Beki
Grinter

General Information

Email:
beki@gatech.edu
Phone:
404 385 6782
Location - Building:
TSRB
Location - Room:
329
Roles:
Associate Dean
Professor (any rank)
Primary Unit:
Dean's Office
Website URL
https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/Beki.html

Details

Degrees with subject and Postdoc Experience:
Degree Type
B.Sc. (Hons)
Subject
Computer Science
Year
1991
Institution
University of Leeds
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
Degree Type
M.S.
Subject
Information and Computer Science
Year
1994
Institution
University of California, Irvine
Location
Irvine, CA
Degree Type
Ph.D.
Subject
Information and Computer Science
Year
1996
Institution
University of California, Irvine
Location
Irvine, CA
Statement of Research Interests:

Dr. Grinter’s research interests are in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and Social Computing. She focuses on empirical understanding of people’s lived experiences with technologies.

Statement of Teaching Interests:

Dr. Grinter’s teaching focuses on the human component of Computer Science. She regularly teaches Computing and Society (CS3001) a required class for the B.S. in Computer Science that teaches students to examine how what they may build will impact the lives of those who have to use or live with it.

Selection of recent research, scholarly, and creative activities:

Sharma, V., Bray, K., Kumar, N. and R.E. Grinter (2023) It Takes (at least) Two: The Work to Make Romance Work. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI). 

Sharma, V., Bray, K., Kumar, N. and R.E. Grinter (2022) Romancing the Algorithm: Navigating Constantly, Frequently, and Silently Changing Algorithms for Digital Work. 

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction (PACMHCI) Vol 6, Issue CSCW2, No 538. 1-29. Sethuraman, M., Grinter, R.E., and E. Zegura (2020) Approaches to Understanding Indigenous Content Production on Wikipedia. Proceedings of the 3rd ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies. 327-328. 

Schlesinger, A., Edwards, W.K. and R.E. Grinter (2017) “Intersectional HCI: Engaging Identity through Gender, Race, and Class” Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2017). Denver, Colorado. May 6-11. 5412-5427.