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Corey Jackson

Assistant Professor, The Information School
Affiliate in Robert & Jean Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies, Institute for Diversity Science, and Data Science Institute
corey.jackson (at) wisc.edu


Dr. Corey Jackson is an Assistant Professor in the The Information School at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he co-directs the Collaborative Computing Group. His research draws from the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), and responsible AI, with a particular emphasis on designing systems that enable greater transparency, accountability, and democratic participation in emerging technologies.

Dr. Jackson’s work explores how non-experts engage in complex technical domains—such as artificial intelligence, environmental monitoring, and digital governance—and how technologies can be reimagined to amplify public understanding and collective oversight. His recent projects include developing community-based AI audit tools, studying the learning behaviors of software developers using generative AI, and collaborating with citizen science groups to enhance participation in environmental justice initiatives.

He has received funding from the National Science Foundation (HCC), the Rockefeller Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and the UW-Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education to support research at the convergence of civic technology, data governance, and public sector innovation. His scholarship appears in top venues such as ACM Conference On Computer-Supported Cooperative Work And Social Computing, the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, and Computers in Human Behavior and he regularly reviews for and contributes to interdisciplinary research communities.

At UW–Madison, Dr. Jackson teaches courses in Interaction Design, User Experience, and Digital Information. He also he mentors both undergraduate and graduate students, including several Ph.D. advisees.

He earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University, where his dissertation focused on evaluating motivation in digital citizen science. After earning his Ph.D., he was a teaching postdoc in Berkeley’s Master’s in Data Science (MIDS) program.

Projects

Check out my Current Projects

News

Recent Publications [Google Scholar][DBLP]

  1. CSCW
    How Personal Value Orientations Influence on Behaviors in Digital Citizen Science
    Eunmi (Ellie) Jeong, Corey Jackson, Liz Dowthwaite, Cliff Johnson, Laura Trouille
    CSCW '24: Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction.
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  2. arXiv
    Gravity Spy: Lessons Learned and a Path Forward
    Michael Zevin, Corey Jackson, Zoheyr Doctor, Yunan Wu, Carsten Østerlund, L Clifton Johnson, Christopher PL Berry et al.
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.15530.
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  3. C&T
    Assessing the Value Orientations of Contributors to Virtual Citizen Science Projects
    Ellie Jeong, Corey Jackson, Liz Dowthwaite, Tallal Ahmad, and Laura Trouille
    C&T '23: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Communities & Technologies.
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  4. iConf
    Design principles for background knowledge to enhance learning in citizen science
    Kevin Crowston, Corey Jackson, Isabella Corieri, Carsten Østerlund
    iConf '23: iConference.
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Students

If you’re interested in working with me, please reach out to me at cbjackson2[at]wisc.edu. You should also take a look at my Compact of Expectations to learn more about how I work with students.

Current Students

Tallal Ahmad (Thesis Advisee), Ellie Jeong (Thesis Advisee), Srijan Pandey (Thesis Advisee).

Service

Conference Organizing

Conference Reviewing

Journal Reviewing


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