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Eric Cook
ericcook@umich.edu
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Background:
BA in Interdisciplinary Humanities, Michigan State University, 1997
MSI in HCI, University of Michigan School of Information, 2004
Advisor(s):
Research Tags:
- IT & Creative practice
- Amateur media
- Technology & well-being
Bio/Research Statement:
Broadly construed, my research interests center on emergent social and creative behaviors afforded by technology placed in amateur and informal contexts. This has led me to do work into such topics such as distributed creative practice, distance collaboration, creative toolkit environments, and amateur and professional interactions in online creative communities.
Current Research:
In my dissertation work, I focus on the concept of networked home mode production -- the use of snapshot media in computer-mediated settings for family communication and biography construction. One goal in this endeavor is to develop a more nuanced and theoretically grounded perspective on user-generated content systems, while also contributing to a broader dialogue about technology and well-being.
Media:
video
Media:
[research poster (PDF)]
Recent Publications:
- 2008: Olson, Gary M., Zimmerman, Ann, and Bos, Nathan, editors. (in press). (Teasley, S.D., Schleyer, T., Hemphill, L., & Cook, E. "Science in the Center: 3 case studies of distributed research centers".) Book chapter in Scientific Collaboration on the Internet. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
- 2007: Cook, E. (2007). Many-to-Few: Expanding the Model of User-Generated Media Production. In Proceedings of the 2007 international ACM SIGGROUP Conference on Supporting Group Work (Sanibel Island, Florida, USA, November 04 - 07, 2007).
- 2007: Cook, E. (2007). The knot of amateurs & professionals: untangling social roles in creative practice. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity &Amp; Cognition (Washington, DC, USA, June 13 - 15, 2007). C&C '07. ACM, New York, NY, 279-279.
Profile last updated Mar 10, 2009.
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Cal Lee (MSI '99, Ph.D. '05) is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina. At SI he distinguished himself with his research in the archives and records management field. In 2002, Lee was the first winner of the Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for graduate study in the information sciences or librarianship. The award is sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information and "recognizes not only outstanding scholarship and intellectual rigor, but also civic responsibility, democratic values, and imagination, honoring the memory of CNI founding executive director Paul Evan Peters."
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