Stephen Slota

Stephen Slota

Assistant Professor

Stephen C. Slota is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information. Stephen’s research in Social Informatics bridges critical infrastructure studies, data and information ethics, and information policy. His research focuses on advancing our shared understanding of how to leverage technology for social good by critically engaging with the role of information technology in policy, in the development of knowledge infrastructures for the sciences, and in the ethics of data and information in people’s personal and professional lives.

Through his focus on infrastructural dynamics, Stephen is able to engage with a broad diversity of research sites. He has explored NSF-funded efforts to develop cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences, nationwide work to collaborate around and support the development of data science, and the data work and practices of social workers and local government related to homelessness in Austin. Stephen's current research explores how technology mediates and infrastructures the relationships between human and non-human life, from environmental management, to conservation work, to agriculture.

Ph.D. in Informatics University of California, Irvine

MLIS, 2008: University of Pittsburgh

B.A. English, 2006: Messiah College

Science and Technology Studies
Sociotechnical Systems
Information and Data Ethics and Values
Science and Technology Policy
Infrastructure Studies

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Recent classes

Title Year Semester Syllabus URL
ISP 381: Information and Privacy in Society 2025 Spring Term 2025
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2025 Spring Term 2025
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2025 Spring Term 2025
ISP 381: Information and Privacy in Society 2024 Spring Term 2024
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2024 Spring Term 2024
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2024 Spring Term 2024
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: Knowledge Infrastructures and Management 2024 Fall Term 2024
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2024 Fall Term 2024
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2024 Fall Term 2024
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2024 Fall Term 2024
I 302: Academic Success in the Digital University 2023 Summer First Term 2023
I 310S: Introduction to Social Informatics 2023 Spring Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Spring Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Spring Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Spring Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Fall Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Fall Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2023 Fall Term 2023
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Spring Term 2022
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Spring Term 2022
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Fall Term 2022
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Fall Term 2022
I 302: Academic Success in the Digital University 2022 Fall Term 2022
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Fall Term 2022
I 301: Introduction to Informatics 2022 Fall Term 2022