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Keynotes & Plenary Talks
Brabham, D. C. (2016, August 8, September 9). Decoding the academy: Deciphering jobs by understanding the industry. Keynote addresses given at the UCLA Academic Job Market Summer Intensives for Graduate Students and Postdocs, Los Angeles, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, November 6). An introduction to crowdsourcing. Keynote address given at the UC-Berkeley Crowdsourcing and the Academy Symposium, Berkeley, CA.
Brabham, D. C., Goodspeed, R., & Stephens, M. (organizers/instructors). (2015, June 15-17). Crowdsourcing and the geoweb. Intensive design workshop keynote given at the Geothink Summer Institute, Waterloo, ON.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, March 27). Combining crowdsourcing approaches with sensing to solve new problems. Keynote address given at the 2nd International Workshop on Crowd Assisted Sensing, Pervasive Systems and Communications (CASPer), held in conjunction with IEEE Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom), St. Louis, MO.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, March 11). Crowdsourcing in the public sector: Best practices, challenges, and new questions for the future. Keynote address given at the Crowdsourcing in Legislation conference, Stockholm, Sweden.
Burgess, J., Jensen, J. L., Brabham, D. C., & Lim, S. S. (panelists). (2014, October 22). Opening conversation on trajectories in Internet research. Plenary panel presentation given at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Daegu, South Korea.
Brabham, D. C. (2014, March 19). Crowdsourcing: An open innovation platform for nurturing global startups. Plenary presentation given at the 2014 Global Forum on Creative Economy, Seoul, South Korea. Invited by the Minister of Science, ICT, and Future Planning, Republic of Korea.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, September 24). Crowdsourcing and public participation. Keynote address given at the International Association for Public Participation North American conference, Salt Lake City, UT.
Brabham, D. C. (2009, October). Leveraging the collective intelligence of online communities for public good. Keynote address given at the Utah Open Source Conference, Sandy, UT.
Refereed Conference Papers & Panels
Guth, K. L.*, & Brabham, D. C. (2017, May). What the consultative layer wants: Investigating design intentions and hopes of civic tech startup founders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.
Guth, K. L.*, & Brabham, D. C. (2015, October). The spirit of technology in e-government: Designing democracy capabilities for online citizen-government interaction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Phoenix, AZ.
Maxfield, A., & Brabham, D. C. (2015, June). Hope labor: Bridging the experience gap for PhD students and postdocs using crowdsourcing platforms. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Graduate Career Consortium, New York, NY.
Guth, K. L.*, & Brabham, D. C. (2015, May). Content and context in crowdsourcing design: Exploring the role of communication on contest performance. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, January). Incorporating crowdsourcing as a normal and mature participation method. Panel presentation given at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.
Brabham, D. C. (2014, October). How crowdfunding discourse threatens public arts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Daegu, South Korea.
Martinuzzi, A., Wiman, A. (organizers), Brabham, D. C., Castello, I., Devinney, T. M., Hilgers, D., Johnston, E., Lee, J., Levina, N., Miska, C., Pickard, S., Pimpa, N., Reichel, A., Ren, Y., Schönherr, N., Van den Ende, J., & Villarroel, J. A. (participants). (2014, August). Crowdsourcing in socially contested issue areas: First steps towards an AoM expert network. Caucus session to be presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, October). Designerly ways of knowing Internet research: A case for critical media design. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Denver, CO.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, October). The four approaches to crowdsourcing. Ignite talk given at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Denver, CO.
Brabham, D. C. (2012, October). The ethics of gaming social media: Should strategic communication professionals use Subvert & Profit? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Salford, UK.
Henderson, J. J. (moderator), Delwiche, A., Brabham, D. C., & Fleming, J. (panelists). (2012, August). Teaching with an about participatory media cultures. Teaching panel presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Brabham, D. C. (2012, July-August). Crowd control: A research agenda for the management of online communities. Paper presented at the 10th International Open and User Innovation Workshop, Harvard Business School, Boston, MA.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, November). Motivations for participation in a crowdsourcing application to improve public engagement in transit planning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, October). The myth of amateur crowds: A critical discourse analysis of crowdsourcing coverage. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Association of Internet Researchers, Seattle, WA.
Phillips, L.*, & Brabham, D. C. (2011, March). How today’s digital landscape redefines the notion of control in public relations. Paper presented at the International Public Relations Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, March). Managing unexpected publics online: The challenge of targeting specific groups with the wide-reaching tool of the Internet. Paper presented at the International Public Relations Research Conference, Miami, FL.
