Last updated 02.2013

Jeff Ginger

Phone   630.464.0047 (cell)
217.333.3280 (department office)
Email  ginger@illinois.edu
Websites jeffginger.com (personal, portfolio)
communityinformaticsprojects.org (research)
thefacebookproject.com (research)
Office Address

Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
501 E. Daniel Street, Room 112
Champaign, IL 61820-6211

Education

Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, expected 08.2013

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,08.2006 to 08.2008, transferred

B.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 05.2006

Academic Employment

Syllabus, assignments, lesson plans and showcases of student work available upon request.

Instructor, Informatics Minor and GSLIS curriculum, GSLIS, UIUC
                Programming Web Mashups (Spring 2012, Spring 2013)
                Class updated to include recent web technologies and platforms
                Emphasis on student-driven and peer-to-peer learning in a mixed studio format

Instructor, Informatics Minor, GSLIS, UIUC
                The Design of Usable Information Interfaces (Fall 2011, Fall 2012)
                Completely reworked the class to emphasize ethical, human and artistic factors of design
                Added updated readings, assignments, guest speakers and a field trip to the CUC Fabrication Lab

Community Outreach and Programming, Champaign Urbana Community Fab Lab
                Funded through a public engagement grant
                Led numerous workshops, sustained relationships with partner organizations, created
                and documented curriculum, updated website and computer lab, and presented a paper
                Overseen by
Betty Barrett (Summer 2012)

Research Assistant, Center for Digital Inclusion, GSLIS, UIUC
                Designed and developed the CDI website and general GSLIS Wordpress theme
                Conducted digital literacy workshops for the UC2B high school interns
                Overseen by Sharon Irish (Summer 2012)

Teaching Assistant, LEEP, GSLIS, UIUC
                Libraries, Information and Society (Summer 2010, 2011 for Leigh Estabrook)

Teaching Assistant, Community Informatics Curriculum, GSLIS, UIUC
                Community Engagement (Spring 2011 for Abdul Alkalimat)
                Helped to provide coordination between students, community and faculty, assisted with field 
                trips and conferences, taught video production and assisted with class lecture/discussion

Instructor, Informatics Minor, GSLIS, UIUC
                Web Technologies and Techniques (Fall 2010)
                Shifted course focus to include entrepreneurship and graphic design
                Overhauled class with new readings, assignments and guest speakers

Teaching Assistant, Informatics Minor, GSLIS, UIUC
                Social Aspects of Information Systems (Fall 2009 for Gail Taylor, Spring 2010 for Lori Kendall)

Research Assistant, Community Informatics Initiative, GSLIS, UIUC
                IMLS grant and program evaluation research (Fall 2008-Spring 2009 for Ann Bishop)
                Provided advanced technical skills and multimedia production support

Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, UIUC
                Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2007-Spring 2008 for Heather Downs)
                Social Perceptions of the Family(Spring 2007 for Ray Muhammad)
               
Social Research Methods(Spring 2007 for Assata Zerai)

Intergroup Dialogue Facilitator, Program on Intergroup Relations, UIUC
                Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity(Spring 2007 for Joe Minarik, Joycelyn Landrum-Brown)
                Co-facilitated with Andre Bean
               
www.eol199ig5.blogspot.com

Awards and Honors

List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent (Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2012, Fall 2012)

Organizations

Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, 2012-present

Community Informatics Club, 2008-present

Eclectic Design and Research Group, 2011-present

Social Informatics Reading Group, 2011-2012

Social, Community and Organizational Informatics Reading Group, 2011

GSLIS Action Group, 2011

Research Writing Group, 2010-2011

Association of Undergraduate Sociologists, 2003-2008

Beckwith Hall Training and Web Accessibility, Spring 2006

Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, 2005-2008

Sexual Health Peers, 2005-2006

Avalanche, 2004-2005

I was a cyberorganizer (webmaster++) for all of these organizations. See pictures in my web portfolio.

Service (Community Informatics Projects)

See organizations (above) for more information about CI Club and the Fab Lab.

Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab, 2012-present

Community Informatics Club project overview: http://www.communityinformaticsprojects.org/ciclub/projects-mentioned-in-our-youtube-video/

Rantoul Public Library, Urbana Free Library, Champaign Public Library: Douglass Branch, 2008-present

New Hope Academy, 2012-present

Shadow Wood Mobile Homes, 2012-2013

Tap In Leadership Academy, 2011-2012

Dorsey Family Homes (housing project, now demolished), 2011

Joseph Center (Eagle’s Nest Homeless Services), East St. Louis, 2009-2010

Independent Media Center, 2008-2011

Early American History Museum (now Museum of the Grand Prairie), Mahomet, 2009-2010

Center for Women in Transition, 2009

Katherine Dunham Archives, East St. Louis, 2008

I am also an Eagle Scout. I renovated a bird sanctuary to make it accessible again back in 2002.

Posters

Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab: Community MiniLabs, Public Engagement Symposium, UIUC, 02.2013

GSLIS Student Community Engagement 2012, Public Engagement Symposium, UIUC, 04.2012

Enabling Spatial Data Infrastructure Development: Collaboration, Supportive Web Technologies and São Tomé, iSchools iConference 2011, Seattle, 01.2011

Community Informatics Club, Public Engagement Symposium, UIUC, 04.2011

Exploring Methods in Community Informatics, iSchools iConference 2010, UIUC, 02.2010

Academic Workshops

Twidale, M., Ginger, J. Organisciak, P., Floyd, I., Smith, B. (2013). “Tech Learning Potluck” and “Design Jams in iSchools: Approaches, and examples,” iSchools iConference 2013, Fort Worth, 02.2013

Twidale, M., Ginger, J. Organisciak, P., Floyd, I. (2012). “Design Jam Session: Approaches, Challenges and Examples, iSchools iConference 2012, Toronto, 02.2012

Presentations

Building Capacity for Innovation through a Local Community Fab Lab Network, Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, 11.2012

Fostering Digital Literacies with Storytelling in [Stop] Motion, GSLIS in a Flash, UIUC, 10.21.2011

The São Tomé Map Project: Empowering People through Geographic Information Systems, GIS Fair 2009, UIUC, 12.2009

Uncovering Racism on Facebook, a follow-up, a presentation to Dene Grigar’s class, DTC 475, Washington State University, Vancouver, 07.2009

Facebook and Ubiquitous Learning, HASTAC conference 2009, UIUC, 04.2009

Web2.0 Resources and the Digital Divide: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, presentation to the Mortenson Associates, UIUC, 10.2008

The Facebook Project: Social Capital and the Chief, Ethnography of the University Initiative Student Conference, UIUC, 11.2007

Papers

Ginger, J., McGrath, R. Barrett, B. & McCreary, V. (2012). “Mini Labs: Building Capacity For Innovation through a Local Community Fab Lab Network” Fab8nz (agenda), Wellington, New Zealand 2012 http://cucfablab.org/blog/cu-fab-lab-presents-fab8nz

Ginger, J. (2009). “Storytelling in [Stop] Motion.” VO[I]CES, 2(1), 9. Available online at the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, IDEALS http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/15482

Ginger, J. (2008). "The Facebook Project - The Missing Box: The Racial Politics Behind the Facebook Interface." Available online at the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, IDEALS. http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/handle/2142/8816

Ginger, J. (2008). "The Facebook Project - Social Capital and the Chief." Available online at the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, IDEALS. http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/handle/2142/3669

Ginger, J. (2008). “Digital Divide 2.0: African American Communities and Library Resources in Illinois" Available online at the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, IDEALS. http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/handle/2142/8817

LoDolce, K., Ayad, M., Ginger, J., McCauley, S., Thompson, A., Williams, K., Jamali, B. (2008). “Prairienet and community networking: An annotated bibliography.” Available online at the Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship, IDEALS. http://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/8863

I have no formally published papers in peer reviewed journals. A somewhat recent course paper listing is available online at http://www.communityinformaticsprojects.org/scholarship.html

Other Work Experience

Computer/Network Technician, UIUC, Housing Division, 2003-2007

Web Designer/Developer, ROC Group Chicago (intern) and numerous University groups, 2002-2007

Technical Skills

For example work please see my portfolio.

Expert - considerable experience and constant use over many years

Functional Aptitude - moderate experience and consistent use over a few years

Notable Familiarity - haven't used them in a while (or much), but could (re)learn quickly

“Soft” Skills – often related to the above