I am a Doctoral Student at Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA. My primary research interest is adolescents in online venues, including issues of representation, discourse, narratives, and performance.
My other interests include: Computer-Mediated Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, virtual community, social network development, and Human Subjects Committees/Institutional Review Board policies as they relate to internet research.
This weblog serves as my academic homepage, curriculum vita, and working papers site. Please check the categories for areas in which you may be interested.
Recent accomplishments
May 16, 2008
Developed Conference Panel
Scheidt, L. A. and Kouper, I. (Organizers). (2008, May 16). Applying and extending qualitative inquiry to internet research: Processes and techniques. Presented at The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.
Conference Presentation
Scheidt, L. A. (2008, May 16). Terms of service agreements and research design. Presented at The Fourth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL.
April 05, 2008
Attended Workshop
Scaffolding Critical Thinking in Online Problem-Based Case Studies and Face-to-Face Classes: the Impact on Individual Learning, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 4, 2008.
April 04, 2008
Media Interview
Interviewed and quoted in the Boston Globe, A window into their lives: For teenage girls, writing about their lives online is another way to stay connected with friends by Irene Sege, April 4, 2008.
March 28, 2008
Attended Workshop
Food For Thought: An Action Agenda for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, March 28, 2008.
March 19, 2008
Service to the University
Panelist, Indiana University, School of Education Research Colloquium - Research trends in cyberspace with Human Subjects: From avatars and MySpace to Facebook...and beyond, Bloomington, IN (March 19, 2008).
December 26, 2007
Employment
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Graduate Assistant. Instructional Support Services, Campus Instructional Consulting (December 2007 - present).
I am working with a funded project that has professors from across disciplines looking at how student-created media assist in learning.
October 20, 2007
Conference Presentation
Scheidt, L. A. (2007, October 20). Purposeful keyword searching: Using available tools to build an archive of adolescent blogs. Presented at Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play, Vancouver, CA.
Developed Conference Panel
Scheidt, L. A. and Kouper, I. (Organizers). (2007, October 20). Stages of blog research: Designing methodologies, constructing samples, and dealing with human subjects issues. Presented at Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play, Vancouver, CA.
Developed Conference Panel
Kouper, I. and Scheidt, L. A. (Organizers). (2007, October 20). Behind the scenes: Methods for studying genres, content and structure of blogs. Presented at Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play, Vancouver, CA.
September 28, 2007
Colloquia Presentation
Scheidt, L. A. (2007), Navigating the human subjects maze: A primer for information scientists. Presented at the SLIS Doctoral Student Association Meeting, Bloomington, IN.