Diana Daly

Interests

Teaching

I am an Assistant Professor in the University of Arizona iSchool, at the intersection of people, information, and technologies. My work is focused on engagement for students and communities in the past, present, and future mediated through digital technology. As an educator I specialize in social media, online collaboration and qualitative research methodologies, and the creation of educational media. I deliver content to large audiences using performance techniques along with media technologies including collective blogs, video lectures, educational social media apps, and audio work.

Research

In my scholarship and teaching I draw from and build on an interdisciplinary fund of knowledge including archival studies, digital culture, performance studies, digital humanities, and evaluation of educational technologies and practices. My dissertation work deployed qualitative inquiry and community engagement in person and online to interrogate a parade in honor of the dead as an archives.

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Daly, D. P. (2024). Humans R Social Media - 2024 "Living Book" Edition. Tucson: The iVoices Media Lab of the University of Arizona.
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  Social media and humans exist in a world of mutual influence, and humans play central roles in how this influence is mediated and transferred. Originally created by University of Arizona Information scholar Diana Daly, this 2024 "living book" edition of Humans R Social Media welcomes additional authors and features contributions by students to help readers understand how we as humans shape social media, and how social media shapes our world in turn. This is an Open Educational Resource, free to be used and adapted with proper attribution.

Chapters

• Daly, D. (2023). What Do We Do with the Fruits of Open Educational Practices? A Case for Open Educational Collections. In Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity(pp 171???179). Springer Nature Switzerland.
• Daly, D., & Leach, A. R. (2023). Coding Funds of Knowledge in the iVoices Media Lab: Student Stories About Technologies. In Information for a Better World: Normality, Virtuality, Physicality, Inclusivity(pp 405???416). Springer Nature Switzerland.

Journals/Publications

• Daly, D., Schneider, N., & Ahmad, H. (2024). Toward Governance Best Practices for Open Educational Resources. Proceedings of the ALISE Annual Conference.
• Daly, D., Smith, M. R., & Bao, D. (2022). The Incessancy of #gobacktothekitchen and Responses to Normalized Online Misogyny. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), 659???661.
• Cuillier, C., & Daly, D. (2021). OPEN PEDAGOGY: INDEPENDENCE AND INTERDEPENDENCE IN TEACHING ABOUT NEW MEDIA. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.
• Daly, D. P., & Brooks, C. F. (2017). Framing Community Identity in Arizona’s All Souls Procession. Text and Performance Quarterly.
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• Daly, D., & Brooks, C. (2019). Frames and community in Arizona's All Souls Procession. Text and Performance Quarterly, 39(4), 322--340.

Proceedings Publications

• Casey, C. A., & Daly, D. P. (2021, October). Open pedagogy: Independence and interdependence in teaching about new media. In Association of Internet Researchers 2021 Virtual Conference.
• Daly, D. P., Brooks, C. F., & Williams, B. (2017, Fall). Educating about data privacy: A Study of college student perceptions and experiences. In Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE),.
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  Brooks, C. F., Williams, B. A., and Daly, D. (2017). Educating about data privacy: A Study of college student perceptions and experiences. Accepted for the Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (SITE), 2017. Las Vegas, NV: AACE.  ​

Presentations

• Daly, D. P., & Casey, C. A. (2021, October). Improving learning outcomes through open pedagogy. Open Education Conference. virtual.
• Daly, D. P., & Brooks, C. F. (2018, February). Framing Community Identity in Arizona’s All Souls Procession. Western States Communication Association Annual Meeting. Santa Clara, California: Western States Communication Association.
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  Daly, D. & Brooks, C. F. (2018) Framing Community Identity in Arizona’s All Souls Procession. Paper accepted for the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, February 16-19, Santa Clara, CA.​
• Daly, D. P., Lenhart, L. R., & Brooks, C. F. (2016, Spring). Considering the Language of Student Engagement, Critical Pedagogy, and Empowerment in the Academy. Western States Communication Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, California: Western States Communication Association.
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  Brooks, C. F., Lenhart, L., and Daly, D. (2016). Considering the Language of Student Engagement, Critical Pedagogy, and Empowerment in the Academy. Accepted for the annual meeting of the Western States Communication Association, February 26 to March 1, San Diego, CA.​

Creative Productions

• Daly, D. P. (2017. Peter Sharpe, Eagle Man. KISL Radio, Avalon, California. Avalon, California: Transom Traveling Workshop. http://kislavalon.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/06.DianaDaly_PeterSharpe_EagleMan.wav?_=7
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  Created a digital audio story “Peter Sharpe, Eagle Man” which aired on KISL radio in Avalon, Catalina Island, California and at http://kislavalon.com/archived-shows/avalon-speaks/

Others

• Daly, D. P., & Casey, C. A. (2021, October). Open pedagogy: Independence and interdependence in teaching about new media (video). Association of Internet Researchers 2021 Virtual Conference. https://share.descript.com/view/jyWwQKQypkl