Visualizing the Future

Collaborators: Justin Joque, Andy Rutkowski, Visualizing the Future fellows

May 2017 to November 2021

Visualizing the Future logo, with a rose chart on the left and a colorful group of people on the right.

A partnership between the University of Michigan, the University of Southern California, and Duke University, Visualizing the Future will gather current and aspiring specialists in data visualization to develop a literacy-based instructional and research agenda for library and information professionals. Taking cues from other projects and grants focused on general data and information literacy, the grant will fund a series of meetings, virtual conversations, and professional development opportunities to advance library-based data visualization instruction beyond hands-on, technology-based tutorials toward a nuanced, critical understanding of visualization as a research product and form of expression.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, RE-73-18-0059-18.

Responsibilities:

  • As a Co-Principal Investigator, help organize grant-related activities, including monthly virtual meetings with VTF Fellows, communications with stakeholders like our advisory board and growing community of practice, documentation of grant activities on public websites, and participation in grant-related projects
  • Serve as project lead and primary developer for Teach Viz By Example, an online repository for example datasets and visualizations that are especially well suited for teaching critical issues in data visualization
  • Serve as primary designer and analyst for grant assessment work
  • Help develop and coordinate development of data visualization instructional modules and videos
  • Collaborated to organize many public events, including monthly virtual discussion sessions and a three-day public symposium

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Professional Service and Leadership Positions

  • Co-Principal Investigator, Visualizing the Future. December 2018 to November 2022.
    Additional team members: Justin Joque (Principal Investigator), Andy Rutkowski (Co-Principal Investigator), and project fellows Negeen Aghassibake, Delores Carlito, David Christensen, Ryan Clement, Sally Gore, Tess Grynoch, Jo Klein, Dorothy Ogdon, Megan Ozeran, Alisa Rod, Cass Wilkinson Saldaña, Matthew Sisk, Amy Sonnichsen.

Presentations at Conferences, Professional Gatherings