Patrick Shih

Patrich Shih is an Assistant Professor of Information Science in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, and also the Social Media Specialization Director of the Master of Information Science and Master of Library Science curricula. 

He is interested in utilizing mixed methods approaches to tackle research problems in human-computer interaction, social media, collective intelligence, crowdsourcing, and online and geographic communities. Specifically, his current research focuses on leveraging awareness of individual and community activities embedded in social media and online forums in the design and construction of novel civic engagement platforms.