Colin Rhinesmith
Investigating Community Infrastructure, ICTs and Society
Doctoral Candidate and Information in Society Fellow
Graduate School of Library and Information Science,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 2014 (Expected)
Dissertation: The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, Illinois
Committee: Christian Sandvig (advisor), Dan Schiller, Linda C. Smith, Rayvon Fouché
Area: information and communication technology (ICT) and society
M.A., Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Area: media studies
May 2008
B.A., magna cum laude, Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Area: media studies
September 2005
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012 -
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012 -
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English and Media Studies, Bentley University, Waltham, MA.
2009 - 2010
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
Lois Wells Irwin Fellowship, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2013
Featured Presentation Award, Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
2013
"Sowing Seeds" (Grant Award No. 12-621008), Co-author. An "Eliminate the Digital Divide" grant awarded to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ($117,187).
2013
Digital Media and Learning Research Associates Summer Institute Fellow, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA.
2012
Research Scholar, Center for Digital Inclusion, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012
Adjunct Research Fellow, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2011
Best Paper Award, Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
2011
Google Policy Fellow, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2011
Information in Society Fellow, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2010
Buske Leadership Award, Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA.
2010
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Rhinesmith, C. (2012). Free Library Hot Spots: Supporting Broadband Adoption in Philadelphia's Low-Income Communities. International Journal of Communication, 6, 2529-2554.
Edited Journal Issues
Rhinesmith, C. (Ed.) (2010). Meeting Community Media Challenges.
Community Media Review, 33(3). (invited guest editor.)
Book Chapters
Rhinesmith, C. (2011). Community Media in the Digital Age. In T. Scholz (Ed.), Learning Through Digital Media: Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy (195-202). New York, NY: Institute for Distributed Creativity.
Book Reviews
Rhinesmith, C. (2013). Net Locality [Review of Net Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World]," Journal of Media Literacy Education, 5(1), 362-363.
Work Submitted
Wolske, M., Rhinesmith, C., & Kumar, B. (under review). Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice. Journal of Education in Library and Information Science.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rhinesmith, C. (2013, November). "The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, Illinois." Poster submitted to the Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Wolske, M., Rhinesmith, C., Archer, J., Bayci, E., Leuzinger, R., & McKeever, L. (2013, February). "Community Informatics Studio: A Model of Information Scholarship in Action." Poster presented to the iConference 2013, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Wolske, M., & Rhinesmith, C. (2013, January). "Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice." Paper presented to the 2013 Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA. (selected as a "Featured Presentation" based on reviewers' scores and comments)
Rhinesmith, C. (2012, April). "Free Library Hot Spots: Redefining Broadband Adoption in Philadelphia's Low-Income Communities." Paper presented to the Defining and Measuring Meaningful Broadband Adoption academic workshop at the New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA.
Kehoe, A., & Rhinesmith, C. (2011, November). "Developing a Quantitative Measure of Information Inequality: A Work In Progress." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
Kehoe, A., Wolske, M., & Rhinesmith, C. (2011, November). "Disentangling Measurement in Community Informatics." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
Rhinesmith, C., Wolske, M., & Kehoe, A. (2011, November). "Measuring the Impact of Citizen Journalism: A Study of Community Newsrooms in North Champaign and East St. Louis, Illinois." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy. (awarded best paper)
Rhinesmith, C. (2011, March). "Your News, Your Lens: Alternative Journalism and Public Access Television." Paper presented to the Media Interventions Division at the 9th Annual Cultural Studies Association Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
INVITED TALKS
"Information Policy in the Broadband Age: An Asset-Based Approach." April 17, 2012. LIS 590 IP, Information Policy. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
"Building Gigabit Communities: High Speed Broadband in Champaign-Urbana and Philadelphia," with Jon Gant (GSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), October 28, 2011. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
"Beyond the Library Walls: Community Hot Spots," with Hedra Packman, Khaleef Aye, and Jenn Donsky (Free Library of Philadelphia), October 4, 2011. Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, State College, PA.
"Fostering Citizen Journalism in Your Community," with Laurie Cirivello (Grand Rapids Community Media Center) and Ron Cooper (Access Sacramento), July 27, 2011. Alliance for Community Media International Conference, Tucson, AZ.
"Community Media: Practice, Policy, and Research in the Broadband Age," June 17, 2011. LIS 490 ST, Community Informatics Studio. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
"Building Community Through Broadband Media," Chair with Tiffany Bosley (CAN TV), Adriana Gallardo (Radio Arte), Frances Roehm (Skokie Public Library), and Ethan Michaeli (We the People Media/Residents Journal). April 23, 2011. eChicago 2011: Democracy, Diversity, and the Digital, Chicago, IL.
