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SHEA SWAUGER
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I'm a researcher and writer who cares about privacy, data, ethics, and education.
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No Comfort But Truth
Two days ago, there was a school shooting at a small private Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin. I've been thinking about what, if...
Shea Swauger
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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Reflections on Leaving Librarianship
This is not a screed against my former job or a condemnation of higher education, but as it’s been about a year since I left...
Shea Swauger
May 2, 20235 min read
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Cheating Doesn't Matter
I don’t care about cheating. In school, it doesn’t matter the grade, the subject, or the test, I don’t think it’s a big deal. These are...
Shea Swauger
Nov 9, 20214 min read
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The Thing that Gets Us to the Thing
This is adapted from a presentation from the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Lecture on Intellectual Freedom for the 2021 Colorado Association...
Shea Swauger
Sep 9, 202111 min read
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Salary equity requires transparency
Update March 4, 2022: I've been told that the CU System only compiles salary data once a year in September and then is validated by...
Shea Swauger
Jun 4, 20212 min read
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The Calculus of Harm
TL;DR We can estimate that 3,588 students of color have experienced racial discrimination by Proctorio 31,397 times in the last year at...
Shea Swauger
Oct 31, 20206 min read
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Petition to Ban Facial Recognition and Algorithmic Proctoring
To: The CU Faculty Council Executive Committee We’re writing to request the University of Colorado System ban the use of facial...
Shea Swauger
Oct 26, 20204 min read
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What They'll Remember
I’ve had so many conversations with parents recently who are worried about their kids’ education and not being sure what to do when it...
Shea Swauger
Aug 13, 20203 min read
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F*cking Hammers
“A hammer can either build a house or tear it down.” I’ve heard this idiom, or some derivative of it many times when people talk about...
Shea Swauger
Jun 15, 20204 min read
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Taking Back the Narrative of Ed Tech
I remember reading the subject line in my inbox ‘Request for retraction: "Our Bodies Encoded"’ and slowly blowing out air between my...
Shea Swauger
Jun 7, 20207 min read
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