Facebook research manager to speak at School of Information Sciences Research Showcase

A Facebook user experience researcher will be the keynote speaker Nov. 8 at the School of Information Sciences Research Showcase.

Funda Kivran-Swaine is a research manager at Facebook who has worked in user experience design and whose research focuses on computer-mediated communication. She will give the keynote address at 1 p.m. Nov. 8 in Illini Union Rooms A and B.

Kivran-Swaine joined Facebook in August 2014. She is currently completing a Ph.D. at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information. Her academic research focuses on social interactions in computer-mediated settings, specifically self-disclosure of emotions in everyday life as well as around significant life events.

The Research Showcase is an annual event of presentations and posters by faculty and students in the School of Information Sciences. The event is from noon to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 8 at the Illini Union. It is open to the public.

More information about the Research Showcase is available online.

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