Stacey Wedlake
Stacey Wedlake is a Research Scientist with the Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School. Her research focuses on how community organizations and public libraries address digital inequalities created by unjust economic, political, and social systems. She has a particular interest in community-centered approaches to technology access and digital literacy training with attention to how policy and funding influence these efforts. Before coming to the UW, she taught beginning computer skills as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mongolia and then to unemployed workers in the wake of the Great Recession. When not working, you can find her chasing after her two small children around Seattle parks. She holds degrees in Public Administration (MPA) and Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the University of Washington.
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“Help is really necessary”: Case study of a technology distribution program for low-income job seekers
Digital Bridge: Providing digital access to low-income job seekers during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Equity in Education Coalition (EEC) Digital Navigator
- Creating the Digital Bridge: How Physically Distant Technology Access and Assistance Can Support Workers in a New Economy
- Examining the Role of Public Libraries in Combating Misinformation
- Refugee Women And Technology Education in Seattle
- Digital Skills for Digital Equity
- Mobile Information Literacy
Creating a Digital Bridge: Lessons and policy implications from a technology access and distribution program for low-income job seekers
Presentation at TPRC 49 (Policy Research Conference on Communications, Information and the Internet) Researchers from the University of …
Creating the Digital Bridge: Methods
Since the last update on the Digital Bridge project, we’ve completed our data collection for the project, and we’ve begun analysis. …
First months of Creating the Digital Bridge
The pandemic has forced even more of our lives to move online. In Seattle, much like the rest of the country, lower income households …