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Kevin Crowston is a Distinguished Professor of Information Science at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. He received his A.B. (1984) in Applied Mathematics (Computer Science) from Harvard University and a Ph.D. (1991) in Information Technologies from the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He is currently seeking PhD students interested in the impact on work design of systems with increased autonomy and capability.
Research Interests
Crowston's research examines new ways of organizing made possible by the use of information technology. He approaches this issue in several ways: empirical studies of coordination-intensive processes in human organizations (especially virtual organization); theoretical characterizations of coordination problems and alternative methods for managing them; and design and empirical evaluation of systems to support people working together. Specific domains of interest include free/libre open source software development projects, citizen science projects and research data management.
He is most recently a PI on an NSF HCC project: "Intelligent support for non-experts to navigate large information spaces" (21-06865) and PI on an NSF FW-HTF grant, "The Future of News Work: Human-Technology Collaboration of Journalistic Research and Narrative Discovery" (21-29047). With colleagues, he heads a Research Coordination Network to develop a socio-technical perspective on work in the age of intelligent machines.
Keywords: virtual work; virtual organizations; free/libre/open source software development practices; citizen science; work design for work with autonomous systems
Education
Information Technologies, Ph.D., Dissertation: Towards a coordination cookbook: Recipes for multi-agent action., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1984 → 1991
Applied Mathematics (Computer Science), A.B., Harvard University
1980 → 1984
External positions
Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1991
Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
1991 → 1996
Research Interests
- information and communication technology
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Collaborative research: FW-HTF-R: The Future of News Work: Human-Technology Collaboration of Journalistic Research and Narrative Discovery
Crowston, K. G. (PI) & Henderson, K. (CoI)
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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Collaborative Research: HCC: Medium: Intelligent support for non-experts to navigate large information spaces
Crowston, K. G. (PI) & Oesterlund, C. (CoI)
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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SP-32431-1 Crowston - Collaborative research: FW-HTF-R: The Future of News Work: Human-Technology Collaboration of Journalistic Research and Narrative Discovery
Crowston, K. G. (PI)
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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FW-HTF-P: Planning to Study Automation and the Future of News Production
Crowston, K. G. (PI) & Henderson, K. (CoI)
10/1/20 → 9/30/21
Project: Sponsored Project
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Workshop: The iConference 2018 Doctoral Colloquium
Crowston, K. G. (PI)
3/1/18 → 2/28/21
Project: Sponsored Project
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Framing and feelings on social media: the futures of work and intelligent machines
Ocal, A. & Crowston, K., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Information Technology and People.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Gravity Spy: lessons learned and a path forward
Zevin, M., Jackson, C. B., Doctor, Z., Wu, Y., Østerlund, C., Johnson, L. C., Berry, C. P. L., Crowston, K., Coughlin, S. B., Kalogera, V., Banagiri, S., Davis, D., Glanzer, J., Hao, R., Katsaggelos, A. K., Patane, O., Sanchez, J., Smith, J., Soni, S. & Trouille, L. & 6 others, , Jan 2024, In: European Physical Journal Plus. 139, 1, 100.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Implications for Hybrid Newswork from the Work-from-Home Activities of Local US Television Journalists During COVID
Crowston, K., Henderson, K., Lua, K. L. & Raheja, R., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Journalism Practice.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Making Sense of AI Systems Development
Dolata, M. & Crowston, K., Jan 1 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. 50, 1, p. 123-140 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
ReelFramer: Human-AI Co-Creation for News-to-Video Translation
Wang, S., Menon, S., Long, T., Henderson, K., Li, D., Crowston, K., Hansen, M., Nickerson, J. V. & Chilton, L. B., May 11 2024, CHI 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems. Association for Computing Machinery, 169. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution
Open Access2 Scopus citations
Activities
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EUSSET CSCW Summer School, Como, Italy
Crowston, K. G. (Participant)
Aug 21 2023 → Aug 25 2023Activity: Other activity types › Other
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18th International Conference on Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity, iConference 2023
Crowston, K. G. (Participant)
Mar 28 2023Activity: Attendance types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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26th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, CSCW 2023 (Event)
Crowston, K. G. (Reviewer)
2023 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Member, Advisory Board, Department of Information Science
Crowston, K. G. (Consultant)
2022 → …Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
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Member, Steering Committee of the National Research Programme (NRP) 77 on “Digital Transformation”
Crowston, K. G. (Consultant)
2018 → …Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy
Press and Media
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March 2024 Research Update
Crowston, K. G., Stromer-Galley, J., McKnight, L. W. & Cheon, E.
3/21/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Spring 2024 Research Roundup
Crowston, K. G., Stromer-Galley, J., Oakleaf, M., McKnight, L. W., Park, J. S., Patin, B., Islam, M. T., Banks, J. & Chancellor, R.
3/7/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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7 Faculty Members Elected to the Provost's Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure
Mohan, C. K., McDonald, K. E., Crowston, K. G., Winders, J. L., Osborne, A., Ferri, B. A., Brown, D., Lu, Z., Taylor, B. D., Phillips, K., Anand, A., Brown, L. & Eubanks Winkler, A.
3/1/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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7 FACULTY MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE PROVOST'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROMOTION AND TENURE
Mohan, C. K., McDonald, K. E., Crowston, K. G., Winders, J. L., Osborne, A., Ferri, B. A., Brown, D., Lu, Z., Taylor, B. D., Phillips, K., Anand, A., Brown, L. & Eubanks Winkler, A.
2/29/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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7 Faculty Members Elected to the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Promotion and Tenure
Mohan, C. K., Crowston, K. G. & Winders, J. L.
2/29/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Prizes
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ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award
Crowston, K. G. (Recipient), Oct 22 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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Best Published Social Informatics Paper Award
Crowston, K. G. (Recipient), Sawyer, S. (Recipient) & Wigand, R. T. (Recipient), Oct 15 2016
Prize
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International Federation for Information Processing Silver Core Award
Crowston, K. G. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Honorary award
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Lifetime Service Award, Academy of Management, OCIS Division
Crowston, K. G. (Recipient), Aug 13 2018
Prize: Honorary award