Rebecca D. Frank is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, and is affiliated with the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin, Germany. Her research examines the social construction of risk in trustworthy digital repository audit and certification. She also conducts research in the areas of open data, digital preservation, digital curation, and data reuse, focusing on social and ethical barriers that limit or prevent the preservation, sharing, and reuse of digital information. She has a PhD from the University of Michigan School of Information, an MSI from the University of Michigan School of Information with a specialization in Preservation of Information, and a BA in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan. Her work has been supported by the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (German Foundation for Peace Research), the Einstein Centre Digital Future, the InfraLab Berlin, the National Science Foundation (United States), and the Australian Academy of Science.

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she/her

Areas of interest

digital curation; digital preservation; digital repositories; data curation; sharing, & reuse; risk; trust

Education

PhD, University of Michigan 
MSI, University of Michigan 
BA, University of Michigan