Jen Golbeck
American computer scientist
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Jennifer Golbeck is an American computer scientist and journalist. She is a professor at the College of Information,[1] an affiliate professor in the Computer Science Department, and an affiliate professor in the Journalism Department,[2] all at the University of Maryland, College Park. Golbeck was director of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab from 2011 to 2014.[3]
Jen Golbeck | |
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Jennifer Golbeck | |
| Born | December 16, 1976 |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | University of Maryland, College Park University of Chicago Harvard University |
| James Hendler | |
| Website | Jennifer Golbeck |
Education
Golbeck completed her Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park.[4] She also earned an SM and SB in Computer Science and an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago, and an MLA in Psychology from Harvard University.[1]
Career
Research
Golbeck works on computational social network analysis. She developed methods for inferring information about relationships and people in social networks and did early research on trust-based recommender systems.[5] She was a program co-chair of ACM RecSys 2015.[6] and General Chair in 2022[7]
Golbeck's work includes computing personality traits and political preferences of individuals based on their social network profiles.[8][9] Her presentation at TEDxMidatlantic, discussing the need for new methods of educating users about how to protect their personal data,[10] was selected as one of TED's 2014 Year in Ideas talks.[11] She presented at TEDxGeorgetown, about pets on the internet.[12]
Media and publications
Golbeck has written for Esquire,[13] Slate,[14] The Atlantic, the LA Times, Wired, HuffPost, and served as a guest host on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, a talk show on Washington, DC's NPR affiliate, WAMU.[15]
She also works as a photojournalist, focused on news, political events, and demonstrations.[16]
Golbeck co-authored The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection with Stacey Colino.[17] The book examines the psychology and science of people's connections with their dogs and debuted at #26 on the USA Today Bestseller List.[18]
Books
- Think Like a Dog: How Positive Psychology can Help Your Dog Thrive Simon & Schuster 2026 ISBN 1668060736
- The Purest Bond with Stacey Colino Simon & Schuster 2023 ISBN 9781668007846
- Online Harassment (ed.) Springer (2018) ISBN 9783319785837
- Social Media Investigation Singress (2015) ISBN 0-12-801656-6
- Analyzing the Social Web Morgan Kaufmann (2013) ISBN 0-12-405531-1
- Computing with Social Trust (ed.) Springer (2008) ISBN 1-848-00355-2
- Trust on the World Wide Web: A Survey Now Publishers (2008) ISBN 1-601-98116-3
- Art Theory for Web Design Addison-Wesley (2005) ISBN 1-57-676142-8
Awards and honors
Personal life
Golbeck splits her time between Silver Spring, Maryland and the Florida Keys.[citation needed]
Podcasts
Podcasts produced by Golbeck include The Golden Ratio Podcast,[20] Murders in Paradise,[21] and Runs With Dogs.[22]