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Shea Swauger

@sheaswauger.bsky.social
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Senior Policy Analyst at @futureofprivacy, PhD student researching school shootings. www.sheaswauger.com

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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Aside from our day jobs, my partner and I recently launched a small art print shop called Motley. It started out as an antique booth, morphed into an online store, and will soon be in every home worldwide. Probably. motleyprints.com
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The Future of Research Is Mixed, Messy, and Human: www.sheaswauger.com/post/the-fut...
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The Future of Research Is Mixed, Messy, and Human
When people talk about "research, " they usually imagine something related to computers, numerical data, and instruments buzzing and blinking with importance. They're not wrong, but while this mental ...
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Anna Lenhart @annalenhart.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
GWU IDDP organized a Council to reflect on the comments submitted to NTIA’s Request For Comment (RFC) regarding Ethical Guidelines for Research Using Pervasive Data. Check out the findings here: iddp.gwu.edu/ethical-use-...
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Ethical Use of Pervasive Data for Research | Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics (IDDP) | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University
The IDDP Council for Pervasive Data Ethics - Next Steps for the U.S convened to chart a set of actions to advance ethical practices in computing research.
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
First base: sharing your Spotify Second base: sharing your location Third base: sharing your calculator history
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
writing is just a process of realizing you forgot all the words you used to know and learning them again, one by one, in a thesaurus
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Rebekah Weatherspoon @rdotspoon.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I'm at the library and I love it. You should go to the library.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The internet becomes more tolerable once you realize that 99% of the people who are being assholes to you online have never actually engaged with your work and have no plans to.
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening is a misunderstood documentary about people with allergy-induced migraines
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
When we demanded that politicians listen to scientists, that probably should have included social scientists
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Max Schrems implies the existence of Min Schrems (I'm sorry)
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A dating app, but it matches researchers looking for collaborators on a project: "Mixed methods education researcher seeks coders for inter-rater reliability. Willing to trade SPSS analysis for a literature review"
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The NIH cuts are being spun as a way to eliminate bloated university bureaucracy. And looking at the sheer numbers, I get it. But in fact the story is the exact opposite. The federal research grants system is highly efficient. And it super charges American innovation. 🧵 1/
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In response to critical research data being deleted or modified across federal agencies, several orgs are leading campaigns to save what they still can or locate deleted copies and host them on non-federal servers. Some are even taking suggestions for what to save or enable volunteers to help 👇
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Finished a book about the US electrical grid (nerd) and I realized I know nothing about electricity. The more I learned, the less I understood it. Electricity is so weird and magical and I’m in awe
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I was asked what my taste in music was and the only thing I could think of was "whatever sad lesbians listen to" and it's very accurate
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This is a big deal, y'all. Federal health websites are being stripped of content or removed in their entirety. Stick with this thread for a look at what's disappeared so far! 1/x
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
whispering "treat yo self" as I take 2 ibuprofen before bedtime
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
another student DURING our online Zoom class is getting a tattoo and now I have a new goal
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Introduction to Astronomy gave me more existential anxiety than all my philosophy classes combined. 10/10 would recommend
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Parents who break the school pickup rules should be given extra children as a consequence
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
this week is just me trying to remember how to do my job December Shea: experienced professional with a plan January Shea: confused baby learning Slack
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Watching Alien Romulus with my dad is just a series of him saying “well, that’s not good”
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 25/12/2024
I’m having a conversation with my mom about something I want for Christmas and a week later Santa gives it to me. When will we pass privacy regulations
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Something I've never been taught in a research methods class is how to emotionally protect myself when researching traumatic subjects. I proactively started therapy again and limit my exposure to only what I need for my work, but it's tough sometimes. Any recommendations are welcome
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Some reflections on the school shooting in Madison and my role in gun violence research www.sheaswauger.com/post/no-comf...
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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 anything, I want to say as someone who spends a great deal of tim...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
In my experience researching gun violence, we someone pulls out the “violent video games made them do it” argument, it means 1) they don’t what they’re talking about, and 2) they’re afraid
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
I talked with David Riedman about what it was like growing up in Littleton when Columbine happened. I still live in the same town today and research school shootings for my PhD. Listen in here: k12ssdb.substack.com/p/ep-20-bein...
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Ep 20. Being a 7th grader five miles away from Columbine High in 1999
Shea Swauger, a PhD student at University of Colorado, talks about growing up in Littleton, CO and raising kids today in a community that has been profoundly impacted by gun violence.
