Humphreys CV Summer 2017 - 1

Lee Humphreys

483 Mann Library

Dept. of Communication 607 255 2599 (office)

Cornell UniversitySkype: lhumphreys

Ithaca, NY 14853

CURRENT POSITION

Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (July 2014 – Current)

PRIOR ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Visiting Fellow, Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia (January 2015-July 2015)

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (July 2008- 2014)

Associate Lecturer, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (2007-2008)

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2007

Dissertation Title: Mobile Sociality & Spatial Practice: A Qualitative Fieldstudy of New Social Networking Technologies

Dissertation Committee: Dr. Carolyn Marvin (chair), Dr. John Carey, Dr. Keith Hampton, Dr. Paul Messaris

M.A., Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2003

Thesis Title: Can you hear me now? A field study of cellphone usage in public space.

Thesis Committee: Dr. Carolyn Marvin (chair), Dr. Joseph Cappella

B.S., Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1999

Graduated with honors in research.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Award for Excellence in the Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring of Graduate and Professional Students, GPSA, Cornell University (Spring 2013)

Institute for the Social Sciences, Faculty Fellowship, Cornell University (Fall, 2012)

Outstanding Graduate Student Publication, Communication & Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association (August, 2007)

Research Incentive Prize, Urban Communication Foundation (November, 2006)

Annenberg Dissertation Research Fellowship (November, 2005)

James D. Woods Award for outstanding teaching by a graduate student (May,2004)

Full tuition and research stipend, Annenberg School for Communication (2001-2005)

Cornell Tradition Fellowship (1995-1999)

BOOKS

Humphreys, L. (in press, expected Spring 2018). The qualified self: Social media and the accounting of everyday life. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Messaris, P. & Humphreys, L. (Eds.) (2017). Digital media: Transformations in human communication (2nd Edition). New York, Peter Lang.

Messaris, P. & Humphreys, L. (Eds.) (2006). Digital media: Transformations in human communication. New York, Peter Lang.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

(* denotes graduate student co-author, ** denotes undergraduate student co-author)

Boase, J. & Humphreys, L. (Eds). (slotted for January, 2018). Special issue on mobile methods. Mobile Media & Communication.

Humphreys, L. (2017). Involvement shield or social catalyst: Thoughts on socio-spatial impacts of Pokémon Go. Mobile Media & Communication, 5(1): 15-19.

Scolere, L.* & Humphreys, L. (2016). Pinning design: The curatorial labor of creative professionals. Social Media & Society, 2(1): 1-13.

Halpern, M.* & Humphreys, L. (2016). iPhonography: Middlebrow art worlds. New Media & Society, 18(1):62-81.

Ozkul, D. & Humphreys, L. (2015). Record and remember: Memory and meaning-making practices through mobile and location media. Mobile Media & Communication. 3(3): 351-365.

Humphreys, L. & Wilken, R. (2015). Social media, small businesses, and the control of information. Information, Communication & Society, 18(3): 295-309.

Liao, T.* & Humphreys, L. (2015).Layar-ed places: Using mobile augmented reality to tactically reengage, reproduce, and reappropriate public space. New Media & Society. 17(9): 1418-1435. DOI: 10.1177/1461444814527734

Newbury, E.*, Humphreys, L., & Fuess, L.** (2014). Over the hurdles: Barriers to social media use in Extension offices. Journal of Extension, 42(5)

Humphreys, L. & Gillespie, T. (2014). Introduction to AoIR special issue. Information, Communication, & Society, 17(3): 283-285.

Humphreys, L., Gill, P.,* & Krishnamurthy, B. (2014). Privacy on Twitter: A content analysis of personal information. Information, Communication & Society, 17(7):843-857.

Humphreys, L. & Liao, T.* (2013). Foursquare & the Parochialization of Public Space. First Monday: Special Issue on Media and the Social Production of Urban Space. 18(11). 4 November 2013

DOI: 10.5210/fm.v18i11.4966.

