Hi there! It's nice to meet you. I'm a researcher and writer who cares about technology, public policy, and education.https://sheaswauger.com/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/future-of-research/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/future-of-research/Reflections on the evolving nature of research practice and what it means to do rigorous, humane inquiry in a world of algorithmic shortcuts.Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://sheaswauger.com/blog/no-comfort-but-truth/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/no-comfort-but-truth/On the difficulty of sitting with uncomfortable truths in research and in life.Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://sheaswauger.com/blog/reflections-on-leaving-librarianship/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/reflections-on-leaving-librarianship/What I learned from a decade in libraries, and why I left to pursue a PhD.Tue, 02 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://sheaswauger.com/blog/cheating-doesnt-matter/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/cheating-doesnt-matter/Why the panic over academic dishonesty misdiagnoses the problem and harms students in the process.Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sheaswauger.com/blog/the-thing-that-gets-us-to-the-thing/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/the-thing-that-gets-us-to-the-thing/Adapted from the Julie J. Boucher Memorial Lecture on Intellectual Freedom at CALCON 2021 — on privacy, safety, and what librarianship is really for.Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://sheaswauger.com/blog/what-theyll-remember/https://sheaswauger.com/blog/what-theyll-remember/On children, collective trauma, and what really matters in education during a pandemic.Thu, 13 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMT