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=== Jeremy Foote (Purdue University) === | === Jeremy Foote (Purdue University) === | ||
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I grew up in Nevada, did my undergrad (in English!) at BYU in Utah, and then worked as a practitioner of online collaboration. I was the product manager for a small [https://www.lingotek.com/ collaborative translation company] in Utah. I decided that I cared a lot more about understanding collaboration than designing software, and I came back to 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, 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. | I grew up in Nevada, did my undergrad (in English!) at BYU in Utah, and then worked as a practitioner of online collaboration. I was the product manager for a small [https://www.lingotek.com/ collaborative translation company] in Utah. I decided that I cared a lot more about understanding collaboration than designing software, and I came back to 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, 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 | Most of my current research is focused around the decisions that people make regarding new online communities - why people start new communities, what early communication structures are associated with productive communities, and why people choose to participate in what community instead of another. I'm particularly interested in how these decisions scale up into the social construction of understanding, knowledge, and opinion. More about my research stuff is at my [http://www.jeremydfoote.com academic homepage]. | ||
Much of my spare time is spent with my family (my wife and I have | Much of my spare time is spent with my family (my wife and I have 4 kids!) or with my [http://www.mormon.org church community]. I am not athletic but I really enjoy playing sports, especially soccer. 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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=== Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington) === | === Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington) === | ||