Role in the Library
Shea's role is to connect people with the resources, spaces, services, and technology that will help them with their research. Within the Researcher Support Services department, this can range from providing research consultations, purchasing resources, drinking coffee, critically engaging with ideas, and trying to center equity in every part of what I do.
More About
I'm passionate about the intersection of technology, data, and ethics and their impact how people interact with information and with each other. My research area is in critical data studies and I'm currently the Director of the Data to Policy Project (D2P), an initiative to engage students with community needs through course-based assignments, which culminate into equitable and data-driven policy proposals to local governments and agencies. Participants explore issues in policing and affordable housing in Denver.
Pronouns: he/him/his
Professional Affiliations and Service
Digital Library Federation, Technologies of Surveillance working group, co-chair
Civic Engagement for Equity, co-char
LGTBQ Faculty Committee, member
Research and Creative Activities Committee, member
Colorado Open Scholarship, member
Education
Masters of Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor's degree of Philosophy
University of Colorado Denver
Select Publications
“Use Books, Not People” & Other Advice from a Community Building Research Librarian
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Trellis. 2019
Open access, power, and privilege: A response to “What I learned from predatory publishing”
College & Research Libraries News 78 (11), 603. 2017
Sex, Lies, and Data (Recorded Conference Presentation)
9th Annual eScience Symposium, University of Massachusetts. 2017