crowston, K. G., Oesterlund, C., Doctor, Z., Banagiri, S., Jackson, C., Kalogera, V., Katsaggelos, A. (2025). Advancing Glitch Classification in Gravity Spy: Multi-view Fusion with Attention-based Machine Learning for Advanced LIGO’s Fourth Observing Run. Classical and Quantum Gravity. 10.1088/1361-6382/adf58b
Crowston, K. G., Bolici, F. (2025). Deskilling and upskilling with AI systems. Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 30, 1009–1023. 10.47989/ir30iConf47143
Jackson, C., Oesterlund, C., Vamsi, A., Smith, A. O., Crowston, K. G. (2025). Leveling up or dropping out: Searching for learning routines in crowdsourced environments. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction(CSCW). 10.1145/3757489
Sevgi Erdogan
Publications
Journal Article (Published)
Mirzahossein, H. (2025). Activity-Travel Pattern Recognition of Individuals Using a Deep Short Text Clustering Algorithm. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. 10.1007/s40996-025-01902-6
Presentations
Erdogan, S., Nejad, M. M., Haghani, A., “Multi-layer Synthetic Population Generation for Small Geographies Using Conditional Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Nets,” SAE 2025: Conference Small Area Estimation – Survey and Data Science, International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS) and International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), Politecnico di Torino DIST Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Turin, Italy. (July 7, 2025 – July 11, 2025). SAE 2025
LaVerne Gray
Presentations
Gray, L., “Catalysts for Change: The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program Review and Impact,,” Association for Library and Information Science Education, Kansas City, KS. (2025 – Present).
Jeff Hemsley
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Published)
Smith, A. O.G, Joh, U.G, Hemsley, J. (2025). Does Google dream of electric memes? From human to computational culture. Information Research an International Electronic Journal (vol. 30, pp. 287-300). iConference. 10.47989/ir30iConf47350
Liu, Q.G, Kim, Y.G, Hemsley, J. (2025). Scientists, but deny science? Climate Change Skeptics Network on YouTube Led by Scientists. Information Research an International Electronic Journal (vol. 30, pp. 741-751). iConference. 10.47989/ir30iConf47212
Smith, A. O., Cousin, C.G, Joh, U.G, Khoury, C.G, Duan, Y.G, Hemsley, J. (2025). Towards memetic legitimation of knowledge: Memes and cultural heritage. Information Research an International Electronic Journal (vol. 30, pp. 618-626). iConference. 10.47989/ir30iConf47260
Conference Proceeding (Accepted/In Press)
Smith, A. O. *G, Joh, U.G, Hemsley, J. (2025). A Granular Account of Ephemeral Culture: Algorithmic Contexts of Memes. Association for Information Science and Technology.
Joh, U.G, Li, Y., Hemsley, J. (2025). Who Becomes More Toxic? A Markov Chain Analysis of Toxicity Trends and Topic Transitions in U.S. Immigration Discourse on Social Media, ICWSM.
Liu, Q. *, Kim, Y.G, Hemsley, J.G (2025). LLM-Supported Content Analysis of Motivated Reasoning on Climate Change. Association for Information Science and Technology.
Lee McKnight
Publications
Commentary (Published)
McKnight, L. W. * (2025). Distinguishing Jokers from Thieves. SEC Crypto Task Force Request For Information, SEC Crypto Task Force. Washington, DC: Securities and Exchange Commission. https://www.sec.gov/about/crypto-task-force/written-submission/ctf-written-input-mcknight-042525
Sebastian Modrow
Presentations
Modrow, S. (author), Meth, I. A. (author), Patin, B. J.H. (author), “A Community Climbs to Glory: Community Collaboration and the Co-Creation of a Digital Archive for the Modern 10th Mountain Division,” Real-Time History: Engaging with Living Archives and Temporal Multiplicities, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., German Historical Institute,, Washington, D.C., DC, United States. (March 19, 2025 – March 21, 2025).
Modrow, S., “Im Dienste institutioneller Nachhaltigkeit: Archivalische Idee und Praxis im Mittelalter,” (transl. title: “In the Service of Institutional Sustainability: Archival Idea and Practice in the Middle Ages”),” “Nachhaltigkeiten im Mittelalter” (conference title translation: “Sustainabilities in the Middle Ages”), Spring Conference of the Konstanzer Arbeitskreis für mittelalterliche Geschichte, Haus Insel Reichenau, Reichenau Island (Lake Constance), Reichenau, Germany. (March 11, 2025 – March 14, 2025).
Megan Oakleaf
Publications
Journal Article (Published)
Scoulas, J. M., Oakleaf, M., Croxton, B., Nackerud, S., Varnum, K. (2025). Insights and Strategies for Assessing Student Engagement and Success in Academic Libraries. Journal of Library Administration, 65(4), 473-488. 10.1080/01930826.2025.2475706
Journal Article (Accepted/In Press)
Crespo-Mendez, S., Daniels, R., Scoulas, J. M., Croxton, B., Hoffman, S., Oakleaf, M. (2025). Informing Assessment Training: Library Assessment Practitioners’ Perceptions of ACRL Proficiencies. Performance Measurement and Metrics.
Presentations
Oakleaf, M., Croxton, B., Straub, M., Belanger, J., “Know Better, Do Better: Enhancing Assessment and Equity in Academic Libraries,” Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference, Association of College and Research Libraries, Minneapolis, MN. (April 2025).
Carsten Oesterlund
Publications
Journal Article (Published)
Jackson, C., Østerlund, C., Smith, A. O.G, Crowston, K. G. (2025). Leveling Up or Dropping Out: Searching for Learning Routines in Crowdsourced Environments. Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW). https://doi.org/10.1145/3757489
Wu, Y.G, Zevin, M., Berry, C., Crowston, K. G., Østerlund, C., Doctor, Z., Banagiri, S., Jackson, C. B., Kalogera, V., Katsaggelos, A. K. (2025). Advancing Glitch Classification in Gravity Spy: Multi-view Fusion with Attention-based Machine Learning for Advanced LIGO’s Fourth Observing Run. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 42(16). 10.1088/1361-6382/adf58b
Book Chapter (Accepted/In Press)
Østerlund, C., Jackson, C. (2025). Trace Methods: Probing the Apparatus. Digital Trace Data Research in Information Systems: Foundations, Methods, and Applications.
Joon Park
Presentations
Park, J. S., “AI-augmented Teaching for Higher Education,” Exploring the Use of AI in Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (CTLE). (January 2025 – April 2025).
Jian Qin
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Published)
Liu, Q.§ *G, Qin, J.§ (2025). The role of ontologies in machine learning: a case study of Gene Ontology. Information Research an International Electronic Journal (iConf ed., vol. 30, pp. 108–122). 10.47989/ir30iConf47575
Journal Article (Accepted/In Press)
Qin, J. * (2025). AI-driven scientific discoveries: rethinking the institutional mission and action strategies of libraries. Journal of Information and Management.
Jeffrey Stanton
Publications
Book Chapter (Published)
Balzer, W. K. *, Stanton, J. M. (2025). Patricia Cain Smith: 1917-2007. Key Thinkers in Industrial and Organizational Psychology (vol. 1). New York, NY: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Key-Thinkers-in-Industrial-and-Organizational-Psychology/KoppesBryan-Vinchur/p/book/9781032506340?srsltid=AfmBOorqTP8zhlBlvPEQtxBIxPev_VRAGvNqzVkLkqb–Namme7m8xDl
Jennifer Stromer-Galley
Publications
Journal Article (Accepted/In Press)
Rossini, P., Stromer-Galley, J., Baptista, E. A., de Oliveira, V. V. (2025). Discussions that divide: The interplay between experiencing uncivil conversations and politically motivated avoidance on WhatsApp and Facebook. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 10.1080/08838151.2025.2519733
Stromer-Galley, J., McKernan, B., Zaman, S.G, Maganu, C. A.G, Regmi, S.G (2025). The Efficacy of Large Language Models and Crowd Annotation for Accurate Content Analysis of Political Social Media Messages. Social Science Computer Review. https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4XAMQK3IJAZEKAVJGISD/full 10.1177/08944393251334977
Presentations
Stromer-Galley, J., “Misinformation and Disinformation in the 2024 Presidential Election,” Stevenson Trust for Citizenship, University of Glasgow. (October 22, 2024 – Present). Misinformation and Disinformation in the 2024 U.S. Election
Stromer-Galley, J., Zaman, S., Borkar, A., Karia, J., “Detecting Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior in Meta Ads: The 2024 U.S. Case,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (September 11, 2025 – September 14, 2025).
Votta, F., Kruschinski, S., Fuglsang Hove, M., Stromer-Galley, J., “The Perceived Voter in Practice: When US Campaigns Mobilize or Persuade,” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (September 11, 2025 – September 14, 2025).
Vrielink, J., van Remoortere, A., Vliegenthart, R., Stromer-Galley, J., Kruikemeier, S., “Demystifying online political advertising: using smartphone ad-tracking to uncover divisive issue campaigns on social media during the 2024 Presidential Elections,” COMPTEXT, Vienna, Switzerland. (April 24, 2025 – April 26, 2025).
Jasmina Tacheva
Publications
Conference Proceeding (Published)
Ivanov, A.§, Hashim, M., Tacheva, J.§ (2025). Doug’s Effect: The Impact of Influencer Marketing on Community-Driven Online Auctions, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-58).
Eftekhari, S.§, Tacheva, J.§, Senot, C. (2025). Political Affiliation and Mental Health During Crises: Insights from Online Communication, Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-58).
Ivanov, A.§, Hashim, M., Tacheva, J.§ (2025). The Impact of Endogenous Influencer Marketing on Performance of Community-Driven Online Auctions, Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).
Book Chapter (Accepted/In Press)
Ramasubramanian, S. *, Riewestahl, E., Tacheva, J. (2025). Critical Algorithmic Literacy: Combining Critical Perspectives with Quantitative Data Sciences. Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity. Routledge.
Bei Yu
Presentations
Yu, B. (Chair), Qin, J. (co-chair), Oesterlund, C. (co-chair), “2025 iConference AIR Workshop on Rethinking Relationship between Academic and Industry Research on AI,” 2025 iConference. (2024 – 2025).
Hara, N. (Chair), Yu, B. (Panelist), Pasquetto, I. (Panelist), Sun, M. (Panelist), Zhang, C. (Panelist), “iSchool Community for Science of Science: Scholarly Communicaiton, Communicating Science, and Public Participation in Science,” 2025 iConference. (2024 – 2025).