Specializations
- Social Computing
- Gender and Technology
Research Areas
Biography
Amanda Menking is an educator and researcher with interests at the intersections of social computing systems (like Wikipedia), knowledge production, and gender. Her dissertation focused on how women’s health information on the English language Wikipedia is created, curated, and neglected. Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, she received a BA in Humanities from Trinity Western University and an MA in English from Hardin-Simmons University and then taught high school and college-level English and Literature courses. She’s also a veteran of the Seattle tech scene, having worked for two start-ups and as a vendor at Microsoft. Recently, she’s been working in the area of “femtech." As a researcher and educator, she takes a critical stance, emphasizing how knowledge is situated and engaging in the “essential critical work of thinking with care and anxiety” (Simmons, 2016).
Education
- Ph D, Information Science, University of Washington, 2019
- MS, Information Science, University of Washington, 2015
- MA, English Language and Literature, Hardin-Simmons University, 2002
- BA, Humanities, Trinity Western University, 2000
Awards
- Best paper award for "The Heart Work of Wikipedia..." - CHI conference, 2015
- Computing Research Association-Women (CRA-W) Graduate Cohort, 2014
Memberships
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)
Publications and Contributions
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Conference Paper"Defying stereotypes is a plus": Classifying gender, sex, and sexuality content in visual materials (2020)Sustainable Digital Communities, 15th International Conference, iConference 2020Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 12051
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Conference PaperImage Wishlist: Context and Images in Commons-Based Peer Production Communities Share on (2020)Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 4, CSCW2, Article 178 (October 2020)
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Journal Article, Professional JournalMultiples Over Models: Interrogating the Past and Collectively Reimagining the Future of Menstrual Sensemaking (2020)ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Volume 27, Issue 4
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Journal Article, Professional JournalWP:NOT, WP:NPOV, and other stories Wikipedia tells Us: A feminist critique of Wikipedia’s epistemology (2020)Science, Technology, & Human Values
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Journal Article, Professional JournalDefining menstrual literacy with the aim of evaluating mobile menstrual tracking applications (2019)Computers, Informatics, Nursing: CIN
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Conference PaperPeople Who Can Take It: How Women Wikipedians Negotiate and Navigate Safety (2019)Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '19), Page [1-15]
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Journal Article, Academic Journal'No Prejudice Here': Examining Social Identity Work in Starter Pack Memes (2018)Social Media + Society
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Conference Paper“Sharing Small Pieces of the World”: Increasing and Broadening Participation in Wikimedia Commons (2018)OpenSym '18, August 22–24, 2018, Paris, France
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Conference PaperImagining Intersectional Futures: Feminist approaches in CSCW (2017)Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
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Conference Workshop PaperMenstrual extraction: Self-study and control in the age of the period app (for the workshop "Hacking Women's Health") (2017)CHI '17: Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Conference PaperWho Wants to Read This?: A Method for Measuring Topical Representativeness in User Generated Content Systems (2017)Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing
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Journal Article, Professional JournalOn the production of the spirit of feminism (2016)ACM Interactions, Volume 23, Issue 5, Page 36-44
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Conference Non-Archival PapersExploring Gender, Race, and Sexuality with Social Media Data (2015)iConference 2015 Proceedings
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Conference ProceedingFeminism and Feminist Approaches in Social Computing (2015)Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference Companion on Computer Supported Cooperative Work; Social Computing, Page 303–308, ISBN/ISSN: 978-1-4503-2946-0
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Conference Short PaperThe Heart Work of Wikipedia: Gendered, Emotional Labor in the World's Largest Online Encyclopedia (2015)Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15)
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Conference PaperPerceptions of Walls: An Exploration of Trait Affect and Personality in a Cross Cultural Study of Perception of Risks Related to the Edward Snowden Case (2014)iConference
Presentations
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Image Wishlist: Context and Images in Commons-Based Peer Production Communities
(2020)
The 23rd ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '20) - Virtual
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Gendered Creative Teams Workshop, "How Gender Is Made & Why It Matters"
(2017)
Central European University - Budapest, Hungary
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IGNITE Women in STEM Panel
(2017)
Decatur High School - Federal Way, WA
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Editing Latinas into Wikipedia
(2015)
Latina Cultural Projection, University of Washington Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies - Seattle, WA
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IGNITE Women in STEM Panel
(2015)
Mount Rainier High School - Des Moines, WA
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WP:NPOV, WP:NOT, and Other Stories Jimmy Wales Told Me: A Feminist Critique of Wikipedia's Epistemology
(2015)
Society for Social Studies of Science - Denver, CO
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Connecting learning with digital badges: Exploring the formal and informal learning experiences of youth from non-dominant backgrounds
(2014)
Presentation given at the Annual Meeting of the Digital Media and Learning Conference, MacArthur Foundation - Boston, MA
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Gatekeeping by Design: How the Design of Early Public Libraries Controlled Access to Information
(2014)
Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS) Lecture & Film Series, Washington Corrections Center for Women - Gig Harbor, WA
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Stakeholders' perceptions of the opportunities, challenges, and value of digital badges in education
(2014)
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association - Philadelphia, PA
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Women in Wikipedia
(2014)
Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, University of Toronto - Toronto, ON, Canada