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
My university just announced it's shifting to fully remote operations in response to protesters on campus www.ucdenver.edu/demonstratio...
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Demonstration on the Auraria Campus
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 20/02/2024
One thing you get joining the Ethics and Data in Research Working Group is a newsletter with updates on new legislative proposals, programs, and opportunities that impact research. If any of this looks cool, sign up! fpf.org/join-the-eth...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 06/02/2024
Taking a qualitative methods class and I'm 100% convinced at least one autistic person should be on all qual observation teams to teach everyone how to describe social interactions without projecting meaning into them
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 11/01/2024
Had a great conversation about privacy, ethics, and technology with Larry Magid on "Are We Doing Tech Right?" 👇👇👇 www.spreaker.com/episode/priv...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
The surprising truth about School Resource Officers, school shootings, money, and public policy: www.tiktok.com/@shea_swauge...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 15/12/2023
Professional achievement unlocked: ✅ Conference speaker photo with a chicken cybersecurity.illinois.edu/2024-privacy...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 24/11/2023
Forget data or information literacy. What about scrub literacy? A whole generation of people today can't accurately identify a scrub, what he's also known as, or if they should want one
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
Check out @yoyoel.com and @rc123.bsky.social at @futureofprivacy.bsky.social's most recent Ethics and Data in Research working group! We talked about: -Mis/Disinformation and the role of research -Platform regulation styles and history -The future of trust and safety www.youtube.com/watch?v=6799...
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Data Sharing & Ethics Working Group: Combating Misinformation and Disinformation in Research
The capacity to discern fact from fiction and truth from falsehood is more critical than ever, especially for researchers. Misinformation and disinformation ...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
🚨 New Leg Update dropped from @futureofprivacy.bsky.social Ethics and Data in Research WG🚨 1. Ethics guidelines on Chinese research 2. RFI to Support a Federal Environmental Justice Science, Data, and Research Plan 3. Executive Order on AI All Leg Updates Here: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Come hang out with me and @yoyoel.com to talk about combating mis/disinformation with research next Wednesday, 11/15, from 3-4 pm ET. DM me for the Zoom link or join the working group here: fpf.org/join-the-eth...
Data Sharing and Ethics Working Group: Combating Misinformation and Disinformation with Research with Dr. Yoel Roth on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, from 3-4 pm ET.
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
Every time someone in a meeting says COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), my mind converts it to a Dick Tracy movie, as in, "Ya never gonna get me, coppa!" [shoots Tommy gun from a moving car]
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Glass of wine + writing = cozy, lots of progress Edible + statistics = confusion, no progress, snacks
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
Come work with me! Senior Project Manager, $75 - $100K, hybrid work based in DC. DM for questions about the job, FPF, culture, benefits, anything! fpf.org/senior-proje...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
🚨New Leg Update Just Dropped🚨 There have been lots of developments in the data sharing, ethics, and research spaces recently––from bills addressing public trust in federal statistics to sharing data to lower self-harm and maternal mortality. Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/17LEa...
first page of the leg update. It gives you just enough info to be interested to join the group, which you should!
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Passing down ancestral knowledge, i.e., showing the next generation LimeWire through the Wayback Machine
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 12/10/2023
Me, when asked to cite something
I saw it though the force
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Following the TX and FL bans on DEI in higher ed? Unsure of what they mean for teaching and research? Come hang out with me, Dr. Alyssa Shearer, and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social next Wed from 3-4 pm ET to talk through what it means for researchers across the US. DM me for the Zoom link
Photos of both of the speakers, their professional affiliations, and meeting time details. Mostly, the image makes you want to join the meeting, and you should! Seriously. Sign up for the group now: https://fpf.org/join-the-ethics-and-data-in-research-working-group/
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Middle-aged dads run outside to the sound of military jets with the same enthusiasm as children running outside to the sound of an ice cream truck
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Imagine what public education would be like if every student had: -housing -health care -school supplies -parental employment -teachers who are paid well The DoD is doing it and, to no one's surprise, students are doing comparably much better than their peers www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/u...
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
nobody: me: if you think about it, Chi Squared tests are the "situationship" of inferential statistics
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 09/10/2023
I've been struggling with my stats homework and decided to take handwritten notes instead of typing. HUGE difference! It takes 3X longer, my hand is cramped, and I now have a dozen pages, but damnit if I'm not understanding it better 😩
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Shea Swauger @sheaswauger.bsky.social · 01/10/2023
Where do the arms go? Why can’t I breath normal? It always ends up fine, but I wish I could skip this part
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