Stuart Geiger
Ethnographer and Postdoc, UC Berkeley Institute for Data Science

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R. Stuart Geiger is an ethnographer and postdoctoral scholar at the Berkeley Institute for Data Science at UC Berkeley, where he studies the infrastructures and institutions that support the production of knowledge. He uses ethnographic, historical, qualitative, and quantitative methods in his research, which is grounded in the fields of computer-supported cooperative work, science and technology studies, and communication and new media studies. He holds a PhD from the UC Berkeley School of Information, where his research focused on the governance and operation of Wikipedia and scientific research networks. He has also studied newcomer socialization, moderation and quality control, specialization and professionalization, cooperation and conflict, the roles of support staff and technicians, and diversity and inclusion.