David Huffaker
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{{Short description|American technologist}}
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| field = Technology
User experience
| work_institution = Google, Inc.
| alma_mater = University of Central Florida
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
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David Huffaker is the director of UX research for Google Maps.{{Cite web |title=David HUFFAKER {{!}} UX Researcher {{!}} PhD {{!}} Google Inc., Mountain View {{!}} Google {{!}} Research profile |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Huffaker |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230111072843/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Huffaker |archive-date=2023-01-11 |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=ResearchGate |language=en}} His current research focuses on understanding communication and social behavior to inform the design of HCI system.{{cite book |last1=O' Neil |first1=Cathy |title=Doing Data Science |publisher=O'Reilly Media Publishing|year = 2014|url=https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/doing-data-science/9781449363871/ch07.html}} He attended the University of Central Florida Burnett Honors College in the class of '97, and was honored in 2014 with a Professional Achievement Award from that college.{{cite web |title=David Huffaker, '97, Senior Researcher, Google Inc. Professional Achievement Award 2014 |url=https://ucfalumni.com/blog/the-burnett-honors-college/ |website=The Burnett Honors College |date=4 November 2014 |access-date=16 August 2024}} He holds a Ph.D. in media, technology and society from Northwestern University. His PhD advisor was Noshir Contractor. Together with Simon Fung, Huffaker invented the invented times feature on Google Maps which tracks historic and real-time busyness at various places around the world.{{cite web |last1=Fung |first1=Simon |title=Google Popular Times |url=https://www.simonfungcreative.com/google-populartimes.html |access-date=6 August 2024}}
Research
Huffaker, with co-researcher Sandra Calvert, studied the phenomenon of identity on the Internet. Their work concluded that, unlike the conclusions of researchers like Sherry Turkle, identity was singular and consistent across platforms.{{cite book |last1=Chayko |first1=Mary |title=Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno-Social Life |date=2020 |publisher=Sage Publications |isbn=9781071803516 |pages=131–132 |edition=3}}
His studies on blogging conclude that blogging is a positive activity for teens because it allows them to learn to tell stories, which he sees as important for promoting literacy.{{cite book |last1=Rosen |first1=Larry D. |title=Me, MySpace, and I: Parenting the Net Generation |date=2007 |publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group |isbn=9780230608573 |page=105}}
His work has been incorporated into the data science curriculum at the City of London College of Economics.{{cite book |title=Data Scientist Diploma |publisher=City of London College of Economics |pages=192–198}}
Selected writings
- Huffaker, David A., and Sandra L. Calvert. "Gender, identity, and language use in teenage blogs." Journal of computer-mediated communication 10, no. 2 (2005): JCMC10211.
- Huffaker, David. "The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom." AACE Review (Formerly AACE Journal) 13, no. 2 (2005): 91-98.
- Huffaker, David. "Dimensions of leadership and social influence in online communities." Human Communication Research 36, no. 4 (2010): 593-617.
- Huffaker, David A., and Sandra L. Calvert. "The new science of learning: Active learning, metacognition, and transfer of knowledge in e-learning applications." Journal of Educational Computing Research 29, no. 3 (2003): 325-334.
- Huffaker, David. "Teen blogs exposed: The private lives of teens made public." Proceedings of American Association for the Advancement of Science. AU VOL/ISS/DATE/PAGE (2006).
References
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External links
- [https://research.google/people/davidhuffaker/?& David Huffinger, Google Research]
- {{Google Scholar ID|9lcYUKEAAAAJ}}