publications

My peer-reviewed publications over my career.

2026

  1. Cross-Language Evolution of Divergent Collective Memory Around the Arab Spring
    Lawson, H. Laurie, and Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2026
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  2. Network Ontology Transcript Annotation Identifies Genetic Signals Underlying Sex Determination
    Orozco, Leonardo R., Weaver, Audrey E., Klee, Daniel J., Pauli, Christopher S., Grassa, Christopher J., Vergara, Daniela, Baptista, Anthony, White, Kristin, Emery, Benjamin F., Castro, Natalie R. M., Garuda, Shiva, Guerrero, Rafael F.,  Keegan, Brian C., and Kane, Nolan C.
    Scientific Reports Apr 2026
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  3. Futures of Work in Civic and Public Interest Technology
    Chambers, Lynn M., Yousufi, Mohammad Y. K., Washington, Anne L.,  Keegan, Brian C., Cavello, B., and Eledroos, Nora
    In Companion Publication of the 2026 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Apr 2026
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2024

  1. Community Archetypes: An Empirical Framework for Guiding Research Methodologies to Reflect User Experiences of Sense of Virtual Community
    Prinster, Gale H., Smith, C. Estelle, Tan, Chenhao, and Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Nov 2024
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  2. Governance of the Black Experience on Reddit: r/BlackPeopleTwitter as a Case Study in Supporting Sense of Virtual Community for Black Users
    Smith, C. Estelle, Klassen, Shamika, Prinster, Gale H., Tan, Chenhao, and Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction Nov 2024
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  3. Stories That Heal: Characterizing and Supporting Narrative for Suicide Bereavement
    Doyle, Dylan Thomas, Ghosh, Jay K., Suchocki, Reece,  Keegan, Brian C., Voida, Stephen, and Brubaker, Jed R.
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2024
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2023

  1. Mastodon Rules: Characterizing Formal Rules on Popular Mastodon Instances
    Nicholson, Matthew N.,  Keegan, Brian C., and Fiesler, Casey
    In Companion Publication of the 2023 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Oct 2023
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2022

  1. The Impact of Governance Bots on Sense of Virtual Community: Development and Validation of the GOV-BOTs Scale
    Smith, C. Estelle, Alam, Irfanul, Tan, Chenhao,  Keegan, Brian C., and Blanchard, Anita L.
    Nov 2022
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  2. The Phytochemical Diversity of Commercial Cannabis in the United States
    Smith, Christiana J., Vergara, Daniela,  Keegan, Brian C., and Jikomes, Nick
    PLOS ONE May 2022
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2021

  1. Examining Narrative Sonification: Using First-Person Retrospection Methods to Translate Radio Production to Interaction Design
    Wirfs-Brock, Jordan, Fam, Alli, Devendorf, Laura, and Keegan, Brian C.
    ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction Nov 2021
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  2. Understanding the Diverging User Trajectories in Highly-Related Online Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
    Zhang, Jason Shuo,  Keegan, Brian C., Lv, Qin, and Tan, Chenhao
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2021
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2020

  1. Visual Narratives and Collective Memory across Peer-Produced Accounts of Contested Sociopolitical Events
    Porter, Emily, Krafft, P. M., and Keegan, Brian C.
    ACM Transactions on Social Computing Feb 2020
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  2. Modeling Cannabinoids from a Large-Scale Sample of Cannabis Sativa Chemotypes
    Vergara, Daniela, Gaudino, Reggie, Blank, Thomas, and Keegan, Brian C.
    PLOS ONE Sep 2020
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  3. The Pushshift Reddit Dataset
    Baumgartner, Jason, Zannettou, Savvas,  Keegan, Brian C., Squire, Megan, and Blackburn, Jeremy
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2020
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  4. No Robots, Spiders, or Scrapers: Legal and Ethical Regulation of Data Collection Methods in Social Media Terms of Service
    Fiesler, Casey, Beard, Nathan, and Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2020
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  5. An encyclopedia with breaking news
    Keegan, Brian C.
    May 2020
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2019

