Press

I have either been cited in or interviewed by the press for my research on information ethics and policy issues associated with data mining, analytics, and privacy in relation to higher education and other contexts. I appreciate the opportunity to engage the public with my research in this way.

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CitationYear
The Markup. “He wanted privacy. His college gave him none.”2023
Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ). “Indiana colleges use analytics to try to increase retention.”2023
Inside Higher Ed. “Academics fall for and fret about technology.”2023
MIT Technology Review. “Inside the bitter campus privacy battle over smart building sensors.” 2023
EdTech. “EDUCAUSE 2021: What do college students really think of data privacy?”2021
The Nation. “Platforms like Canvas play fast and loose with students’ data.”2021
The Los Angeles Times. “Billboards that follow you? It’s not sci-fi. They’re already here.”2020
The Chronicle of Higher Education. “The evolving state of predictive analytics: How it benefits students—and where the tools fall behind.”2020
The Daily Mail. “Missouri University is tracking new students’ class attendance by making them download an app which accesses their location through their phone’s GPS.”2020
The Washington Post. “Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands.”2019
Forbes. “Is your child’s university tracking their phone? Probably.”2019
edScoop. “University tech presents growing privacy concern for students, educators.”2019
Inside Higher Ed. “A Hippocratic Oath for algorithmic intervention.”2019
Inside Higher Ed. “Remember what’s never forgotten.”2019
Times Higher Education. “Minority students ‘may be penalised’ by learning analytics shift.”2019
The Hechinger Report. “Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost.”

NOTE: Audio and text versions of this story were published nationally on National Public Radio.
2019
Milwaukee Public Radio. “Computer experts discuss the balancing act of big data & ethics.”2019
Inside Higher Ed. “A lesson from the Facebook Fiasco.”2018
Minnesota Public Radio: Marketplace. “Do you know what your college is doing with your data?”2014