About

As Associate Professor and Data Librarian at Montana State University, I help shape practices and theories for data curation, data sharing, and data discovery. I provide data management resources and guidance for researchers, I manage MSU Dataset Search, and I am active in the Data Discovery Collaboration. I also organize and teach data science computing workshops in collaboration with MSU Statistical Consulting and Research Services.

My research examines the social, ethical, and technical issues of a data-driven world. My recent book explores how data curation can address epistemological, ethical, and legal issues in qualitative data reuse and big social research. I am also the Project Director of the IMLS-funded Responsible AI in Libraries & Archives project.

Outside of the library, I am a choreographer and dancer with Local Earth Collective and a member of the band Trust Sara.