University at Buffalo

Samuel Dodson (he/him/his)

Samuel Dodson

Assistant Professor

INFORMATION SCIENCE


Specialty/Research Focus

Genre Studies; Information Practice; Science & Technology Studies; STEM Education

Contact Information
Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
524 Baldy Hall (North Campus)
Buffalo, NY 14260–1000
Phone: 716-645-1488
smdodson@buffalo.edu

Personal website

Google Scholar profile



Professional Summary:

For more information about my research and teaching, please visit my website.

Education and Training:
  • PhD, University of British Columbia, Library, Archival and Information Studies (2021)
  • MLIS, University of British Columbia, Library and Information Studies (2016)
  • BA, Lewis & Clark College, Computer Science and Psychology (2013)
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
  • Dodson, S. (2024). Using genres for laboratory work, report writing, and design projects: Comparing second and fourth year undergraduate engineers. Information and Learning Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-03-2024-0031
  • Dodson, S. (2024). “Having just the right answer is almost as worthless as not having an answer”: Conceptualizing the information needs of emerging engineers. Journal of Documentation, 80(7), 246–266. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-01-2024-0003
  • Dodson, S., Sinnamon, L., & Kopak, R. (2024). Mapping the relationship between genres and tasks: A study of undergraduate engineers. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24897
  • Seo, K., Yoo, M., Dodson, S., & Jin, S.-H. (2024). Augmented teachers: K–12 teachers’ needs for artificial intelligence’s complementary role in personalized learning. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2024.2330525
  • Chopra, A., Mo, M., Dodson, S., Beschastnikh, I., Fels, S., & Yoon, D. (2021). “@alex, this fixes #9”: Analysis of referencing patterns in pull request discussions. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW2), 385:1–25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479529
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
  • Dodson, S., & Bartley, J. (2024). (Disrupting) continuities between eugenics and statistics: A critical study of regression analysis. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 892–895. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1131;
  • Montiel, J., Moy, A. Q., & Dodson, S. (2024). Healthcare disparities in telemedicine access and use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 1036–1038. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.1178;
  • Sinnamon, L., Dodson, S., Li, A., & Hina Shahid, S. (2024). Re-envisioning search education through a critical information literacy lens. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2024.1666;
  • Dodson, S. (2023). Building expertise with technical information in support of computational literacies: A research project with MLIS students and instructors. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.1375;
  • Dodson, S. (2023). Tracing information use over time: A comparative study of undergraduate engineers. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 60(1), 938–940. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.904;
Recent Grants:
Grant:
  • Development of AI Analytics-Generation-Coaching Copilot Technology for Augmented Teachers’ Competency-Customized Education; Federal; South Korean Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation; Awarded; (07/01/2023-12/31/2025)
Recent Activities:
Editorial and Review:
  • Program Committee Member
    Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
    Association for Computing Machinery/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
    01/01/2023-12/31/2023
  • Program Committee Member
    Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
    Association for Computing Machinery
    01/01/2021-12/31/2023

Contact Information

Department of Information Science
Graduate School of Education
University at Buffalo
524 Baldy Hall (North Campus)
Buffalo, NY 14260–1000
Phone: 716-645-1488
smdodson@buffalo.edu

Personal website

Google Scholar profile