Yaros, R. A., Cook, A., & Brabham, D. C. (2010, October). New media, new audiences, and new dimensions: Synthesizing recent research to explore uses and gratifications of the Web for personal health information. Paper presented at Convergence and Society: Science, Health, and New Dimensions of Communication, Columbia, SC.
Garland, J. J., Locantore, J. K., Ramasubramanian, L., & Brabham, D. C. (panelists). (2010, April). Applying technology to transit planning. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the American Planning Association, New Orleans, LA.
Brabham, D. C. (with Sanchez, T. W., & Bartholomew, K.). (2010, March). Integrating previously uninvolved stakeholders in an online public participation program: The Next Stop Design case. Paper presented at the 2010 Stakeholder Engagement Conference, online.
Brabham, D. C., Sanchez, T. W., & Bartholomew, K. (2010, January). Crowdsourcing public participation in transit planning: Preliminary results from the Next Stop Design case. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, DC.
Young, C. (moderator), Bregman, S., Litvak, J. F., Wood, J., & Brabham, D. C. (panelists). (2009, October). New media / New tools. Panel presented at Rail~Volution 2009, Boston, MA.
Brabham, D. C. (2009, August). Moving the crowd at Threadless: Motivations for participation in a crowdsourcing application. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Boston, MA.
Brabham, D. C. (2009, March). Crowdsourcing as a model for problem solving. Presentation given at O’Reilly’s Ignite Salt Lake 2, Salt Lake City, UT.
Brabham, D. C. (moderator and panelist), Jeppesen, L. B., Lietsala, K., & Muthukumaraswamy, K. (panelists). (2008, October). Crowdsourcing: The growing influence of crowds in business, journalism, entertainment, and problem solving. Roundtable panel presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brabham, D. C. (2008, August). Crowdslapping the government: First Amendment protections for the crowd in government crowdsourcing ventures. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Brabham, D. C. (2008, August). Digital veils, virtual triage, and health taboos: Health information seeking and anonymity on the Web. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Chicago, IL.
Ortiz, E. E., & Brabham, D. C. (2008, July). New media meets organizational communication: Re(de)fining professionalism through online peer collaborations. Position paper presented at Organizational Communication at Alta Revisited: Reflection, Synthesis and Engagement, Snowbird, UT.
Brabham, D. C. (2008, February). The problematic discourse of queer safe space programs: An analysis of college safe space program Web sites. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Denver, CO.
Bach, B. (chair), DiVerniero, R., Nunziata, A., Schrodt, P., Hess, A., Murphy, R., & Brabham, D. C. (panelists). (2008, February). Examining the ethics of instructor personal disclosure on online networking sites. Panel presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Denver, CO.
MacLennan, J., Bedner, N. (chairs), Woodbury, J. R., Brabham, D. C., Gribas, J., Cordova, N. I., & Fitch, F. (participants). (2007, November). What are the ethics of faith as part of the intellectual environment?: Scholarly debate and investigation toward a critical communication pedagogy of religion, conflict, and identity. Pre-conference workshop presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, Chicago, IL.
Darling, A. L. (chair and panelist), Mora, J., Brabham, D. C., Aleman, S., & Rich, C. O. (panelists). (2007, February). Promoting social justice in the classroom: Identity, performance, and the politics of instructor disclosure. Roundtable panel presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Seattle, WA.
Brabham, D. C. (2006, November). Interrogating religious stereotypes through a Media, Religion & Culture course. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
Brabham, D. C. (2006, November). Religion as a divisive issue in the communication classroom: Queers, Mormons, and the critical tradition. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Communication Association, San Antonio, TX.
Brabham, D. C. (2006, February). A comparison of news coverage of the 1999 Columbine High School and 2005 Red Lake High School shootings. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2006, February). Animated blackness in Shrek. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (chair and panelist), Dirks, D., Milne, C., Sanlo, R., & Travers, S. (panelists). (2006, February). Demystifying the queer experience with panels of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the classroom. Roundtable panel presented at the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, Palm Springs, CA.
Invited Presentations and Panels
Brabham, D. C. (2017, April 6). Leveraging crowds for problem solving in credit unions. Invited presentation at the Collective Intelligence Colloquium of the Filene Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2016, October 18). Crowdsourcing strategies for disaster response. Invited presentation to the Standing Committee on Medical and Public Health Research During Large-Scale Emergency Events, a National Academy of Medicine panel for the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Brabham, D. C. (2016, September 26). Public sector crowdsourcing: Realities, possibilities, pitfalls. Invited presentation in the Mind, Technology & Society series at University of California, Merced.
