Associate Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan
About
Dr. Robert is an associate professor in the School of Information (UMSI) at the University of Michigan. He completed his PhD in information systems from Indiana University where he was a BAT fellow and KPMG scholar. He is also an affiliate of the Michigan Interactive and Social Computing (MISC) Research Group, Michigan Robotics (Robotics), and the Information Behavior and Interaction (IBI) Research Group, all at the University of Michigan and the Center for Computer-Mediated Communication (CCMC) at Indiana University. His research has been sponsored by the US Army, Toyota Research Institute, MCity, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies, and the National Science Foundation.
Current Work:
Stories about the "sharing economy" are increasingly making the headlines in the media and research. While the sharing economy is booming and attractive, research has found evidence of racial discrimination on these sharing economy platforms. To begin to address this issue, a series of studies are currently being conducted to examine potential platform design intervention to reduce racial discrimination on sharing economy platforms.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Team diversity, virtual teams, teamwork with robots, computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW), information systems
