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Steven Thompson
PeerJ Editor
1,500 Points

Contributions by role

Editor 1,500

Contributions by subject area

Ophthalmology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Human-Computer Interaction
Science and Medical Education
Science Policy
Statistics
Computational Science
Pediatrics
Public Health
Ethical Issues
Bioinformatics
Radiology and Medical Imaging
Translational Medicine
Graphics
Robotics
Legal Issues
Cognitive Disorders
Data Science
World Wide Web and Web Science
Data Mining and Machine Learning
Multimedia
Visual Analytics
Global Health
Health Policy
Internal Medicine

Steven John Thompson

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Former faculty at Johns Hopkins University, Dartmouth College, UC Davis. I have been teaching college students for over 25 years. My research expertise is in Internet phenomena: access, addiction, agency, control, dependency, governance, and policy; and engineering ethics in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) merging the Internet with physical bodies. I am the Editor for Machine Law, Ethics and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2021); Androids, Cyborgs, and Robots in Contemporary Culture and Society (2017); and, Global Issues and Ethical Considerations in Human Enhancement Technologies (2014).

Artificial Intelligence Brain-Computer Interface Emerging Technologies Ethical Issues Human-Computer Interaction Science Policy Visual Analytics World Wide Web & Web Science

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences
PeerJ Computer Science

Past or current institution affiliations

Dartmouth College
Georgia Southern University
Savannah State University
Johns Hopkins
Towson University
UC Davis
University of Maryland University College

Work details

Professor

University of Maryland University College
January 2012
Communication, Journalism & Speech Program
Faculty

Visiting Assistant Professor

Towson University
August 2010 - August 2011
English and Professional Writing
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Lecturer

Dartmouth College
August 2014 - May 2015
Institute for Writing and Rhetoric
Faculty

Lecturer

The Johns Hopkins University
August 2012 - May 2016
Advanced Academic Programs
M.A. in Communication Program in Washington DC Faculty

Assistant Professor of Writing and Linguistics

Georgia Southern University
August 2015 - May 2016
Writing and Linguistics
Faculty

Lecturer

University of California, Davis
September 2020 - January 2021
University Writing Program
Faculty

Instructor

Savannah State University
January 2023 - May 2025
Department of Fine Arts, Humanities & Wellness
Faculty

Websites

  • ORCID
  • Academia.edu
  • ResearchGate

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 13

Academic Editor on

August 10, 2023
I-Cubid: a nonlinear cubic graph-based approach to visualize and in-depth browse Flickr image results
Umer Rashid, Maha Saddal, Abdur Rehman Khan, Sadia Manzoor, Naveed Ahmad
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.1476
January 14, 2022
Human-robot interaction: the impact of robotic aesthetics on anticipated human trust
Joel Pinney, Fiona Carroll, Paul Newbury
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.837
November 30, 2021
Internet risky behaviours among youth with visual impairment
Magdalena Agnieszka Wrzesińska, Kamila Knol-Michałowska, Patryk Stecz, Monika Kopytowska, Katarzyna Binder-Olibrowska
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12376
November 18, 2021
Misinformation effects in an online sample: results of an experimental study with a five day retention interval
Olivia Sievwright, Michael Philipp, Aaron Drummond, Katie Knapp, Kirsty Ross
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12299 PubMed 34820164
April 21, 2021
Understanding experiments and research practices for reproducibility: an exploratory study
Sheeba Samuel, Birgitta König-Ries
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11140 PubMed 33976964
April 12, 2019
Crowdsourcing in medical research: concepts and applications
Joseph D. Tucker, Suzanne Day, Weiming Tang, Barry Bayus
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6762 PubMed 30997295
February 22, 2019
Experimental investigation on the effects of website aesthetics on user performance in different virtual tasks
Meinald T. Thielsch, Russell Haines, Leonie Flacke
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6516 PubMed 30809464
September 12, 2018
Interaction of guidance types and the Need for Cognitive Closure in wiki-based learning
Sven Heimbuch, Daniel Bodemer
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5541 PubMed 30225169
September 12, 2018
Trust and distrust in information systems at the workplace
Meinald T. Thielsch, Sarah M. Meeßen, Guido Hertel
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5483 PubMed 30225161
January 3, 2017
The acceptability of TV-based game platforms as an instrument to support the cognitive evaluation of senior adults at home
Carlos Rivas Costa, Manuel José Fernández Iglesias, Luis Eulogio Anido Rifón, Miguel Gómez Carballa, Sonia Valladares Rodríguez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2845 PubMed 28070464
September 20, 2016
Blue hypertext is a good design decision: no perceptual disadvantage in reading and successful highlighting of relevant information
Benjamin Gagl
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2467 PubMed 27688970
July 23, 2015
Conducting perception research over the internet: a tutorial review
Andy T. Woods, Carlos Velasco, Carmel A. Levitan, Xiaoang Wan, Charles Spence
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1058 PubMed 26244107
March 3, 2015
Towards an easier creation of three-dimensional data for embedding into scholarly 3D PDF (Portable Document Format) files
Axel Newe
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.794 PubMed 25780759