Humphreys, L., Von Pape, T., & Karnowski, V. (2013). Evolving mobile media ecology: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile Internet by American and German college students. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(4): 491-407.

Humphreys, L., Gill, P.,* Krishnamurthy, B. & Newbury, E.* (2013). Twitter & historical diaries: A content analysis. Journal of Communication. 63(3): 413-431. (lead article) DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12030

Humphreys, L. (2013). Mobile social media: Future challenges and opportunities. Mobile Media & Communication. 1(1): 20-25.

Logie, J. & Humphreys, L. (2013). Introduction to AoIR special issue. Information, Communication, & Society. 16(3): 287-290

Shapiro, S.** & Humphreys, L. (2013). Publicizing & personalizing war: A comparison of military blogs to military letters from WWI. New Media & Society, 15(7): 1151-1167.doi:10.1177/ 1461444812466718

Humphreys, L. (2012). Connecting, coordinating, cataloguing: Communicative practices on mobile social networks. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. 65(4): 494-510.

Humphreys, L. (2011). Who’s watching whom? A study of interactive technology and surveillance. Journal of Communication, 61: 575-595.

Humphreys, L. & Liao, T.* (2011). Mobile Geo-Tagging: Reexamining Our Interactions with Urban Space. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. 16(3): 407-423.

Humphreys, L. (2010). Mobile social networks and urban public space. New Media & Society, 12(5): 763-778. doi:10.1177/1461444809349578.

Pollak, J.P.*, Gay, G., Byrne, S., Wagner, E.**, Retelny, D.** & Humphreys, L. (2010). It’s Time to Eat! Using Mobile Games to Promote Healthy Eating. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 9(3): 21-27.

Humphreys, L. (2007). “Mobile social networks and spatial practice: A case study of Dodgeball” Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, 13(1): article 17. (Accessible at

Humphreys, L. & Barker, T.* (2007). “Modernity and the Mobile Phone: Exploring tensions about dating and sex in Indonesia.” Journal of Media & Culture, 10(1). (Accessible at

Humphreys, L. (2005). "Cellphones in public: Social interaction in a wireless era." New Media & Society, 7(6): 813-836.

Humphreys, L. (2005). "Reframing social groups, closure, and stabilization in the social construction of technology." Social Epistemology, 19(2-3): 231-253.

Humphreys, L. (2005). "Social topography in a wireless era: The negotiation of public and private space." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 35(3): 367-384.

BOOK CHAPTERS & REVIEWS

Humphreys, L. (2017). Locating locational data in mobile and social media. In M Zimmer& Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (Eds.) Internet Research Ethics of the Social Age: New Cases and Challenges (pp. tbd). New York:Peter Lang.

Humphreys, L. (2017). Public privacy on social media. In P. Messaris & Humphreys, L. (Eds.) Digital Media: Transformation in Human Communication (second edition) (pp. 348-355). New York: Peter Lang.

De Souza E Silva, A., Ling R. & Humphreys, L. (2016). Location Based Communication. International Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Communication.

Humphreys, L. (2015). Mobile social networks. In R. Manswell & Ang, P. H. (Eds.) International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication & Society.London:Wiley-Blackwell.

Humphreys, L. (2013). Mobile social networks and surveillance. In A. Jansson & Christensen, M. (Eds.) Media, surveillance, and identity: A social perspective. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Humphreys, L. (2011). Review of Joseph Reagle Jr’s “Good Faith Collaboration” (MIT Press, 2010). Journal of Communication. 61(2): e1.

Humphreys, L. (2010). Technological Determinism. In S. H. Priest (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication (Vol. 2, pp. 869-872). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Humphreys, L. (2009). “Mobile social networks.” In T. Dumova & R. Fiordo (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Social Interaction Technologies and Collaboration Software: Concepts and Trends (pp. 22-32). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Humphreys, L. & Barker, T. (2009). “Modernity and the Mobile Phone: Exploring tensions about dating and sex in Indonesia.” Reprinted in New Age Mobile Telephony Devices - Developments, Trends And Issues. Andhra Pradesh, India: Icfai University Press.

