University at Buffalo

Samuel Dodson (he/him/his)

Samuel Dodson

Assistant Professor

INFORMATION SCIENCE


Specialty/Research Focus

Information Science; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction

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


Professional Summary:

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

Education and Training:
  • PhD, The University of British Columbia, Library, Archival and Information Studies (2021)
  • MLIS, The University of British Columbia, Library and Information Studies (2016)
  • BA, Lewis & Clark College, Computer Science and Psychology (2013)
Awards and Honors:
  • Impact Recognition Award; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW); 2021-10-23;
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
  • 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
Other:
  • Samuel, D. (2022), A survey of undergraduate engineering students' personal information management practices. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) (pp. 669–671). Silver Spring, MD: ASIS&T. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.685
  • Srinivasa, R. J., Dodson, S., Seo, K., Yoon, D., & Fels, S. (2021). NoteLink: A point-and-shoot based linking interface between student notebooks and instructional videos. In Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL ’21) (pp. 140–149). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. https://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/JCDL52503.2021.00026
Recent Activities:
Editorial and Review:
  • Program Committee Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) / IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
    01/01/2023-12/31/2023
  • Program Committee Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR)
    01/01/2022-12/31/2022
  • Program Committee Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR)
    01/01/2021-12/31/2021

Contact Information

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