Cliff Lampe Explained

Cliff Lampe
Birth Name:Clifford Lampe
Birth Place:Holland, Michigan, USA
Citizenship:United States
Nationality:American
Doctoral Advisor:Paul Resnick
Thesis Title:Ratings Use in an Online Discussion System: The Slashdot Case
Thesis Url:http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/39369
Thesis Year:2006

Clifford Lampe is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He is best known for his research in the fields of human-computer interaction, social computing, and computer supported cooperative work. Since 2018 he has been Executive Vice President for ACM SIGCHI.[1] Lampe made foundational contributions in the areas of social networking sites, social capital, and online communities, work that has been cited over 34,000 times according to Google Scholar.[2]

Education

Cliff Lampe was born in Michigan and attended Kalamazoo College for his undergraduate studies.[3] He received a PhD at the University of Michigan in 2006 in the School of Information where he was advised by Paul Resnick. His thesis examined the effects of comment ratings on site participation on the website Slashdot.[4] After graduating from the University of Michigan, Lampe became an assistant professor at Michigan State University in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences.

Research, teaching, and service

Lampe currently advises graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of online harassment, incivility online, and civic engagement online. He has developed a citizen interaction course that partners students with local communities to design technologies that support community needs. Lampe received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2009 to pursue his work on "the role of social network sites in facilitating collaborative processes".[5] He received a grant from the University of Michigan Third Century Initiative in 2013 to support his Citizen Interaction project.[6]

He is a frequent consultant, speaker, and guest lecturer on topics related to social media and online behavior. He is regularly cited in the press on topics like fake news, privacy, and trolling. He was the technical program chair for the 2016 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems[7] and the General Co-Chair for the 2022 ACM SIGCHI Conference.[8]

Awards

In 2014, Lampe received the Joan Durrance Community Engagement Award for his Citizen Interaction Design program.[9]

In 2013, Lampe (with Eytan Adar and Paul Resnick) received a Google Award for his "MTogether: A Living Lab For Social Media Research" project.[10]

Selected works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lampe elected to ACM SIGCHI Executive Committee University of Michigan School of Information. www.si.umich.edu. 2018-12-18.
  2. Web site: Cliff Lampe - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com. 2021-02-11.
  3. Web site: Clifford Lampe University of Michigan School of Information. www.si.umich.edu. 2018-12-18.
  4. PhD . Cliff . Lampe . Emile: clifflampe.org . University of Michigan . 2006 . 2027.42/39369 . Cliff Lampe.
  5. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award#0916019 - HCC: Small: The role of social network sites in facilitating collaborative processes. www.nsf.gov. 2018-12-18.
  6. Web site: REIMAGINING CITIZENSHIP. 2015-06-24. Third Century Initiative University of Michigan. en-US. 2018-12-18.
  7. Web site: Organizers « CHI 2016. en. 2018-12-18.
  8. Web site: Organizing Committee « CHI 2022. en. 2022-05-09.
  9. Web site: Joan Durrance Community Engagement Award University of Michigan School of Information. www.si.umich.edu. 2018-12-18.
  10. Web site: Our Commitment to Social Computing Research: Social Interactions Focused Awards Announcement. Google AI Blog. en. 2018-12-18.