Cappella, J.N.. Mittermaier, D.J.*, Weiner, J., Humphreys, L., Falcone, T., & Giorno, G. (2009). “Coding instructions: An example” in Krippendorff, Klaus & Bock, Mary (eds.), The content analysis reader (pp. 253-266). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications Inc.

Humphreys, L. (2008). “Mobile devices & social networking” in Hartmann, M., Rössler, P., & Höflich, J. (eds.). After the Mobile Phone? Social Changes and the Development of Mobile Communication (pp. 115-130). Berlin: Frank & Timme.

Humphreys, L. & Finlay, C. J.* (2008). “New technologies, new narratives” in Dayan, D. & M. Price’s (eds.) Owning the Olympics: Narratives of the New China (pp.284-306).Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Humphreys, L. (2006). “Photos and fieldwork: Capturing norms for mobile phone use in the US”. In J. Höflich & M. Hartmann (Eds.), Mobile Communication in Everyday Life: Ethnographic views, observations, and reflections (pp. 55-78). Berlin, Frank & Timme.

Humphreys, L. (2006). "Images and Online Romance”. In P. Messaris & L. Humphreys(Eds.), Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication (pp. 39-49).New York, Peter Lang.

Messaris, P. & Humphreys, L. (2006). “Introduction.” In P. Messaris & L. Humphreys(Eds.), Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication (pp. XV-XX).New York, Peter Lang.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Humphreys, L. (2007). Mobile Sociality & Spatial Practice: A Qualitative Fieldstudy of New Social Networking Technologies. PhD Dissertation. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA.

Humphreys, L. (2006). Out with My Mobile: Exploring social coordination in urban environments. Vodafone’s Receiver magazine. (Accessible at

Humphreys, (L). (2003). Can you hear me now? A field study of cellphone usage in public space. Master’s Thesis. Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, PA.

Turow, J., Coluccio, K., Hersh, A., Humphreys, L., Jacobsohn, L., & Sawicki, N. (2003). “Discussion of Health Websites in Medical and Popular Media" Report to Consumer WebWatch.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Cross-cultural analysis of locative media (in collaboration with Rowan Wilken at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia).

History of late 20th Danish Telephony (in collaboration with Mette, Albildgaard, University of Copenhagen)

Historicizing Social Media (2013-2018)

Replication study of cellphones in public (2017-2018)

Mediatization of Death (2017-19)

FUNDING

Principal Investigator (May 2017- June 2018)

  • Funded by the Institute for Social Science, Cornell University ($3924)
  • Research Project entitled: Mobile Phones in Public

Collaborator (PI: Prof. Rowan Wilken) (January 2012-December 2014)

  • Funded by Australian Research Council to Swinbourne University (estimated funding for US research and travel US $3,500)
  • Research Project entitled: The Cultural Economy of Locative Media

Co-PI (Co-PIs: Prof. Thilo von Pape & Dr. Veronika Karnowski) (January 2011-December 2011)

  • Funded by German Science Foundation to Ludwig Maximillian Univeristy ($9,283)
  • Research Project entitled: Cross-Cultural Mobile Internet Study: An Experience Sampling Method Study

Principal Investigator (October 2010-September 2013)

  • Funded by USDA via Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Hatch Funding ($60,080)
  • Research Project entitled: Twitter 101: Identifying Best Practices for Microblogs and Privacy Protection

Principal Investigator (September 2010)

  • Funded by Cornell’s ADVANCE ($1500)
  • Professional Development Grant to bring Professor Nancy Baym to campus.

Principal Investigator (May, 2010-August, 2010)

  • Funded by the Cornell Cooperative Extension ($4500)
  • Research Project entitled: Social Media & Cornell Cooperative Extension: A Formative Research and Development Plan

Principal Investigator (November 2008-November, 2009)

  • Funded by the Institute for Social Science at Cornell University ($2880)
  • Research Project entitled: Mobile Social Networking in Urban Environments

Principal Investigator (October 2008)

  • Funded by the College for Agriculture & Life Science ($3,930)
  • Funding for first-time teaching needs for graduate level qualitative research methodology course.