  1. The Dynamics of Peer-Produced Political Information During the 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign
    Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of ACM Human-Computer Interaction Nov 2019
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  2. "This Place Does What It Was Built For": Designing Digital Institutions for Participatory Change
    Frey, Seth, Krafft, P. M., and Keegan, Brian C.
    Proceedings of ACM Human-Computer Interaction Nov 2019
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2018

  1. The Crowd is the Territory: Assessing Quality in Peer-Produced Spatial Data During Disasters
    Anderson, Jennings, Soden, Robert,  Keegan, Brian C., Palen, Leysia, and Anderson, Kenneth M.
    International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction Nov 2018
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  2. Mobilizing the Trump Train: Understanding Collective Action in a Political Trolling Community
    Flores-Saviaga, Claudia,  Keegan, Brian C., and Savage, Saiph
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media Jun 2018
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2017

  1. Black Lives Matter in Wikipedia: Collective Memory and Collaboration around Online Social Movements
    Twyman, Marlon,  Keegan, Brian C., and Shaw, Aaron
    In Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Jun 2017
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  2. The Evolution and Consequences of Peer Producing Wikipedia’s Rules
    Keegan, Brian C., and Fiesler, Casey
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2017
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  3. CHI-Nnabis: Implications of Marijuana Legalization for and from Human-Computer Interaction
    Keegan, Brian C., Cavazos-Rehg, Patricia, Nguyen, Anh Ngoc, Savage, Saiph, Kaye, Jofish, De Choudhury, Munmun, and Paul, Michael J.
    In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems May 2017
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2016

  1. Wiki-worthy: collective judgment of candidate notability
    Margolin, Drew B., Goodman, Sasha,  Keegan, Brian C., Lin, Yu-Ru, and Lazer, David
    Information, Communication & Society May 2016
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  2. Analyzing Organizational Routines in Online Knowledge Collaborations: A Case for Sequence Analysis in CSCW
    Keegan, Brian C., Lev, Shakked, and Arazy, Ofer
    In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing May 2016
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  3. Volunteer Science: An Online Laboratory for Experiments in Social Psychology
    Radford, Jason, Pilny, Andy, Reichelmann, Ashley,  Keegan, Brian C., Welles, Brooke Foucault, Hoye, Jefferson, Ognyanova, Katherine, Meleis, Waleed, and Lazer, David
    Social Psychology Quarterly May 2016
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  4. Ping to Win? Non-Verbal Communication and Team Performance in Competitive Online Multiplayer Games
    Leavitt, Alex,  Keegan, Brian C., and Clark, Joshua
    In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems May 2016
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  5. The Proficiency-Congruency Dilemma: Virtual Team Design and Performance in Multiplayer Online Games
    Kim, Jooyeon,  Keegan, Brian C., Park, Sungjoon, and Oh, Alice
    In Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems May 2016
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2015

  1. ’Is’ to ’Was’: Coordination and Commemoration in Posthumous Activity on Wikipedia Biographies
    Keegan, Brian C., and Brubaker, Jed R.
    In Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing May 2015
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  2. Emergent Social Roles in Wikipedia’s Breaking News Collaborations
    Keegan, Brian C.
    May 2015
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  3. Turning Introductory Comparative Politics and Elections Courses into Social Science Research Communities Using Wikipedia: Improving Both Teaching and Research
    Kennedy, Ryan, Forbush, Eric,  Keegan, Brian C., and Lazer, David
    PS: Political Science & Politics May 2015
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  4. Social Media Dynamics of Global Co-Presence During the 2014 FIFA World Cup
    Kim, Jae Won, Kim, Dongwoo,  Keegan, Brian C., Kim, Joon Hee, Kim, Suin, and Oh, Alice
    In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems May 2015
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2014

  1. Rising Tides or Rising Stars?: Dynamics of Shared Attention on Twitter during Media Events
    Lin, Yu-Ru,  Keegan, Brian C., Margolin, Drew, and Lazer, David
    PLOS ONE May 2014
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  2. Get Back! You Don’t Know Me Like That: The Social Mediation of Fact Checking Interventions in Twitter Conversations
    Hannak, Aniko, Margolin, Drew,  Keegan, Brian C., and Weber, Ingmar
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2014
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2013

