User:StuGeiger

I have been an editor on the English Wikipedia since 2004, although I don't contribute as much as I should. I was active in Simple English for a while, but now I am back to English. I usually do minor work with fixing errors, adding references, and the like, though I have been doing work with bots and AfDs - see my bot User:AfDStatBot for more info. I also load up Huggle and fight vandalism for an hour or so when I feel like it. I spend much of my time crushing the spirits of posters on Wikipedia who make accurate and provable edits with citations. Yes, it's absurd.

My scholarly interests are somewhere around the intersection of Critical theory, Computer-mediated communication (CMC), Computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), Cyberinfrastructure, and Science and Technology Studies - which is a blend of Philosophy, Sociology, and Anthropology that studies Science and Technology. Specifically, I've always been focused on the social and technical dynamics in communities of knowledge production, especially those that are Internet-based or Internet-mediated.

I have been researching Wikipedia for my recently-completed thesis, and I am also a member of a research team studying the Long Term Ecological Research Network. However, this does not mean that I cannot also be an editor to the project. I've actually been here since 2004 - before I really started thinking of myself as an academic, that is, before I really started researching and writing papers like I meant 'em. I feel that I can separate my roles as an academic researcher and as a Wikipedian editor. If you wish to view my academic research (and/or discuss it with me), drop me an e-mail - I check that far too often for my own good.

Part of my research is ethnographic, based on my interactions in Wikipedia. I have a research protocol (more like a pledge) that I have worked out with some people on the Wikiresearch-l mailing list. This satisfies requirements that U.S. scholars have to perform research in an ethical manner. If you have any questions or do not feel comfortable, please feel free to ask via talk page or e-mail.

I have a website that contains both random musings and my draft-quality academic works.

Accounts This is an alternative account of Staeiou. This is an alternative account of Staeiou (WMF).

This account, User:StuGeiger, is an account I use for research purposes. User:Staeiou is an account I use as a volunteer editor, and edit from that account most often. User:Staeiou (WMF) is my staff account, which I do not usually edit from.