Principal Investigator (November 2006 - November 2007)

  • Research Incentive Prize from the Urban Communication Foundation ($1500)
  • Research Project entitled: Mobile Social Networking in Urban Environments

Principal Investigator (January 2006)

  • International Travel Grant from the Center for Global Communication Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania ($2500)

Courses Taught

Cornell Comm 2200: Media Communication, Fall 2013, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017 (lower level lecture course ~150 students/semester)

Cornell Comm 3200: New Media & Society, Spring 2012, 2014 (upper level lecture course, cross listed with Information Science, ~150 students/semester)

Cornell Comm 4650: Mobile Communication in Public Life, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018 (upper level, undergraduate seminar ~25 students/semester)

Cornell Comm 6830: Qualitative Research Methods, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2016, Spring 2017 (graduate research methods seminar, ~12 students/semester)

Cornell Comm 7800: Sociology of Communication, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014 (graduate seminar, ~6 students/semester)

University of Wisconsin: Comm Arts 272: Intro to Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 (lower level writing and lecture course, ~100 students/semester)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Abildgaard, M. S. & Humphreys, L. (2017). The Emergence of Landline Natives. Accounting Practices, Telephone Lines and Infrastructural Change in Late 20th Century Landline Telephony. To be presented at Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), Philadelphia, October 27.

Humphreys, L. (2017). “Difficult” Imagery: The Ethics of Publication and Presentation of Challenging Visual Material. To presented at AoIR, Tartu, Estonia, Oct. 19-21.

Humphreys, L. (2017). Locating locational data in mobile and social media. To presented at AoIR, Tartu, Estonia, Oct. 19-21.

Humphreys, L. (2017). Cellphones in Public: Social Interaction in a Smartphone era. To be presented at ASA, Montreal, Aug 12-15.

Humphreys, L. (2017). Remembrancing and Social Media. Presented at ICA, San Diego, CA, May 25-29.

Humphreys, L. (2017). The History and Future of the CAT Division. Presented at ICA, San Diego, CA, May 25-29.

Humphreys, L. (2016). Social Media & the Qualified Self. Presented at ICA, Fukuoka, Japan, June 9-13.

Scolere, L & Humphreys, L. (2015). Pinning Originality: Curation practices of creative professionals. Presented at AoIR Conference, Phoenix, AZ, October 21-24.

Humphreys, L. (2015). Qualified Self: mobile media & cataloging of everyday life. CCI Digital Methods Summer Camp, Swinburne University. February 8-12.

Humphreys, L. & Wilken, R. (2014). Social Media, Commercialization and the Control of Information. Presented at AoIR, Deagou, Korea. October 21-24.

Humphreys, L. (2014). Popular memory in old and new media practices. Presented at ICA, Seattle, WA, May 22-26.

Ozkul, D. & Humphreys, L. (2014). Record and remember: Memory and meaning-making practices through mobile and location media. Presented at ICA Mobile Pre-conference, Seattle, WA, May 20-21.

Humphreys, L. (2013). Resisting Methods & Newness: Juxtaposition, Play & Reflexivity. Presented at AoIR, Denver, CO, October 24-27.

Humphreys, L. & Liao, T. (2013). Foursquare & the Parochialization of Public Space. Presented at AoIR, Denver, CO, October 24-27.

Liao, T. & Humphreys, L. (2013). Augmented Places: Tactical Experiences and Engagement with Public Places Using Augmented Reality. Presented at AoIR, Denver, CO, October 24-27.

Steinhardt, J.,* & Humphreys, L. (2012). Wisdom of the crowds 2.0: Financial advice-seeking and interaction through an online social network. Presented at NCA, Orlando, FL, November 14-17.

Shapiro, S.** & Humphreys, L. (2012). Publicizing & personalizing war: A comparison of military blogs to military letters from WWI. Presented at 4S, Copenhagen, October 17-19.

