Assistant professor

Ph.D., University of Utah
M.S., University of Utah
B.A., Trinity University (Texas)

Daren C. Brabham joined the faculty in 2010 as an assistant professor. He teaches public relations courses and conducts research into online communities and the role of new media in society.

As a doctoral student, he was among the first to publish research on crowdsourcing, an online, distributed problem solving and production model that utilizes the collective intelligence of online communities. A critical, qualitative researcher, his work focuses on the potential of crowdsourcing and social media to improve public participation in governance, in transportation planning, and, recently, for public health applications. His work in crowdsourcing and transportation planning has been supported by funding from the U.S. Federal Transit Administration.

His work has appeared in such publications as Convergence; Planning Theory; Information, Communication & Society; First Monday; and The Routledge Handbook of Participatory Cultures. Brabham is also a past columnist for the journal Flow, where he published short pieces of media criticism on a variety of topics relating to television, new media, and culture. He is the founding editor of Case Studies in Strategic Communication.

Brabham's professional experience includes user experience design, a broad range of public relations functions, and crowdsourcing consulting.

Brabham's website is www.darenbrabham.com.

Office phone: 919.962.1204
Office location: Carroll Hall 229
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