Susan Winter
Associate Dean for Research
sjwinter@umd.edu301-405-4989
Patuxent 1109B
BIO
Dr. Winter studies the co-evolution of technology and work practices, and the organization of work. She has recently focused on ethical issues surrounding civic technologies and smart cities, the social and organizational challenges of data reuse, and collaboration among information workers and scientists acting within highly institutionalized sociotechnical systems. She has published over 70 refereed articles in journals, conference proceedings, and edited books. Her work has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. She was previously a Science Advisor in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, a Program Director, and Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation supporting distributed, interdisciplinary scientific collaboration for complex data-driven and computational science. She received her PhD from the University of Arizona, her MA from the Claremont Graduate University, and her BA from the University of California, Berkeley.
Research & Focus Areas
- Future of Work
- Information Justice, Human Rights, and Technology Ethics
- Smart Cities and Connected Communities
Research Projects
- Data Analytics for Community Decision-Making
- Data Analytics to Support Innovation Communities
- Library Knowledge Extensions (KNEXT): Data Analytics to Support Innovation Communities
- SCC-CIVIC-PG Track B:A Visualization Tool and Assessment Framework for Civic Technology Use in the DMV Area: The Case of 311 Systems During the COVID-19 Outbreak