Humphreys, L. (2012). Connecting, coordinating, cataloguing: Communicative practices on mobile social networks.Presented at AoIR, October, 18-20.

Humphreys, L., Gill, P.,* Krishnamurthy, B. & Newbury, E.* (2012). Twitter & historical diaries: A content analysis.Presented at ICA, Phoenix, AZ, May 24-28.

Von Pape, T., Karnowski, V., & Humphreys, L. (2012).Mobile internet usage: anywhere, anytime, any app?An experience sampling study on the social, spatial, temporal and cultural contextsof mobile Internet use in the US and Germany.Presented at ICA Mobile Preconference, Phoenix, AZ, May 24-28.

Karnowski, V., Von Pape, T., & Humphreys, L. (2012).Mobile internet usage: anywhere, anytime, any app?An experience sampling study on the social, spatial, temporal and cultural contextsof mobile Internet use in the US and Germany.Presented at Mobile Local Conference, NC State, Raleigh, NC March 16-17.

Humphreys, L, Byrne, S., & Gay, G. (2011). Teen iPhone Adoption: Expectations & Experiences. Presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA. November 17-20.

Halpern, M. & Humphreys, L. (2011). iPhonography: Middlebrow Art Worlds. Presented at the 4S Annual Conference, Cleveland November 4-5.

Humphreys, L. (2011). Negotiating Public and Private: Mobile technology in public space. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference in Boston, May 27-29.

Humphreys, L. (2010). Mobile Social Networks & Surveillance. Presented at the National Communication Association Conference in San Francisco, November 14-16.

Karnowski, V., von Pape, T., & Humphreys, L. (2010, November). Internet goes mobile: Use and importance of mobile online services in German and American students. Presentation at the annual conference of the DGPuK-FG Computer-mediated Communication, Computer and Communication – ”Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow“ in Mainz, Germany, November 11-13.

Humphreys, L. von Pape, T., & Karnowski, V. (2010). Users’ perspectives on an evolving mobile media ecology: Uses and conceptualizations of the mobile Internet by American and German college students. Presented at the International Communication Association Preconference on Mobile Communication in Singapore, June 21-22.

Humphreys, L., Gill, P.,* & Krishnamurthy, B. (2010). How much is too much? Privacy issues on Twitter.Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Singapore, June 23-25.

Humphreys, L. (2010). Historicizing Microblogging. CHI Workshop on Micro-Blogging 2010, April 10–15, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Humphreys, L. (2009). GPS Mobile Social Networks: Reexamining Our Interactions with Urban Space. Presented at the International Communication Association Preconference on Mobile Communication in Chicago, May.

Humphreys, L. (2008). “Mobile Social Networks and Urban Public Space.” Presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in San Diego, November.

Humphreys, L. (2008). “Mobile Social Media and the Parochialization of Urban Public Space.” Presented at the Social Mobile Media Workshop, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, August.

Humphreys, L. (2008). “Who’s Watching Whom?: A Fieldstudy of Interactive Technology & Surveillance.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA, August.

Humphreys, L. (2008). “Privacy, Surveillance, and Interactive Technology” Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, Montreal, May.

Humphreys, L. & Barker, T. (2007). “Modernity and the Mobile Phone: Exploring tensions about dating and sex in Indonesia.” Presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference in Chicago, November.

Humphreys, L. (2007). Atomization or Collectivization? Mobile Connections on Dodgeball. Presented at the Mobile Pre-Conference at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May.

Humphreys, L. (2006). “Media Events and the Diffusion of Technology: A Closer Look at Mobile Initiatives for the Beijing Olympics”. Presented at the Beijing Olympics Workshop, Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, November.

Humphreys, L. (2006). “Mobile Devices and Social Networking.” Presented at the 'After the Mobile?' Pre-Conference, International Communication Association in Erfurt, Germany, June.

