I am an assistant professor and founding faculty in the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. I hold an adjunct appointment with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, a courtesy appointment with the CU Boulder Department of Computer Science, and and am a faculty fellow with CU Boulder ATLAS Institute. I conduct research in human-computer interaction and computer supported cooperative work, with a focus on philanthropic informatics. [more]

amy.voida@colorado.edu
INFO 298 / 315 UCB
Dept. of Information Science
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309

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