Cassidy R. Sugimoto is an American information scientist who is Chair and Tom and Marie Patton Professor in the School of Public Policy at the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Georgia Tech, GT, and simply Tech or the Institute) is a public university, public research university and Institute of technology (United States), institute of technology in Atlanta, ...

. Her research considers the formal and informal production, sharing and consumption of knowledge. She is the author of the 2023

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book ''Equity for Women in Science'' and the 2018

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work on ''Measuring Research: What everyone needs to know.'' She has also edited several books including the 2016

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book ''Big Data is Not a Monolith''.

Early life and education

Sugimoto was an undergraduate student at

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

, where she studied music performance. She remained at the University for graduate studies, but moved to the department of Library Science for a Master's degree and then to the Information and Library Science doctoral program. Her doctoral research considered the scholarly development of information and library science. She evaluated mentoring, collaboration and interdisciplinary training in doctoral education.

Research and career

After earning her doctorate, Sugimoto joined the faculty at the

Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a public university, public research university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship university, flagship campus of Indiana Univer ...

. From 2018 to 2020 Sugimoto worked as program director for the

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program on Science of Science and Innovation Policy. Sugimoto was appointed Professor of Informatics at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

in 2019. She moved to the

in 2021. She has also held several visiting professorships, including at

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(South Korea),

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(South Africa),

Universiti Malaya The Universiti Malaya (lit 'University of Malaya'; abbreviated UM) is a public research university located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the oldest Malaysian institution of higher education, and was the only university in newly independent ...

(Malaysia),

University of Granada The University of Granada (, UGR) is a public university located in the city of Granada, Spain, and founded in 1531 by Emperor Charles V. With more than 60,000 students, it is the fourth largest university in Spain. Apart from the city of Granad ...

(Spain), and

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(The Netherlands). She was announced as a member of the

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International Advisory board.

Awards and honors

* 2002

Concerto Competition Winner * 2009

Association for Information Science and Technology The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is a nonprofit membership organization for information professionals that sponsors an annual conference as well as several serial publications, including the ''Journal of the Associ ...

James M. Cretsos Leadership Award * 2014

Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award * 2014 Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellow * 2020 Indiana University Bicentennial Award for service

Publications

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References

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