Rutgers iSchool Scholars to Present Research at iConference 2026
Rutgers School of Communication and Information (SC&I) faculty and doctoral students will present their work at iConference 2026, “Information Literacies, Authenticity and Use: The Move Towards a Digitally Enlightened Society,” with a virtual academic program March 23–26, followed by an onsite academic program in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 29–April 2, hosted by Edinburgh Napier University.
Recognition at iConference 2026
Best Poster Award: Doctoral students S. M. Mehedi Zaman, Saubhagya Joshi, and Yiyi Wu received the conference’s Best Poster Award for “Privacy Concerns and ChatGPT: Exploring Online Discourse through the Lens of Information Practice on Reddit.” Their study examined discussions across r/ChatGPT, r/privacy, and r/OpenAI, identifying practices such as risk signaling, norm‑setting, and collective troubleshooting as users negotiated privacy concerns about large language models.
Best Full Research Paper Award – Finalist: Associate Professor of Library and Information Science Amelia Acker is a co‑author of “Revising the Research Data Lifecycle: Evidence from Oceanography,” named a finalist for the conference’s Best Full Research Paper Award. The paper analyzes how data management and sharing practices in National Science Foundation‑funded oceanography projects diverge from traditional lifecycle models, emphasizing time, routine, automation, and anticipated reuse.
Rutgers Presenters
Faculty participation includes Associate Professor Acker (presenter) and Associate Professor of Library and Information Science Charles Senteio, a co‑chair of the iSchools Black Coalition. Acker will present a research paper in the Open Access and Open Science II track and co‑lead the workshop “Digital Preservation: A Critical Vocabulary.” Senteio will participate in the Virtual Community Dialogue and Workshop “Black Coalition: Black iSchool Communities in a Time of Institutional Change.”
Joining the faculty is doctoral student Karen Joy, whose peer‑reviewed iConference paper, co‑authored with Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Tawfiq Ammari, examines credibility and health information. Doctoral students Zaman, Joshi, and Wu also participate as co‑authors of the award‑winning poster. Session details appear in the conference program.
The iConference is organized by the iSchools Organization, a global consortium of universities focused on advancing research and education about information across areas such as data science, artificial intelligence, human–computer interaction, and information integrity. SC&I’s Library and Information Science Department is a founding member of this community.
