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Katie Shilton to Join Faculty at Maryland’s iSchool
College Park, MD (August 17, 2011)—The University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies, Maryland’s iSchool, welcomes Katie Shilton to its faculty. She is an assistant professor and senior research fellow with the Information Policy and Access Center (IPAC). Shilton is a 2011 Ph.D. graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Shilton’s research examines the social and ethical implications of emerging technologies. For her dissertation, Shilton worked with UCLA’s Center for Embedded Network Sensing (CENS), analyzing how to incorporate social values into the design process of mobile apps. Her current research examines the same sorts of information policy issues in the realm of network architecture for the Internet. “Programmers, computer scientists and others involved with developing new technologies have a huge influence on how the new technology ultimately impacts society,” she says. “My research looks for ways to incorporate social values on matters such as information security and privacy of personal data from the very beginning of the design process, rather than trying to impose them later.”
As a graduate student, Shilton was a co-recipient of two National Science Foundation (NSF) grants. For one of those grants, Shilton is working with UCLA film professor Jeff Burke on a series of web videos presenting how ethics have spurred scientific and technological innovation in fields such as genetics and open-source software.
Shilton has a BA in history and German studies from Oberlin College. In addition to her PhD, she has a Master of Library Science degree with a focus in archival studies from UCLA. She will be teaching courses related to information policy and archives.
About Maryland’s iSchool
The College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool, empowers people, organizations and society to use information effectively through its research and undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. Maryland's iSchool enables students and faculty to create new ways for people to connect with information that will transform society and is ideally located in the information capital of the world- the Washington DC metro region. The iSchool is transforming itself as well, from a small college with a strong foundation in library and information studies programs to a fast-growing and groundbreaking center of expertise that will help people manage the information explosion from childhood to adulthood.
For more information, visit www.ischool.umd.edu.
Mary Carroll-Mason
Communications Coordinator
College of Information Studies, Maryland's iSchool
University of Maryland
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