"Citizen Journalism," with Sean McLaughlin (Access Humboldt), Rick Edmonds (The Poynter Institute), and moderated by Steve Lobel (Clackamas County Government Channel), October 1, 2010. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Libraries, Information, and Society, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summer 2013
Co-Instructor, Community Informatics Studio, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Co-Instructor, Introduction to Networked Information Systems (included on the Center for Teaching Excellence "List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent" for Spring 2013), Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, Social Aspects of Information and Communication Technology, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Co-Instructor, Community Informatics Studio, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant, Social Aspects of Information and Communication Technology, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2012
Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Video Production, Department of English and Media Studies, Bentley University
Spring 2009, Fall 2009, and Spring 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Investigator, The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Linda C. Smith.
2013 -
Investigator, Learning Through Digital Media in East St. Louis, Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Christian Sandvig.
2012 - 2013
Investigator, Comparative Case Study Analysis of Broadband Adoption in Community Media Organizations, Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Jon Gant.
2011 - 2012
Research Assistant, The Digital Lyceum, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA. Under Dr. Eric Gordon and John Craig Freeman.
2007 - 2008
Research Assistant, The Place of Social Media, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA. Under Dr. Eric Gordon.
2007
SERVICE
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Ph.D. Representative, Curriculum Committee (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2013 - 2014
Research Scholar, Research Scholar (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2012 -
Researcher, Community Informatics Research Laboratory (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2010
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Researcher, Center for People and Infrastructures.
2011 -
Researcher, Project on Public Policy and Advanced Communication Technology.
2010 - 2011
PUBLIC AND OTHER SERVICE
Member, Digital Inclusion Network, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, D.C.
2011
Affiliate, Media Policy Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2010 -
Board Member, Action Coalition for Media Education, Albuquerque, NM.
2006 - 2008
Board Member, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2006 - 2007
President, Action Coalition for Media Education Boston Chapter, Boston, MA.
2005 - 2006
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Community Media and Technology Manager, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2010
Community Media Coordinator, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2008 - 2010
Digital Media Producer, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
2006 - 2007
Staff Assistant, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
2005 - 2006
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Library Association (ALA)
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
International Communication Association (ICA)
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
August 2014 (Expected)
Dissertation: The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, IllinoisCommittee: Christian Sandvig (advisor), Dan Schiller, Linda C. Smith, Rayvon Fouché
Area: information and communication technology (ICT) and society
M.A., Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Area: media studies
May 2008
B.A., magna cum laude, Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Area: media studies
September 2005
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Instructor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012 -
Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012 -
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of English and Media Studies, Bentley University, Waltham, MA.
2009 - 2010
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS
Lois Wells Irwin Fellowship, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2013
Featured Presentation Award, Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference, Seattle, WA.
2013
"Sowing Seeds" (Grant Award No. 12-621008), Co-author. An "Eliminate the Digital Divide" grant awarded to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and funded by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity ($117,187).
2013
Digital Media and Learning Research Associates Summer Institute Fellow, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Research New England, Cambridge, MA.
2012
Research Scholar, Center for Digital Inclusion, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2012
Adjunct Research Fellow, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2011
Best Paper Award, Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
2011
Google Policy Fellow, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2011
Information in Society Fellow, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2010
Buske Leadership Award, Alliance for Community Media International Conference and Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA.
2010
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
Rhinesmith, C. (2012). Free Library Hot Spots: Supporting Broadband Adoption in Philadelphia's Low-Income Communities. International Journal of Communication, 6, 2529-2554.
Edited Journal Issues
Rhinesmith, C. (Ed.) (2010). Meeting Community Media Challenges. Community Media Review, 33(3). (invited guest editor.)
Book Chapters
Rhinesmith, C. (2011). Community Media in the Digital Age. In T. Scholz (Ed.), Learning Through Digital Media: Experiments in Technology and Pedagogy (195-202). New York, NY: Institute for Distributed Creativity.
Book Reviews
Rhinesmith, C. (2013). Net Locality [Review of Net Locality: Why Location Matters in a Networked World]," Journal of Media Literacy Education, 5(1), 362-363.
Work Submitted
Wolske, M., Rhinesmith, C., & Kumar, B. (under review). Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice. Journal of Education in Library and Information Science.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Rhinesmith, C. (2013, November). "The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, Illinois." Poster submitted to the Association for Information Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Wolske, M., Rhinesmith, C., Archer, J., Bayci, E., Leuzinger, R., & McKeever, L. (2013, February). "Community Informatics Studio: A Model of Information Scholarship in Action." Poster presented to the iConference 2013, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Wolske, M., & Rhinesmith, C. (2013, January). "Community Informatics Studio: Designing Experiential Learning to Support Teaching, Research, and Practice." Paper presented to the 2013 Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference, Seattle, Washington, USA. (selected as a "Featured Presentation" based on reviewers' scores and comments)
Rhinesmith, C. (2012, April). "Free Library Hot Spots: Redefining Broadband Adoption in Philadelphia's Low-Income Communities." Paper presented to the Defining and Measuring Meaningful Broadband Adoption academic workshop at the New America Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA.
