Sarita Schoenebeck
{{Short description|American computer scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Sarita Schoenebeck
| birth_name = Sarita Ann Yardi
| workplaces = University of Michigan
| alma_mater = Georgia Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Dartmouth College
| thesis_title = Social media at the boundaries : supporting parents in managing youth's social media use
| thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/844686414
| thesis_year = 2013
| website = http://yardi.people.si.umich.edu/
}}
Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck is an American computer scientist at the University of Michigan, where she serves as Director of the Living Online Lab. Her research considers human–computer interactions, social media and social computing. She was awarded the University of Michigan School of Information Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award in 2017 for her work on LGBTQ+ families and online communities.
Early life and education
Schoenebeck is from California and is of Indian and Australian descent.{{Cite web |title=Sarita Schoenebeck |url=https://yardi.people.si.umich.edu/ |access-date=2023-11-26 |website=yardi.people.si.umich.edu}} She was an undergraduate student in engineering at Dartmouth College.{{Cite web|date=2014-07-08|title=Media Master: Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck '02|url=https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2014/07/media-master-sarita-yardi-schoenebeck-02|access-date=2021-02-21|website=Dartmouth News|language=en}} As an undergraduate student played tennis, and earned first team all-ivy honours three times. She moved to the University of California, Berkeley for her graduate studies, where she completed a Master's in information management.{{Cite web|title=I Schoolers to Present at Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Conference|url=https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2010/i-schoolers-present-computer-supported-cooperative-work-conference|access-date=2021-02-21|website=UC Berkeley School of Information|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Sarita Ann Yardi Tag|url=https://www.dailycal.org/tag/sarita-ann-yardi/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Daily Californian|language=en-US}} She was selected as the 2006 UC Berkeley School of Information Class Speaker.{{Cite web|title=Commencement 2006|url=https://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2006/commencement-2006|access-date=2021-02-21|website=UC Berkeley School of Information|language=en}} Schoenebeck was a doctoral researcher at Georgia Tech, where she studied ways that parents could support young people's use of social media.{{Cite book|last=Yardi|first=Sarita Ann|url=http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45746|title=Social media at the boundaries: supporting parents in managing youth's social media use|date=2012|publisher=Georgia Institute of Technology|location=Atlanta, Ga.|hdl=1853/45746|language=English|oclc=844686414}}
Research and career
Schoenebeck was appointed to the faculty at the University of Michigan School of Information in 2012, first as an Assistant then Associate Professor.{{Cite web|last=Byrne|first=Daragh|title=ICWSM-15 - Organisation - Organisation - Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck|url=https://www.icwsm.org/2015/organization/organization/sarita-yardi.php|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.icwsm.org}} At the University of Michigan, she serves as Director of the Living Online Lab.{{Cite web|title=Data for Good: Sarita Schoenebeck, University of Michigan|url=https://datascience.columbia.edu/event/data-for-good-sarita-schoenebeck-university-of-michigan/|access-date=2021-02-21|website=The Data Science Institute at Columbia University|language=en-US}} Her research considers how social media platforms can contend with the negative impacts their users experience.{{Cite web|title=The Justice Collaboratory Presents Tea at Two with Prof. Sarita Schoenebeck - Yale Law School|url=https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-events/justice-collaboratory-presents-tea-two-prof-sarita-schoenebeck|access-date=2021-02-21|website=law.yale.edu}} Supported by the National Science Foundation, Schoenebeck studied how the principles of justice can play a role in reducing online harassment.{{Cite web|title=Giving families and children power to manage online identities {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/giving-families-and-children-power-manage-online-identities|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}} As part of this work, she evaluated how internet users experience, assess and respond to online abuse, as well as developing restorative justice interventions that looked to reduce online harassment.{{Cite web|title=Bringing online harassers to justice {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/bringing-online-harassers-justice|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}} She demonstrated that community-centred approaches, including active bystander training, were effective in mitigating online harassment. These findings informed a series of workshops that sought to educate young people about ways to tackle online harassment. She found that the public shaming of online harassers was not enough to address the injustice experienced by victims.{{Cite web|title=Publicly shaming harassers may be popular, but it doesn't bring justice {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/publicly-shaming-harassers-may-be-popular-it-doesnt-bring-justice|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu|language=en}} Schoenebeck has also studied what young people expect of their parents when it comes to social media use. She found that children wanted their parents to moderate their use of technology and be present (i.e. to put phones away when talking to one another), to supervise their children's use (establish ground rules for their children) and not to share photographs of their children without their permission.{{Cite web|title=Family technology rules: What kids expect of parents {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/family-technology-rules-what-kids-expect-parents|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}}
In 2017, Schoenebeck was awarded the University of Michigan School of Information Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award in 2017 for her work on LGBTQ+ families and online communities.{{Cite web|title=Four receive first UMSI diversity awards {{!}} University of Michigan School of Information|url=https://awsweb.si.umich.edu/about/diversity/four-women-receive-umsi-diversity-awards|access-date=2021-02-21|website=awsweb.si.umich.edu}} She was supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to investigate ways that digital platforms can reduce harms such as hate speech and harassment. Schoenebeck proposed that this could be achieved by expanding Section 230, forcing digital platforms to stop prioritising engagement over the protection of users.{{Cite web|title=Knight Foundation announces funding for University of Michigan project to support research on internet governance {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/knight-foundation-announces-funding-university-michigan-project-support-research|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}} She also currently serves as a faculty affiliate of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program through the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.{{cite web|title=Faculty Affiliates|url=https://stppstage.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/sarita-schoenebeck}}
Awards and honors
- 2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award{{Cite web|title=NSF Award Search: Award#1552503 - CAREER: Protecting the Future of Children's Online Identities|url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1552503|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.nsf.gov}}
- 2016 Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGCHI) Best of CHI Award{{Cite web|title=Best of CHI « CHI 2016|url=https://chi2016.acm.org/wp/best-of-chi/|access-date=2021-02-21|language=en}}
- 2017 University of Michigan School of Information Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award
- 2019 Michigan Institute for Data Science Propelling Original Data Science Award{{Cite web|title=Four UMSI faculty to receive data science grants {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/four-umsi-faculty-receive-data-science-grants|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}}
- 2020 University of Michigan Michael D. Cohen Outstanding Service Award{{Cite web|title=Faculty awards recognize excellence in instruction and service {{!}} umsi|url=https://www.si.umich.edu/about-umsi/news/faculty-awards-recognize-excellence-instruction-and-service|access-date=2021-02-21|website=www.si.umich.edu}}
- 2020 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fellowship
Selected publications
- {{Cite Q|Q56289343}}
- {{Cite Q|Q84319008}}
- {{Cite Q|Q105624081}}
Personal life
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Category:American computer scientists
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Category:University of Michigan faculty
Category:Dartmouth College alumni
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