  1. A History of Newswork on Wikipedia
    Keegan, Brian C.
    In Proceedings of the Ninth Annual International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration May 2013
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  2. Hot Off the Wiki: Structures and Dynamics of Wikipedia’s Coverage of Breaking News Events
    Keegan, Brian C., Gergle, Darren, and Contractor, Noshir
    American Behavioral Scientist May 2013
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  3. #Bigbirds Never Die: Understanding Social Dynamics of Emergent Hashtags
    Lin, Yu-Ru, Margolin, Drew,  Keegan, Brian C., Baronchelli, Andrea, and Lazer, David
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2013
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  4. Voices of Victory: A Computational Focus Group Framework for Tracking Opinion Shift in Real Time
    Lin, Yu-Ru, Margolin, Drew,  Keegan, Brian C., and Lazer, David
    In Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on World Wide Web May 2013
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  5. Analyzing Multi-Dimensional Networks within MediaWikis
    Keegan, Brian C., Ceni, Arber, and Smith, Marc A.
    In Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Open Collaboration May 2013
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2012

  1. Staying in the Loop: Structure and Dynamics of Wikipedia’s Breaking News Collaborations
    Keegan, Brian C., Gergle, Darren, and Contractor, Noshir
    In Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration May 2012
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  2. Do Editors or Articles Drive Collaboration? Multilevel Statistical Network Analysis of Wikipedia Coauthorship
    Keegan, Brian C., Gergle, Darren, and Contractor, Noshir
    In Proceedings of the ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work May 2012
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2011

  1. Hot off the Wiki: Dynamics, Practices, and Structures in Wikipedia’s Coverage of the Tōhoku Catastrophes
    Keegan, Brian C., Gergle, Darren, and Contractor, Noshir
    In Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration May 2011
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  2. Trust Amongst Rogues? A Hypergraph Approach for Comparing Clandestine Trust Networks in MMOGs
    Ahmad, Muhammad,  Keegan, Brian C., Williams, Dmitri, Srivastava, Jaideep, and Contractor, Noshir
    Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media May 2011
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  3. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi Virtuali? Promise and Peril in the Computational Social Science of Clandestine Organizing
    Keegan, Brian C., Ahmed, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Williams, Dmitri, Srivastava, Jaideep, and Contractor, Noshir
    In Proceedings of the 3rd International Web Science Conference May 2011
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  4. Illicit Bits: Detecting and Analyzing Contraband Networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
    Ahmad, Muhammad Aurangzeb,  Keegan, Brian C., Sullivan, Sophia, Williams, Dmitri, Srivastava, Jaideep, and Contractor, Noshir
    In 2011 IEEE Third International Conference on Social Computing May 2011
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2010

  1. Dark Gold: Statistical Properties of Clandestine Networks in Massively Multiplayer Online Games
    Keegan, Brian C., Ahmed, Muhammad Aurangzeb, Williams, Dmitri, Srivastava, Jaideep, and Contractor, Noshir
    In 2010 IEEE Second International Conference on Social Computing May 2010
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  2. Egalitarians at the Gate: One-Sided Gatekeeping Practices in Social Media
    Keegan, Brian C., and Gergle, Darren
    In Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work May 2010
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2009

  1. As real as real? Macroeconomic behavior in a large-scale virtual world
    Castronova, Edward, Williams, Dmitri, Shen, Cuihua, Ratan, Rabindra, Xiong, Li, Huang, Yun, and Keegan, Brian C.
    New Media & Society May 2009
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  2. The Formation of Task-Oriented Groups: Exploring Combat Activities in Online Games
    Huang, Yun, Zhu, Mengxiao, Wang, Jing, Pathak, Nishith, Shen, Cuihua,  Keegan, Brian C., Williams, Dmitri, and Contractor, Noshir
    In 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering May 2009
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  3. Mining for Gold Farmers: Automatic Detection of Deviant Players in MMOGs
    Ahmad, Muhammad Aurangzeb,  Keegan, Brian C., Srivastava, Jaideep, Williams, Dmitri, and Contractor, Noshir
    In 2009 International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering May 2009
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