GSLIS Town Hall Committees – 2011-2012
During my time at GSLIS, public conflicts arose over issues of racial and cultural inclusion in admissions, curriculum, and student life. I became engaged as an ally and advocate, and eventually served on committees formed to address these issues.
Community Informatics Club – 2010-2012
The CI Club is a student group dedicated to putting the concepts and skills we learned in the Community Informatics program at GSLIS into practice in the local community.
UC2B Marketing and Outreach Committee – 2010-2012
Through coursework and volunteer projects, I became involved with the Urbana Champaign Big Broadband Project, serving on the Marketing and Outreach Committee and working on multimedia authoring and building relationships with community organizations.
Good Works Connect – 2009
A regional social networking site and knowledge base designed to foster collaboration and exchange within the nonprofit community in downstate Illinois.
Local Progress – 2008-2009
Local Progress was an attempt to create a civic tech nonprofit, which ultimately morphed into a nonprofit consultancy focusing on technology and social media strategy for small community organizations.
Berkman Center Blog Group – 2004-2008
The Berkman Blog Group was the catalyst that got me seriously thinking about community technology and the real-world implications of social media. It was also my first real experience with outreach and instruction around technology.
MHS97.org – 2005-2010
I built MHS97.org as an experiment to learn how to use Drupal, and also as a tool to facilitate planning my 10-year class reunion.
The Wilson Lab – 2003-2008
As manager of the Wilson Lab, I was an information officer of sorts for a 20-member neuroscience research group.