Alyson Leigh Young University of Maryland, Baltimore County Department of Information Systems Room 404 ITE Baltimore MD 21250 Email: alyson1@umbc.edu Twitter: ayoung30 Website: userpages.umbc.edu/~alyson1 EDUCATION Expected 2014 June 2012 June 2008 June 2006 PhD in Human-­‐Centered Computing, UMBC Dissertation Topic: Scientific knowledge production in the LCS community Advisor: Dr. Wayne Lutters 4.0 GPA Research Assistant, NSF Grant #1125210: CDI-­‐Type II: GLOBE: Evolving New Global Workflows for Land Change Science, September 2011-­‐Present Master’s of Science in Human-­‐Centered Computing, UMBC Advisor: Dr. Wayne Lutters 4.0 GPA Master’s of Arts in Media Studies, University of Western Ontario Thesis: Defacing the ‘Book: Information revelation, Internet privacy concerns, and privacy protection on Facebook Advisor: Dr. Anabel Quan-­‐Haase 3.7 GPA Bachelors of Arts in Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University Honours Degree 3.7 GPA PEER-­‐REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS In Press Young, A.L. and Quan-­‐Haase, A. (in press). Privacy Protection Strategies on Facebook: The Internet Privacy Paradox Revisited. Information, Communication & Society. Peyton, T., Young, A.L., and Lutters, W.G (in press). Playing with leadership and expertise: Military themes and teamwork in an ARG. In Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Paris, France: ACM Press (20% acceptance rate) Peyton, T., Young, A.L., and Lutters, W.G (in press). Leadership, Expertise & the Militarization of Teamwork in Alternate Reality Gaming. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Computer-­‐Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) San Antonio, TX, USA: ACM Press. 1 Young, A.L., and Lutters, W.G. (in press). Designing a system for land change science meta-­‐analysis. . Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Paris, France: ACM Press (45% acceptance rate) 2012 2010 2009 Young, A.L., Gurzick, D., & Lutters, W. G. (2012). Exploring Infrastructure Assemblage in Volunteer Virtual Organizations. Extended Abstracts of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) Austin, TX, USA: ACM Press (48% acceptance rate) Quan-­‐Haase, A. and Young, A.L. (2010, October). Uses and gratifications of social media: A comparison of Facebook and Instant Messaging. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 30(5): 350-­‐361. Young, A.L. and Quan-­‐Haase, A. (2009). Information revelation and internet privacy concerns on social network sites: A case study of facebook. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T), University Park, PA, June 25-­‐27, p. 265-­‐274 BOOK CHAPTERS In Press 2011 Quan-­‐Haase, A. and Young, A.L. (in press). The uses and gratifications approach as a lens for studying social media practice. In Robert Fortner and Mark Fackler (Eds.) International Handbook of Media and Mass Communication Theory. Young, A.L., Gurzick, D. and Quan-­‐Haase, A. (2011). Online multi-­‐contextual analysis: (Re)connecting social network site users with their profile. In Ben Kei Daniel (Ed.) Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena (pp. 542-­‐554). IGI Global. PEER-­‐REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (NON-­‐PROCEEDINGS) 2012 2009 2008 Young, A.L., and Quan-­‐Haase, A. (2012). Privacy Protection Strategies on Facebook: The Internet Privacy Paradox Revisited. Paper presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Denver, Colorado, August 17-­‐20, 2012. Quan-­‐Haase, A. and Young, A.L. (2009). Uses and Gratifications of Social Network Sites: Having Fun on Facebook. Paper presented at General Online Research 09, Vienna, Austria, April 6-­‐8, 2009 Young, A.L. and Quan-­‐Haase, A. (2008). Examining Information Revelation and Internet Privacy Concerns on Social Network Sites: A Case Study of Facebook. Paper presented at Internet Researchers 9.0: Rethinking Community, Rethinking Place, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 15-­‐18, 2008 2 NON-­‐PEER-­‐REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Forthcoming Young, A.L., Peyton, T., and Lutters, W. (2013). Situating playful action: An ecological approach to studying ARG gameplay. Paper to be presented in the Communication and Digital Culture area of the 2013 Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference (PCA), Washington, DC, March 27-­‐30, 2013 Peyton, T., Young, A.L., and Lutters, W. (2013). Playful perceptions, actual interactions: Lessons learned about collaboration from ARGs. Paper to be presented in the Game Studies area of the 2013 Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference (PCA), Washington, DC, March 27-­‐30, 2013 2012 Quan-­‐Haase A, and Young, A.L. (2012). Privacy protection on strategies: A socio-­‐technical paradox. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, May 30-­‐June 1, 2012. Young, A.L. (2012). Logging in, hooking up: Towards a conceptual model for understanding online dating. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, May 30-­‐June 1, 2012 INDUSTRY TALKS 2009 Bliss, P. and Young, A.L (2009). Leveraging Social Media for Marketing and Program Development. Ontario Council for University Lifelong Learning (OCULL) 2009 Retreat and AGM. London, Ontario, October 22, 2009 Vaughan, A.M, and Young, A.L (2009). Social Networking Sites in Distance Education: If You Build It, Will They Come – And, More Importantly, Will They Use It?. Canadian Association of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) Conference 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 20-­‐23, 2009 Bliss, P., and Young, A.L. (2009). Leveraging Social Media for Marketing and Program Development. Canadian Association of University Continuing Education (CAUCE) Conference 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, May 20-­‐23, 2009 HONOURS, AWARDS AND FUNDING 2012 2011 Selected to receive funding to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, Baltimore MD UMBC Graduate Student Association travel funding for AoIR’12 ($250), CHI’12 ($500), ASA’12 ($500) Invited Attendee, Summer Social Webshop, College Park, MD 3 2008 2007 University of Western Ontario Graduate Thesis Research Award ($700) University of Western Ontario Graduate Research Scholarship ($5000) TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2011 2010 2008 2007 2006 University of Maryland, Baltimore County IS 387 Information Architecture for the Web (Spring & Fall Semesters) Instructor University of Maryland, Baltimore County IS 387 Information Architecture for the Web (Fall Semester) Instructor University of Western Ontario MIT 025 Media in Society (Spring Semester) Teaching Assistant University of Western Ontario MIT 134/234 Freedom of the Press: Print Media Policy (Fall Semester) Teaching Assistant University of Western Ontario MIT 025 Media in Society (Spring Semester) Teaching Assistant University of Western Ontario MIT 134/234 Freedom of the Press: Print Media Policy (Fall Semester) Teaching Assistant ACADEMIC SERVICE Ad Hoc Reviewing Conference Reviewing Conference Session Chair Student Volunteer New Media & Society (2013) Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society (2010) Handbook of Research Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena (2010) iConference (2013) ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2012-­‐present) Association of Internet Researchers (2011-­‐present) “SNS, Relationships and Emotions”, AoIR Conference (2011) ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2011-­‐2012) Communities & Technologies (2013) 4 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2012-­‐present 2012-­‐2013 2011-­‐present 2009, 2011 American Sociological Association (ASA) Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2009-­‐present Academica Group Inc., Toronto, Ontario • Associate Web Media Analyst (August 2010 – present) • Social Media Analyst (March 2009 – August 2010) 5