Klein, A. & Humphreys, L. (2006). “Measuring Online Social Support: Can Computer-Based Text Analysis Approximate Burleson’s Person-Centered Hierarchy?” Presented at the International Communication Association in Dresden, Germany, June.

Humphreys, L. (2005). “The Use of Technology in Public Spaces: A case study of the Remote Lounge.” Presented at the National Communication Association, Boston, MA, November.

Schreiber, D., Humphreys, L. & Cappella, J.N. (2005). "Computerized Content Analysis of News about Genetic Influences on Disease and Behavior: MySQL, LIWC, and Automap as Tools." Presented at the Critical Issues in eHealth Conference, Bethesda, MD, June.

Humphreys, L. (2004). "Photographs and the Presentation of Self through Online Dating Services." Presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, November.

Lammie, K & Humphreys, L. (2004). "No Votes for Turncoats" An Analysis of Bumper Stickers as Public Discourse." Presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Chicago, IL, November.

Humphreys, L. (2004). "Social Interaction in a Wireless Era." Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, LA, May.

Humphreys, L. (2003). "The Bad News about Cellphones: a framing analysis of cellphone risk in the US and UK." Presented atthe National Communication Association Conference, Miami, FL, November.

Humphreys, L. (2003). “Methodological challenges in a wireless era." Presented at the International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

SELECTED INVITED TALKS

  • Keynote Speaker, New York State Communication Association, October 14-15, 2016
  • Invited Presenter, Selfies & The Qualified Self. Kern Conference, RIT, April 7-9, 2016.
  • Keynote Speaker, NordMedia Conference, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 13-15, 2015
  • Invited Speaker, Identity Research Network, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, June 29, 2016.
  • Colloquium Speaker, Dept of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, June 22, 2015.
  • Masterclass Instructor, Digital Ethnography Research Center, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia, May 11, 2015.
  • Colloquium Speaker, Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, June 5, 2015.
  • Colloquium Speaker, Digital Media Research Center, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, May 8th, 2015
  • Colloquium Speaker, Dept. of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, May 6, 2015.
  • Invited Speaker, Mobile Ubiquity Workshop, Center for Global Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Nov. 7, 2014.
  • Invited Speaker, Communication Studies Seminar Series, Northwestern University, Nov. 3, 2014
  • Invited Speaker, History of Material Texts Seminar Series, University of Pennsylvania Oct 13, 2014.
  • Invited Speaker, Cornell Summer Lecture Series, Cornell Continuing Education and Summer Session, Statler Auditorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY July 17th, 2013.
  • Invited Speaker to Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research Youth Development Research Update, La Tourelle, Ithaca, NY, June 4th, 2013.
  • Commencement Speaker, Department of Communication, Cornell University, May 26, 2013.
  • Invited Speaker to Social Media Collective, Microsoft Research Cambridge, MA, May 7, 2013.
  • Invited Panelist, “Social Media Matters”, Liberty Hyde Bailey Lecture, Cornell University, June 8th, 2012.
  • Keynote Speaker, Mobile Communication, Community, & Locative Media, ICA Mobile Pre-conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 23-24, 2012.
  • Invited Speaker to Cornell Institutional Affairs Review in Ithaca, NY, Oct. 24th, 2011.
  • Invited Speaker to Cornell Alumni Leadership Conference, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29th, 2011.
  • Invited Speaker to Microsoft Social Computing Symposium, NYU, New York, NY, Jan 11th, 2011
  • Invited Speaker to Cornell University’s Strategic Marketing Conference, FDR Presidential Library, Hyde Park, NY, Nov 1, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker to the Center for Deliberation, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 28th, 2010.
  • Invited Panelist, Alumni Development and Social Media Panel, Cornell Alumni Affairs and Development, Cornell University, Feb 23rd, 2010
  • Invited Speaker, School of Public Administration, Syracuse University, Oct 16th, 2009.
  • Invited speaker, Center for Sustainable Future. Social Media for Outreach. April 4th, 2010.
  • Invited Speaker to the Surveillance Project, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Jan 15th, 2009.

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