CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
YouTube content on wildlife engages audiences but rarely drives meaningful conservation action
Van Berkel, D., Gautam, N., Carter, N.H., Di Minin, E., Zhang, Y., Mei, H., Yin, S. & Tomkins, S. (2026) " YouTube content on wildlife engages audiences but rarely drives meaningful conservation action." Communications Sustainability. 1(1).
What does the public want local government to hear?
Ge, C., Zhang, J., Xu, H., Krupnikov, Y., Bednar, J., & Tomkins, S. (2025) " What does the public want their local government to hear? A data-driven case study of public comments across the state of Michigan." Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media,. 5.
What Do You Learn About Hard News from Soft News Outlets - A Case Study from People Magazine Online
Yan, J., Milita, K., Krupnikov, Y., & Tomkins, S. (2025) " What Do You Learn About Hard News from Soft News Outlets - A Case Study from People Magazine Online." Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Medi. 19(1).
PUBLICSPEAK: Hearing the Public with a Probabilistic Framework
Xu, T., Brown, E.M., Dwyer,D., & Tomkins, S. (2025) " PUBLICSPEAK: Hearing the Public with a Probabilistic Framework." Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 39(27).
Talks
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams