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2013. Nodes and arcs: concept map, semiotics, and knowledge organization. Journal of Documentation. 69(1).

The purpose of the research reported here is to improve comprehension of the socially‐negotiated identity [...]

2021. Data and visual displays in the Journal of Ecology 1996–2016. Information Visualization 20(1)

Abstract Scholars in scientific disciplines face unique challenges in the creation of visualizations, especially in [...]

2021. Truth and Lie in Visual Literacy and education. Journal of Visual Literacy 40(2) [Guest Editor].

This special edition will explore the emerging visual literacy of truth and lies across three [...]

2020. Teaching R with Peer Review and a New Rubric @ UseR! 2020

This presentation is based on a new rubric developed to enhance student engagement in an [...]

2020. Mark Lombardi’s model through the examination of President Trump’s tweets @ UseR! 2020

The discussion of social networks in Infovis often does not address the challenges of capturing [...]

2020. Leveraging Peer Feedback to Improve Visualization Education @ IEEE Pacific Visualization conference.

Peer review is a widely utilized pedagogical feedback mechanism for engaging students, which has been [...]

2018. Digitizing Peircean semiotics to analyze students’ peer-review comments: classroom use of an application in open-source R. Social Semiotics 38(5)

Statistical software applications are increasingly used to measure student engagement in the classroom. However, more [...]

2019. Toward peer-review software and a rubric application in visual analytics classes: A case study. Journal of Education for Information

Peer-review software is often used to allow authors to evaluate their code and its technical [...]

2019. Data science syllabi measuring its content. Education and Information Technologies. 24(6)

Learning analytics is an emerging field in which educators and researchers are using data to [...]

2019. Visual uncertainty models through the political lens of the visual arts in the eras of Bush and Trump. Journal of Visual Literacy (JVL). 38(4)

In today’s political and rhetorical landscape, many politicians use Twitter as their communication platform of [...]

2018. Developing a Visualization Education Curriculum in the Age of Big Data Using the Dick and Carey Model. Visual Communication Quarterly 25(4).

With the growing interest in Big Data, researchers are calling for a reframing of key [...]

2018. Gender and persistent grade performance differences between online and face to face undergraduate classes. @EdMedia+ Innovate Learning.

Gender and student performance in the era of online learning are topics of strong interest [...]