Brabham, D. C. (2016, July 19). Crowdsourcing in public diplomacy. Executive education instruction for the Center for Public Diplomacy Summer Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2016, January 10, 12). Rapid prototyping and Crowdsourcing strategies. Executive education instruction for University of Sydney MBA students, Los Angeles, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, October 7). Crowdsourcing. Executive education instruction for Jiangsu Broadcasting Group employees, Los Angeles, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, July 29). Successful crowdsourcing: Using online communities to maintain collective resources. Invited presentation to the Standing Committee on Health Threats and Workforce Resilience, a National Academy of Medicine panel for the Department of Homeland Security Office of Health Affairs, Washington, DC.
Brabham, D. C. (participant). (2015, February 6). Crowdsourcing Consortium of Libraries and Archives. Invited working meeting on crowdsourcing in cultural heritage institutions, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2015, January 9-10). Strategic public relations, transmedia branding, and crowdsourcing. Executive education instruction for Danish Technical University MBA students, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Brabham, D. C. (2014, April 26). Generating crowdsourced content with a peer-vetted creative production approach. Presentation given at ArtPower! Filmatic Festival, San Diego, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (participant). (2013, October 15). NASA data bridge workshop: Connecting space to you. Invited workshop on crowdsourcing and citizen science for NASA missions, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, May 1). Crowdsourcing: A problem solving tool for four types of problems. Presentation given at the “IT and Business Innovation, New Emerging Scenarios” seminar at Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, March 12). Top twenty social media blunders. Presentation given at the North Carolina Emergency Management All-Hazards Conference, Sunset Beach, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, March 5). Harnessing social media and crowdsourcing for programs. Presentation given at the OPTION Schools, Inc. Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, March 1). Crowdsourcing: A problem solving tool for four types of problems…and some practical advice for management. Presentation given to the Visiting International Scholars program, UNC School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Chapel Hill, NC.
Andrus, J., Bostrom, M., Brabham, D. C., & Goller, C. C. (panelists). (2013, February 9). Finding an academic position. Panel discussion presented at the Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, February 9). Interviewing for academic positions. Presentation given at the Career Symposium for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2013, January 17). Crowdsourcing: A problem solving tool for four types of problems. Presentation given at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA.
Brabham, D. C. (speaker), Panitch, J., & Marvin, M. (panelists). (2012, December 7). Social media outreach. Panel discussion presented to the Carolina Academic Library Associates, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2012, October 23). Crowdsourcing, participation, and public services. Presentation given to the University of Edinburgh Business School New Directions in Management Seminar Series, Edinburgh, UK.
Brabham, D. C., Kain, D., Lee, W., & Thuman, R. (panelists). (2012, May 23). Social media and emergency communication. Panel discussion presented at the North Carolina Emergency Management Annual Hurricane Workshop, Greenville, NC.
Brabham, D. C., & Tosczak, M. (panelists). (2012, March 29). Social media’s growing influence. Panel discussion presented at the North Carolina City & County Communicators Conference, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C., Hibbets, J., Phillips, J., & Roland, M. (panelists). (2012, January 24). Crowdsourcing: Tapping the insights of your customers and fans for new product ideas. Panel discussion presented to the Carolinas Product Development and Management Association, Cary, NC.
Kreiss, D., & Brabham, D. C. (2011, December 5). The ethics of user-generated content in political and commercial strategic communication campaigns. Presentation given at the UNC Parr Center for Ethics Lunch and Learn series, Chapel Hill, NC.
Hennink-Kaminski, H., & Brabham, D. C. (2011, November 1). Communicating research: Message and channel trends and tips. Presentation given to the UNC research centers and institutes retreat, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (moderator). (2011, April 13). Stories of progress: Using new media to shine a light on global change-makers and inspire action. Opening remarks and panel moderation for UNC Curriculum in Global Studies & the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, April 8). An overview of crowdsourcing. Presentation given to the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Board of Advisers, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, March 24). Designerly ways of knowing communication research: A case for critical media design. Presentation given at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Mary Junck Research Colloquium Series, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2011, January 28). Managing crowdsourcing ventures. Presentation given to the Duke University Master of Engineering Management Program Seminar Series, Durham, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2010, October 21). Faculty job search essentials: Preparing for a conference or campus interview. Presentation given to Graduate Student Career Services, Duke University Career Center, Durham, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (panelist). (2010, October 19). The job interview process. Panelist for a Research Roundtable for graduate students, UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Chapel Hill, NC.
Brabham, D. C. (2008, September). Crowdsourcing: A next-generation connection. Presentation given at the fall conference of the Intermountain Chapter of the International Association for Public Participation, Logan, UT.
Brabham, D. C. (2008, June 18). Crowdsourcing public participation. Presentation given to the Intermountain Chapter of International Association for Public Participation, via telephone.