Diana L. Ascher, PhD, MBA

II. Professional Activity Outside the Library

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  1. Memberships
    1. Continuing
      1. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
      2. American Library Association (ALA)
      3. American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
        1. SIGs: USE, HLTH
      4. Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
      5. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
      6. Behavioral Science & Policy Association (BSPA)
      7. Beta Gamma Sigma
      8. Data Science Foundation (DSF)
      9. Enterprise Data Management Council (EDM Council)
      10. International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
      11. International Association for Continuing Education & Training (IACET)
      12. International Communication Association (ICA)
      13. National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan (NCID)
      14. Social Media Research Foundation (SMRF)
      15. Society for Judgment & Decision Making (SJDM)
      16. Society of Policy Scientists (SPS)
    2. New
      1. Library and Information Studies Alumni Association (LISAA)
  2. Offices, Committee Chairs, and Committee Service
    1. President, Society of Policy Scientists. (2019-present). Biweekly virtual and three in-person meetings.
    2. Executive Committee Member, Society of Policy Scientists. (2018-present). Quarterly virtual and two in-person meetings.
    3. Senior Advisor and Subject Matter Expert (Data Ethics & DCAM), Enterprise Data Management Council (2018-present). Biweekly virtual and two in-person meetings.
    4. Member, Steering Committee, Data Science Foundation. (2018-present). Monthly virtual and one in-person meetings.
    5. Founder, Information Ethics & Equity Institute. (2016-present). Monthly in-person meetings.
    6. Member, Committee on Promotional Considerations, Resource Assessment, Institutional Incentives; Society of Policy Scientists. (2013-2018). Semi-annual virtual and one in-person meetings.
  3. Conference Attendance
    1. LAUC Assembly, Riverside, Spring 2019, in person
    2. UCLA IS Associates (now Innovate@UCLA), Fall 2018 & Fall 2019, in person
    3. Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Fall 2018, in person
    4. "Navigating the Data Landscape," EDM Council, 2019 link
    5. "Google's Expansion in Telecommunications," CB Insights, 2019 link
    6. “Show them what you’re thinking: Mapping the user journey,” Adobe, 2019
    7. “Make Your Data Smarter with Semantics,” EDM Council, 2019 link
    8. "Global Fintech Trends in Q3 2018,” CB Insights, 2018 link
    9. “Get Ready for Money Smart Week 2019,” Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 2018 link
    10. “Women & Investing: Organize, Plan, Own Your Future,” UCLA/Fidelity, 2018 link
    11. “Data Privacy, AI and what you need to know about Enterprise Data Catalogs,” EDM Council, 2018 link
    12. “Policy and Communications for an Accessible Library,” ACRL ULS Professional Development Committee, 2018 link
  4. Conference Participation
    1. Invited Speaker (December 2019). “Data Ethics.” 2019 Enterprise Data Management Council New York Member Briefing, New York, NY. link
    2. Convener (October 2019). 2019 Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI.
    3. Paper (October 2019). “Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Preserving the legacy of the Policy Sciences.” 2019 Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI.
    4. Invited Speaker (May 2019). “Data Ethics for Continuing Education & Training Organizations.” [Webinar.] International Association for Continuing Education & Training, Herndon, VA.
    5. Invited Keynote (November 2018). “Emerging Topics in Data Management: Data Ethics.” 2018 Enterprise Data Management Council New York Member Briefing, New York, NY.
  5. Teaching Outside Criterion I
    1. Guest lectures contributed to courses taught by others
      1. Content Management, Course Development Consultations, Spring 2019 (IS 289-3, 1 faculty member)
      2. Data Informatics, Project Advisor, Fall 2019 (IS 289-3, 8 students)
      3. Human-Computer Interaction, Capstone Panelist, Winter 2019 (IS 272, 22 students + 2 other panelists)
      4. Human-Computer Interaction, Class Session on Personas & Scenarios, Winter 2019 (IS 272, 22 students + 3 visiting scholars)
      5. Human-Computer Interaction, Capstone Panelist, Winter 2018 (IS 272, 28 students + 3 other panelists)
      6. Management of Digital Records, Project Advisor, Fall 2018 (IS 240, 8 students)
      7. Metadata, Class Session on OpenRefine, Spring 2019 (IS 464, 35 students)
      8. Metadata, Class Session on OxygenXML, Spring 2019 (IS 464, 35 students)
    2. Teaching in workshops, institutes, etc.
      1. “Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Preserving the Legacy of the Policy Sciences.” 2019 Society of Policy Scientists Annual Institute, Brown University, Providence, RI. (October 2019, included curricular development, but no participant assessment)
    3. Formal courses taught
      1. Internship & Fieldwork, Graduate Level, UCLA. (IS 498, 39 students, Fall 2019, 4-credit course, included both curricular development and participant assessment; created in-depth CCLE materials and automation of grading; taught the first of three class sessions; Chair canceled second session, taught third) link
      2. Internship & Fieldwork, Graduate Level, UCLA. (IS 498, 2 students, Summer 2019, 4-credit course, included both curricular development and participant assessment)
  6. Honors, Awards, Etc. link
    1. Dean’s Diversity Student Support Initiative Grant. Principal Investigator. (2019-2020 academic year). “Network Analysis of Co-Authorship & Citation for Insight into the Diversity of the iSchools Scholarly Pipeline,” Awarded tuition and fees for one graduate student researcher for the academic year (~$17,000). link
    2. IS Department Nominee for the UCLA Development Training Pilot Program. (2020) link
    3. Lead Researcher (2018). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Post-Secondary Success Grantee Evaluation. Awarded $113,000 to Stratelligence.
  7. Consulting or Advisory Services link
    1. Data Ethics Framework & Curriculum Development, Enterprise Data Management Council (2018-present)
    2. Feature Development, NodeXL Pro (2015-present).
    3. Evaluation of Online Instruction Modules, “Data Visualisation,” SAGE Campus (2019)
    4. Strategic Plan for Library Overhaul, Los Angeles Fire Department (2019)
    5. Special Librarianship Workshop Series Plan, LA Law Library (2019)
    6. Survey and Initiative Development, University Publishers Diversity Group (2018)
  8. Other Criterion II Activities
    1. Beta Tester, Tableau (2018-present)
    2. Judge, Duke Start-Up Challenge (2016-present)
    3. Beta Tester, Feedly for iOS (2016, 2018)