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Rebecca Frank

Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information Email: [email protected] Phone: 734/615-8400
Office: ISR - ICPSR/330 Packard Street Faculty Role: Faculty Potential PhD Faculty Advisor: Yes Personal website News About Rebecca Frank

Biography

Rebecca D. Frank is an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information, and is affiliated with the Einstein Center Digital Future in Berlin, Germany. Her research examines the social construction of risk in trustworthy digital repository audit and certification. She also conducts research in the areas of open data, digital preservation, digital curation, and data reuse, focusing on social and ethical barriers that limit or prevent the preservation, sharing, and reuse of digital information. She has a PhD from the University of Michigan School of Information, an MSI from the University of Michigan School of Information with a specialization in Preservation of Information, and a BA in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan. Her work has been supported by the Deutsche Stiftung Friedensforschung (German Foundation for Peace Research), the Einstein Centre Digital Future, the InfraLab Berlin, the National Science Foundation (United States), and the Australian Academy of Science.

Pronouns

she/her

Areas of interest

digital curation; digital preservation; digital repositories; data curation; sharing, & reuse; risk; trust

Education

PhD, University of Michigan 
MSI, University of Michigan 
BA, University of Michigan

News about Rebecca Frank

Rebecca Frank wearing a maroon sweater, a neckplace and glasses and smiling at the camera.
Meet Rebecca Frank, UMSI’s newest assistant professor

In her profile, Frank talks about trustworthiness, risk and the preservation of digital repositories. 

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UMSI research roundup. UMSI researchers at the 2024 ASIS&T & ASSETS conferences. Recent publications by UMSI faculty and PhD students.
2024 ASIS&T and ASSETS conferences: UMSI Research Roundup

UMSI research and workshops for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology, as well as the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. 

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