Projects per year
Personal profile
Education
Management Information Systems, D.B.A, Boston University
… → 1995
Management Information Systems, M.S., Boston University
… → 1989
Ocean Engineering, M.S., University of Rhode Island
… → 1986
Marine Transportation, B.S., United States Merchant Marine Academy
… → 1982
External positions
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Association of Information Science and Technology (JASIST)
Jan 1 2021 → …
Associate Professor, College of Information Sciences & Technology, Pennsylvania State University
Aug 1999 → Jul 2008
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Aug 1994 → Jul 1999
Research Project Manager, Boston University
Sep 1989 → Jul 1994
Research Interests
- social informatics
- Work
- Organizing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Collaborative Research: FHCC: Small: The Market is the Interface: Online Labor Platforms and Contingent Knowledge Work
Sawyer, S. B. (PI)
9/15/21 → 8/31/24
Project: Sponsored Project
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Access to the Gig Economy: Infrastructural Competence and the Participation of Underrepresented Populations
Sawyer, S. B. (PI)
4/1/17 → 3/31/20
Project: Sponsored Project
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WORKSHOP: 2016 CSST Summer Research Institute
Sawyer, S. B. (PI)
6/15/16 → 5/31/20
Project: Sponsored Project
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Governance of scholarly digital infrastructures: comparing interoperability, interconnection, capacity management, and systems management
Sawyer, S. B. (PI)
9/1/15 → 8/31/20
Project: Sponsored Project
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Platformization of Inequality: Gender and Race in Digital Labor Platforms
Munoz, I., Kim, P., O'Neil, C., Dunn, M. & Sawyer, S., Apr 23 2024, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 8, CSCW1, 108.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Many Futures of Work and Skill: Heterogeneity in Skill Building Experiences on Digital Labor Platforms
Kim, P. & Sawyer, S., Jun 13 2023, Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction for Work, CHIWORK 2023. Association for Computing Machinery, 11. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Online Freelancing on Digital Labor Platforms: A Scoping Review
Kim, P., Cheon, E. J. & Sawyer, S., Oct 14 2023, CSCW 2023 Companion - Conference Companion Publication of the 2023 Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing. Ames, M., Fussell, S., Gilbert, E., Liao, V., Ma, X., Page, X., Rouncefield, M., Singh, V. & Wisniewski, P. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 259-266 8 p. (Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW).Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution
Open Access2 Scopus citations -
Social Informatics Perspectives on Emerging Technologies: The Way Forward
Hara, N., Fichman, P., Chae, S. W., Meyer, E., Rosenbaum, H., Sawyer, S., Yang, S. & Zhu, X. A., Oct 2023, In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 60, 1, p. 785-788 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Role of Theory in Information Science Scholarship
Bilal, D., Julien, H., Sonnenwald, D. H., Ngulube, P., Sawyer, S. & Abbas, J., Oct 2023, In: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 60, 1, p. 747-750 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Crystallization of Longitudinal Email Communication in Distributed Virtual Work
Sharma, S. (Speaker), Willis, M. (Speaker), Sawyer, S. (Speaker) & Oesterlund, C. (Speaker)
2015Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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What to do with all those traces people leave behind: Culture, context, computing?
Oesterlund, C. (Speaker), Sawyer, S. (Speaker), Ribes, D. (Speaker), Shankar, K. (Speaker) & Geiger, S. (Speaker)
2014Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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New Technology, Work and Employment (Journal)
Sawyer, S. B. (Member of editorial board)
2013 → …Activity: Editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Social Scientists and Cyberinfrastructure: Insights from a Document Perspective
Sawyer, S. (Speaker), Kazianus, E. (Speaker) & Oesterlund, C. (Speaker)
2012Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Studying Technologically Dense Environments through Documentary Practices
Oesterlund, C. (Speaker), Sawyer, S. B. (Speaker) & Kazianus, E. (Speaker)
2011Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
Press and Media
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Data on Human-Computer Interaction Described by a Researcher at Syracuse University (Platformization of Inequality: Gender and Race in Digital Labor Platforms)
5/20/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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First Cohort of DPS Students Set to Graduate in May
3/18/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Research on Human-Computer Interaction Reported by a Researcher at Syracuse University (Platform-mediated Markets, Online Freelance Workers and Deconstructed Identities)
11/24/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Prizes
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Best Published Social Informatics Paper Award
Crowston, K. G. (Recipient), Sawyer, S. (Recipient) & Wigand, R. T. (Recipient), Oct 15 2016
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