EDUCATION

PhD in Information Science, University of Washington – expected 2028

Masters in Library and Information Science, University of Washington – 2022

BA, Environmental Studies & Sociology – Oberlin College - 2014

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Google Public Policy Fellow, Center for Democracy and Technology

• Research Fellow – June 2024 - September 2024

Puget Sound Public Interest Technology Clinic, University of Washington Information School

• Predoctoral Research Associate – August 2022 - August 2023
  • My primary responsibilities were conducting independent research and supporting the growth of the clinic in its inaugural year. My main projects focused on collective action and dispute arbitration in platform labor, and data governance in human subject research settings.

University of Washington Information School

I held four Graduate Research Associate positions during my masters’ program:

• BITS Lab (Building Institutions and Technologies Sustainably) – June 2021 — August 2022
  • Assisted the Principal Investigator (PI) in two studies about policy protections for independent contractors working for ridehail and third-party delivery service platforms in the Seattle area
• Technology and Social Change Group (TASCHA) – June - September 2021
  • Assisted two research scientists in user-centered design of an open data platform for public library staff
• Open Data Literacy Project – November 2020 - June 2021
  • Assisted in summative evaluation of a four-year grant project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
• LIS Forward – January - December 2022
  • Conducted desk research on trends in library science programs using American Library Association program accreditation reports
  • Supported project leads in coordination of a summit of 20 faculty representatives from seven U.S. Information Schools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania Libraries

• Evening & Weekend Supervisor, Penn Museum Library – October 2019 - September 2020

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

• Project Archival Processor – September 2019 - August 2020
• Research Services Assistant – August 2018 - August 2020

University of Washington Libraries

• Information Services Student Assistant, Suzzallo and Allen Libraries – September - December 2021

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Guest Instructor, LIS 572: Introduction to Data Science, University of Washington Information School – September - December 2024
• Guest Instructor, INSC 570: Research Design, University of Washington Information School – September - December 2024
• Teaching Assistant, INFO 351: Information, Ethics, and Policy, University of Washington Information School – January - March 2023
• Grading Assistant, LIS 545: Introduction to Data Curation, University of Washington Information School – January - March 2022

Papers

Peer-reviewed

• Brown, E. M., Schwartz, L., Huang, R.L., & Weber, N. (2023). Soft-Search: Two Datasets to Study the Identification and Production of Research Software. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2302.14177 | Accepted by Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL)
• Schwartz, L., & Weber, N. (2023). Asymmetric by Design: How and Why Labor Policy Impacts Gig Workers. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/mh29a | In review with Information, Communication, & Society

Lightly peer-reviewed

• Lindsey Schwartz and Nic Weber. “Sustaining Experimental Policy through Research Coalition Building: Where Public Interest Advocates Can Matter Most.” | Position paper for Who Has an Interest in “Public Interest Technology”?: Critical Questions for Working with Local Governments & Impacted Communities Workshop at CSCW ’22

Non peer-reviewed

• Schwartz, L., Weber, N., & Brown, E. M. (2023). Deactivation with and without Representation: The Role of Dispute Arbitration for Seattle Rideshare Drivers. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/w6z8e
• Schwartz, L. (2024). “From Surveillance to Sousveillance: Designing Data Tools to Empower Platform-based Gig Workers” Center for Democracy and Technology Insights. https://cdt.org/insights/from-surveillance-to-sousveillance-designing-data-tools-to-empower-platform-based-gig-workers/

Project Presentations

• Between Essential and Expendable: Seattle Gig Workers’ Experiences of Precarity Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • University of Washington iSchool Capstone — May 2022
    • Recipient of Capstone Research Award — Awarded from over 150 submissions to the project that best examines a significant research question related to people, information, and technology
  • iConference Student Symposium (online) — March 2022
  • University of Washington Libraries Scholars’ Studio (online) — November 2021

Awards

• Top Scholar Fellowship, University of Washington - 2023

Service

• Department Steward – UAW4121 – November 2023 - present
• Reviewer, Ph.D. applicant feedback program – University of Washington Information School – November 2023 - present
• Peer Advisor, MLIS Program – University of Washington Information School – June 2021 — June 2022