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April 9, 2025
Dr. Hannah R. Gerber
Sam Houston State University
April 9, 2025
Dr. Hannah R. Gerber
Sam Houston State University
Title:
“What is hidden in the data?: A framework for understanding research with digital data”
Synopsis:
This lecture addresses five overarching questions that every scholar, teacher, and developer should include to interrogate any technology that they use, enabling them to understand the depth of data that digital systems collect, use, and monetize. The goal of this talk is to challenge individuals to rethink their relationship with technology and to exit the sustainability movement, which, only empowers the status quo to remain stagnant, and to instead enter the regenerative movement, which will restore humanity to its central place in the technological ecosystem.
Speaker Bio:
Hannah R. Gerber, Ph. D. is Professor of Literacy at Sam Houston State University in Texas and an Honorary Professor in the Psychology of Education at the University of South Africa. Currently, she serves as the Director of the doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction at Sam Houston State University, where she also serves as the Co-Chair of the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects, which directs ethical oversight of all research studies involving human participants.
Her research centers on the confluences of literacy practices in online spaces with youth, including videogaming and meaning-making practices.
Gerber is the immediate past president of International Council for Educational Media and one of the current editors-in-chief of Educational Media International as well one of the founding editors for the Gaming Ecologies and Pedagogies book series. Currently, she has authored over 90 peer reviewed manuscripts, including seven book titles. Her research has been discussed in mainstream media venues, such as Wired Magazine, and she has won multiple awards for outstanding research from a variety of professional organizations, such as the Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age (formerly Initiative for 21st Century Literacies). She currently holds one U.S. Patent as well as has been involved on research teams who have been awarded over $25 million US dollars from entities such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the United States Department of Education (US DOE), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
“What is hidden in the data?: A framework for understanding research with digital data”
Synopsis:
This lecture addresses five overarching questions that every scholar, teacher, and developer should include to interrogate any technology that they use, enabling them to understand the depth of data that digital systems collect, use, and monetize. The goal of this talk is to challenge individuals to rethink their relationship with technology and to exit the sustainability movement, which, only empowers the status quo to remain stagnant, and to instead enter the regenerative movement, which will restore humanity to its central place in the technological ecosystem.
Speaker Bio:
Hannah R. Gerber, Ph. D. is Professor of Literacy at Sam Houston State University in Texas and an Honorary Professor in the Psychology of Education at the University of South Africa. Currently, she serves as the Director of the doctoral program in Curriculum & Instruction at Sam Houston State University, where she also serves as the Co-Chair of the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects, which directs ethical oversight of all research studies involving human participants.
Her research centers on the confluences of literacy practices in online spaces with youth, including videogaming and meaning-making practices.
Gerber is the immediate past president of International Council for Educational Media and one of the current editors-in-chief of Educational Media International as well one of the founding editors for the Gaming Ecologies and Pedagogies book series. Currently, she has authored over 90 peer reviewed manuscripts, including seven book titles. Her research has been discussed in mainstream media venues, such as Wired Magazine, and she has won multiple awards for outstanding research from a variety of professional organizations, such as the Initiative for Literacy in a Digital Age (formerly Initiative for 21st Century Literacies). She currently holds one U.S. Patent as well as has been involved on research teams who have been awarded over $25 million US dollars from entities such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), the United States Department of Education (US DOE), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
