Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Supporting information and technology practices and policies that break down barriers.
Research Projects
Maryland Institute for Digital Accessibility (MIDA)
Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Lazar Paul T. Jaeger J. Bern Jordan Hernisa Kacorri Amanda Lazar
Funder: University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grant (Impact Award) Other
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Human-Computer Interaction > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Principal Investigator(s): Jonathan Lazar Paul T. Jaeger J. Bern Jordan Hernisa Kacorri Amanda Lazar
Funder: University of Maryland Grand Challenges Grant (Impact Award) Other
Research Areas: Accessibility and Inclusive Design > Human-Computer Interaction > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Investigating the Information Practices of COVID Long-Haulers
Principal Investigator(s): Beth St. Jean Twanna Hodge Jane Behre J. Nicole Miller
Funder: UMD Impact Award - Pandemic Readiness Initiative: https://research.umd.edu/pri Other
Research Areas: Health Informatics > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics > Library and Information Science
This project investigates the information needs, practices, and experiences of people who have long COVID ("COVID long-haulers") in order to learn more about their COVID-related information needs, the ways in which they have gone about fulfilling these needs, and their information-related experiences. W
Principal Investigator(s): Beth St. Jean Twanna Hodge Jane Behre J. Nicole Miller
Funder: UMD Impact Award - Pandemic Readiness Initiative: https://research.umd.edu/pri Other
Research Areas: Health Informatics > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics > Library and Information Science
This project investigates the information needs, practices, and experiences of people who have long COVID ("COVID long-haulers") in order to learn more about their COVID-related information needs, the ways in which they have gone about fulfilling these needs, and their information-related experiences. W
Computational Treatments to re-member the Legacy of Slavery (CT-LoS)
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Research Areas: Archival Science > Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Using Computational Archival Science to unlock records related to the Legacy of Slavery and provide new point of interaction and analysis.
Principal Investigator(s): Richard Marciano
Research Areas: Archival Science > Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization > Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
Using Computational Archival Science to unlock records related to the Legacy of Slavery and provide new point of interaction and analysis.
Faculty
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