Research
I do lots of research. Some of the research, such as my 1$Can bet with Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, is driven by friendly competition with colleagues. Other research projects are large, formal organizations.
Currently, I am an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington in Seattle, and affiliated with the Stanhope Center for Communications Policy Research in London. Recently I have served as co principal investigator of the ICT in Central Asia Project, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. I have been a Fellow at the Pew Internet and American Life Project, and have served on the advisory board of the Survey2000 / Survey2001 projects, which were also funded by the National Science Foundation. I have a short version of my research biography, but for more complete record of my research, please see my curriculum vitae.
I strongly believe in sharing data, references, and ideas as soon as I think they might be of value, even at the risk of being plagarized. I post reference lists and prepublication versions of manuscripts, and organize conferences and distribute raw data as a service to other people with similar interests. My project to develop a database of literature about how new information technologies are being used to solve social problems in developing countries is online at the Sustainable Development and ICT Database. Teaching and research are often integrated, and undergraduate students were heavily involved in producing the research behind the Seattle Newmediapedia and the December 2004 WiFi Map of Seattle.