Bryan Semaan

Bryan C. Semaan is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can help people build resilience in challenging contexts, such as combating racism, sexism, LGBTQ+ identity issues, and the social integration of refugees. He employs a socio-technical research approach that combines theories from Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Social Computing, along with critical perspectives such as postcolonialism, Critical Race Theory, and Feminist Science. His goal is to understand, critique, and design ethical, just, and equitable socio-technical systems, advancing the promotion of technology for social good.

• 2021–Present·University of Colorado Boulder·Associate Professor, Department Chair
  • Researching the role of ICT in aiding marginalized communities to build resilience; serving as a leader in the Department of Information Science.
• - | Syracuse University | Associate Professor
  • Taught in the School of Information Studies; continued research in social computing and resilience.
• - | University of Hawai'i at Mānoa | Postdoctoral Fellow
  • Conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences.

• - | University of California, Irvine | Ph.D.
  • Information and Computer Science
• - | University of California, Irvine | B.S., M.S.
  • Information and Computer Science