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=== Jeremy Foote (Purdue University) ===

[[File:Jeremy.jpg|thumb|200px|Jeremy and his family on a very flat Midwest hike]]

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I grew up in Nevada, did my undergrad (in English!) at BYU in Utah. After graduating, I was the product manager for a small [https://www.lingotek.com/ collaborative translation company] in Utah. I decided that I was a lot more interested in understanding people than designing software, so I went to grad school. I did a Master's degree at Purdue, studying with [https://www.cla.purdue.edu/communication/directory/?p=Seungyoon_Lee Seungyoon Lee], and then worked on a PhD at Northwestern with Aaron Shaw, as a member of CDSC. I'm now back at Purdue in the [https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/communication/ Brian Lamb School of Communication], this time as a faculty member.

Most of my current research is focused around understanding how people decide where and how to participate in online communities--why people start new communities, how community membership influences future behavior, and how communication structures relate to community outcomes. I'm particularly interested in how these decisions scale up into the social construction of understanding, knowledge, and opinion. More about my research is at my [http://www.jeremydfoote.com academic homepage].

Much of my spare time is spent with my family (my wife and I have 5 kids!). I love the Midwest but really miss hiking and skiing in the mountains and try to do both as much as possible.
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