Jen Golbeck
{{short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use American English|date=December 2023}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Jen Golbeck
| image = File:HeadshotNew.jpg
| caption = Jennifer Golbeck
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|12|16|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Crystal Lake, Illinois
| workplaces = University of Maryland, College Park
University of Chicago
Harvard University
| doctoral_advisor = James Hendler
| website = {{URL|http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck|Jennifer Golbeck}}
}}
Jennifer Golbeck is an American computer scientist. She currently is a professor at the College of Information,[http://www.ischool.umd.edu/faculty-staff/jennifer-golbeck] "Jennifer Golbeck - College of Information" an affiliate professor in the Computer Science Department, and an affiliate professor in the Journalism Department,[https://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/] Jennifer Golbeck | CS" all at the University of Maryland, College Park. Golbeck was director of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab from 2011 to 2014.{{cite web|last1=Bederson|first1=Benjamin B.|title=HCIL - Overview |url=http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/about/|website=www.cs.umd.edu|accessdate=25 March 2017}}
Education
Jennifer Golbeck completed her Doctor of Philosophy in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park.[http://www.cs.umd.edu/~golbeck/public-cv.pdf] "Jennifer Golbeck CV" 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.
Research
Jennifer Golbeck is known for her work on computational social network analysis. She developed methods for inferring information about relationships and people in social networks. Her models for computing trust between people in social networks are among the first in the field. Social trust was for used in early research on trust-based recommender systems.[http://recsys.acm.org/2009/tutorial1.pdf] "Using Social Trust for Recommender Systems", ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, 2009 She was a program co-chair of ACM RecSys 2015.[http://recsys.acm.org/recsys15/committees/ PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS of ACM RecSys 2015]. and General Chair in 2022{{cite web |url=https://recsys.acm.org/recsys22/committees/ |website=RecSys 2022 - Organization |title=RecSys – ACM Recommender Systems }}
Golbeck has received attention for her work on computing personality traits and political preferences of individuals based on their social network profiles.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health/facebook-profiles-reveal-personality-traits-to-researchers/2011/06/15/gIQA0csPMI_story.html] "Facebook profiles reveal personality traits to researchers", Washington Post, July 18, 2011{{cite journal |first1=Jennifer |last1=Golbeck |first2=Derek |last2=Hansen |title=A Method for Computing Political Preference Among Twitter Followers |journal=Social Networks |year=2013}} Her presentation at TEDxMidatlantic, discussing the need for new methods of educating users about how to protect their personal data,[http://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_golbeck_the_curly_fry_conundrum_why_social_media_likes_say_more_than_you_might_think Jennifer Golbeck: The curly fry conundrum: Why social media 'likes' say more than you might think ] was selected as one of TED's 2014 Year in Ideas talks.[http://yearinideas.ted.com/2014/ TED 2014 Year in Ideas] She presented at TEDxGeorgetown, about pets on the internet.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUpaT7RFUi0] TEDxGeorgetown - Jennifer Golbeck - The Internet and Pets
Media and publications
Golbeck has written for Slate,[http://www.slate.com/authors.jennifer_golbeck.html] "Jennifer Golbeck - Slate Authors" 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.{{cite web|title=Search for "golbeck" - The Kojo Nnamdi Show|url=http://thekojonnamdishow.org/?s=golbeck|website=The Kojo Nnamdi Show|accessdate=25 March 2017}}
She also works as a photojournalist, focused on news, political events, and demonstrations.{{cite web |url=https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/search?query=Jen%20Golbeck&mediaType=photo&st=keyword |website=Associated Press Newsroom - Jen Golbeck |title=AP }}
Golbeck co-authored The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection with Stacey Colino.{{cite book |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Purest-Bond/Jen-Golbeck/9781668007846 |website=The Purest Bond: Understanding the Human-Canine Connection|isbn=978-1-6680-0784-6 |title=The Purest Bond |date=November 14, 2023 |last1=Golbeck |first1=Jen |last2=Colino |first2=Stacey |publisher=Simon and Schuster }} The book examines the psychology and science of people's connections with their dogs and debuted at #26 on the USA Today Bestseller List.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/booklist/date/2023-11-22 |website=USA TODAY’s Best-selling Booklist November 22, 2023 |title=Best-selling Booklist }}
=Books=
- 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}}
Personal life
Golbeck splits her time between Silver Spring, Maryland and the Florida Keys.{{cn|date=August 2022}}
= Social media =
Golbeck is also a prominent social media figure. Her TikTok account about her research has over 200,000 followers{{cite web |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@jengolbeck |title=TikTok - Dr. Jen Golbeck}} and her Twitter account has 40,000 followers.{{cite web |title=Twitter - Dr. Jen Golbeck |url=https://x.com/jengolbeck}}
She and her husband rescue special needs golden retrievers and maintain popular social media accounts for them called The Golden Ratio, which features images and videos of their dogs. They have more than 600,000 followers on Snapchat{{cite web |title=Snapchat - The Golden Ratio |url=https://www.snapchat.com/add/thegoldenratio4}} and 170,000 on Twitter.{{cite web|title=Golden Ratio - Twitter|url=https://twitter.com/TheGoldenRatio4|website=Twitter|accessdate=8 June 2022}} One of their special-needs foster dogs, Cheddar, was adopted by noted photojournalist Alex Brandon and his wife.{{cite web |title=Instagram - Cheddar Heisenfelt |url=https://www.instagram.com/chedzbigcheese/}}
Golbeck also manages various other social media accounts, such as jen runs with dogs,{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/jenrunswithdogs|title=jen runs with dogs (@jenrunswithdogs) {{!}} Twitter|website=twitter.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-21}} which highlights her experiences as an ultramarathon runner. Podcasts produced by Golbeck include The Golden Ratio Podcast,{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-golden-ratio-podcast/id1378526434|title=The Golden Ratio Podcast on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-21}} Murders in Paradise,{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murders-in-paradise/id1459651310|title=Murders in Paradise on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-21}} and Runs With Dogs.{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/runs-with-dogs/id1466666464|title=Runs With Dogs on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-us|access-date=2020-04-21}}
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Category:American women computer scientists
Category:People from Crystal Lake, Illinois
Category:University of Maryland, College Park faculty
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Human–computer interaction researchers
Category:Engineers from Illinois