Susan C. Herring, Ph.D.
Professor of Information Science
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
Adjunct Professor of Linguistics
Bloomington campus
Contact Information
- email: herring@indiana.edu
- Personal Website
- Office: LI 037
- Phone: (812) 856-4919
Research Interests
Computer-mediated communication; web analysis; gender and information technology; culture and information technology; discourse
Education
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, 1991
Courses Taught at SLIS
- S543 - Computer-Mediated Communication
- S544 - Gender and Computerization
- S604 - Content Analysis for the World Wide Web
- S641 - Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis
Grants
NSF (ROLE), "Quest Atlantis: Advancing a Socially-Responsive Meta-Game for Learning," 2004-2007, $1,520,000.
NSF (IT Workforce), "Toward Gender Equitable Outcomes in IT Higher Education: Beyond Computer Science," 2003-2006, $686,037.
NSF (Science of Learning Center Catalyst), "Learner Diversity and Technology Enhanced Learning: Different Questions, New Understandings," 2003-2004, $232,655.
NSF (IT Workforce), "Toward Gender Equitable Outcomes in IT Higher Education: Beyond Computer Science," 2003-2006, $686,037.
NSF (Science of Learning Center Catalyst), "Learner Diversity and Technology Enhanced Learning: Different Questions, New Understandings," 2003-2004, $232,655.
Publications
(2007). The Multilingual Internet: Language, Culture, and Communication Online. Edited with B. Danet. New York. Oxford University Press.
(2007). A faceted classification scheme for computer-mediated discourse. Language@Internet. http://www.languageatinternet.de/articles/761
(2007). Interaction, facilitation, and deep learning in cross-cultural chat: A case study. With G. Osman. The Internet and Higher Education, 10, 125-141. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/osman.herring.pdf
(2007). Language networks on LiveJournal. With J. C. Paolillo, I. Ramos Vielba, I. Kouper, E. Wright, S. Stoerger, L. A. Scheidt, and B. Clark. Proceedings of the Fortieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2006). Gender and genre variation in weblogs. With J. C. Paolillo. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 10(4), 439-459. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/jslx.pdf
(2006). Longitudinal content analysis of weblogs: 2003-2004. With L. A. Scheidt, I. Kouper, and E. Wright. In M. Tremayne (Ed.), Blogging, Citizenship, and the Future of Media. London: Routledge. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/tremayne.pdf
(2006). Gender and the culture of computing in applied IT education. With C. Ogan, M. Ahuja, and J. C. Robinson. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/gite.pdf
(2006). Visualizing Dynamic Topic Analysis. With A. J. Kurtz. Proceedings of CHI'06. ACM Press. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/chi06.pdf
(2005). Collaborative authoring on the Web: A genre analysis of online encyclopedias. With W. Emigh. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2005). Micro-longitudinal analysis of Web news updates. With D. O. Kutz. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2005). Conversations in the blogosphere: An analysis "from the bottom up." With I. Kouper, J. C. Paolillo, L. A. Scheidt, M. Tyworth, P. Welsch, E. Wright, and N. Yu. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2007). A faceted classification scheme for computer-mediated discourse. Language@Internet. http://www.languageatinternet.de/articles/761
(2007). Interaction, facilitation, and deep learning in cross-cultural chat: A case study. With G. Osman. The Internet and Higher Education, 10, 125-141. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/osman.herring.pdf
(2007). Language networks on LiveJournal. With J. C. Paolillo, I. Ramos Vielba, I. Kouper, E. Wright, S. Stoerger, L. A. Scheidt, and B. Clark. Proceedings of the Fortieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2006). Gender and genre variation in weblogs. With J. C. Paolillo. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 10(4), 439-459. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/jslx.pdf
(2006). Longitudinal content analysis of weblogs: 2003-2004. With L. A. Scheidt, I. Kouper, and E. Wright. In M. Tremayne (Ed.), Blogging, Citizenship, and the Future of Media. London: Routledge. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/tremayne.pdf
(2006). Gender and the culture of computing in applied IT education. With C. Ogan, M. Ahuja, and J. C. Robinson. In E. Trauth (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology. Hershey, PA: Information Science Publishing. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/gite.pdf
(2006). Visualizing Dynamic Topic Analysis. With A. J. Kurtz. Proceedings of CHI'06. ACM Press. Preprint: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~herring/chi06.pdf
(2005). Collaborative authoring on the Web: A genre analysis of online encyclopedias. With W. Emigh. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2005). Micro-longitudinal analysis of Web news updates. With D. O. Kutz. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
(2005). Conversations in the blogosphere: An analysis "from the bottom up." With I. Kouper, J. C. Paolillo, L. A. Scheidt, M. Tyworth, P. Welsch, E. Wright, and N. Yu. Proceedings of the Thirty-Eighth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Press.