Kehoe, A., & Rhinesmith, C. (2011, November). "Developing a Quantitative Measure of Information Inequality: A Work In Progress." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
Kehoe, A., Wolske, M., & Rhinesmith, C. (2011, November). "Disentangling Measurement in Community Informatics." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy.
Rhinesmith, C., Wolske, M., & Kehoe, A. (2011, November). "Measuring the Impact of Citizen Journalism: A Study of Community Newsrooms in North Champaign and East St. Louis, Illinois." Paper presented to the Community Informatics Research Network Conference, Prato, Italy. (awarded best paper)
Rhinesmith, C. (2011, March). "Your News, Your Lens: Alternative Journalism and Public Access Television." Paper presented to the Media Interventions Division at the 9th Annual Cultural Studies Association Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
INVITED TALKS
"Information Policy in the Broadband Age: An Asset-Based Approach." April 17, 2012. LIS 590 IP, Information Policy. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL."Building Gigabit Communities: High Speed Broadband in Champaign-Urbana and Philadelphia," with Jon Gant (GSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), October 28, 2011. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
"Beyond the Library Walls: Community Hot Spots," with Hedra Packman, Khaleef Aye, and Jenn Donsky (Free Library of Philadelphia), October 4, 2011. Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, State College, PA.
"Fostering Citizen Journalism in Your Community," with Laurie Cirivello (Grand Rapids Community Media Center) and Ron Cooper (Access Sacramento), July 27, 2011. Alliance for Community Media International Conference, Tucson, AZ.
"Community Media: Practice, Policy, and Research in the Broadband Age," June 17, 2011. LIS 490 ST, Community Informatics Studio. Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL.
"Building Community Through Broadband Media," Chair with Tiffany Bosley (CAN TV), Adriana Gallardo (Radio Arte), Frances Roehm (Skokie Public Library), and Ethan Michaeli (We the People Media/Residents Journal). April 23, 2011. eChicago 2011: Democracy, Diversity, and the Digital, Chicago, IL.
"Citizen Journalism," with Sean McLaughlin (Access Humboldt), Rick Edmonds (The Poynter Institute), and moderated by Steve Lobel (Clackamas County Government Channel), October 1, 2010. National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistant, Libraries, Information, and Society, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Summer 2013
Co-Instructor, Community Informatics Studio, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Co-Instructor, Introduction to Networked Information Systems (included on the Center for Teaching Excellence "List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent" for Spring 2013), Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, Social Aspects of Information and Communication Technology, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2013
Co-Instructor, Community Informatics Studio, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant, Social Aspects of Information and Communication Technology, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spring 2012
Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Video Production, Department of English and Media Studies, Bentley University
Spring 2009, Fall 2009, and Spring 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Investigator, The Informatization of Community-Based Services in East St. Louis, Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Linda C. Smith.
2013 -
Investigator, Learning Through Digital Media in East St. Louis, Illinois, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Christian Sandvig.
2012 - 2013
Investigator, Comparative Case Study Analysis of Broadband Adoption in Community Media Organizations, Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Under Dr. Jon Gant.
2011 - 2012
Research Assistant, The Digital Lyceum, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA. Under Dr. Eric Gordon and John Craig Freeman.
2007 - 2008
Research Assistant, The Place of Social Media, Department of Visual and Media Arts, Emerson College, Boston, MA. Under Dr. Eric Gordon.
2007
SERVICE
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Ph.D. Representative, Curriculum Committee (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2013 - 2014
Research Scholar, Research Scholar (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2012 -
Researcher, Community Informatics Research Laboratory (Graduate School of Library and Information Science).
2010
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Researcher, Center for People and Infrastructures.
2011 -
Researcher, Project on Public Policy and Advanced Communication Technology.
2010 - 2011
PUBLIC AND OTHER SERVICE
Member, Digital Inclusion Network, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, D.C.
2011
Affiliate, Media Policy Initiative, New America Foundation, Washington, D.C.
2010 -
Board Member, Action Coalition for Media Education, Albuquerque, NM.
2006 - 2008
Board Member, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2006 - 2007
President, Action Coalition for Media Education Boston Chapter, Boston, MA.
2005 - 2006
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Community Media and Technology Manager, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2010
Community Media Coordinator, Cambridge Community Television, Cambridge, MA.
2008 - 2010
Digital Media Producer, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
2006 - 2007
Staff Assistant, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA.
2005 - 2006
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Library Association (ALA)
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
International Communication Association (ICA)
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.