Sam Hansen

Curriculum Vitae

Work Experience

2019-Present
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Mathematics & Statistics Librarian

2009-Present
ACMEScience.com

Director & Podcast Producer

2019-Present
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Database Developer (Media History Digital Library)

2017-2019
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Full Stack Developer (PodcastRE)

2018
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Library

Research Guide Intern

2013-2014
Epic Systems

Division Operations Analyst

2008-2011
University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Graduate Student Instructor (Mathematics)

Education

2017-2019
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Masters of Library and Information Science

Advisor: Dorothea Salo

2008-2011
2008-2011 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Masters of Science: Pure Mathematics

Thesis: Zero-Sum Magic and Null Sets of Planar Graphs
Advisor: Prof. Ebrahim Salehi

2005-2008
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Bachelor of Science: Mathematics

  (Minor: Humanistic Studies)

Publications

2022
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part Three Capstone Concepts

Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Samuel Hansen, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer

2021
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part Three Advanced Concepts

Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Samuel Hansen, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer

2021
Digital Humanities Quarterly

PodcastRE Analytics: Studying the Norms, Styles, and Cultures of an Evolving Medium

Eric Hoyt, JJ Bersch, Susan Noh, Samuel Hansen, Jacob Mertens, and Jeremy Morris
2021
Saving New Sounds

The Feed is the Thing

Book Chapter

2021
Machine Learning for Cross-Disciplinary Research

Can a Hammer Categorize Highly Technical Articles?

Book Chapter

2020
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part Two Intermediate Concepts

Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Samuel Hansen, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer
2020
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship

Science Librarianship and Social Justice: Part One Foundational Concepts

Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Samuel Hansen, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer

2019
Journal of Radio and Audio Media

The PodcastRE Project: Curating and Preserving Podcasts and their Data

Jeremy Morris, Samuel Hansen, Eric Hoyt

 

Presentations

Apr 2022
2022 Allegheny Mountain MAA Section Meeting

Bridging the Divide: Connecting Mathematics and Society through Stories



Apr 2022
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2022

A Match Made in the Stacks: Mathematician and Librarian Collaborations

Special Session Co-Organized with Anya Bartelmann

Jan 2022
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2022

Please leave a review, it really does make it easier for new listener to find us: The Landscape of Mathematical Podcasts 7 Years after Serial

Nov 2021
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Math Club

Our Social and Mathematical World: A Tale of Bidirectional Impacts

Aug 2021
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference 2021

Accessing Mathematics: Blind Mathematicians, Deaf Mathematicians, and Libraries

Panel Co-Convener with Emma Moore

Apr 2021
LIS B Conference

Using CADRE to support Large Scale Bibliometric Studies

Feb 2021
STS Hot Topics Discussion

Science Librarianship and Social Justice Concepts

With Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer

Feb 2021
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Math Club

Can you tell me a story? - Why and How we should tell more stories in mathematics

Feb 2021
Design for Digital 2021

Using Empathy Maps to Explore Social Justice Terminology

With Isabel Altamirano, Jeffra D. Bussmann, Nastasha E. Johnson, and Gr Keer

Dec 2020
ACRL STS Webinar

Is Science Librarianship Right for Me?

With Kimberley Bailey, Patricia Hartman, Matt Torrence, and Mea Warren

Nov 2020
CADRE Fellows Webinars

Systematic over-time study of the similarities and differences in research across mathematics and the sciences

Oct 2020
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference 2020

Mathematics Beyond the Academy

Panel Co-Convener with Lauren Gala

Sep 2020
CADRE Fellows Webinars

Comparative analysis of legacy and emerging journals in mathematical biology

With Marisa Conte and Scott Martin

Mar 2020
The Collective 2020

+10 to Charisma: MinMax-ing your way to better stories

Mar 2020
The Collective 2020

Campaigning Your Way to Useable and Clean Data

With Meredith Hale, Monica Ihli, and Allison Kittinger

Oct 2019
Sound Education 2019

Audio and the Academic Career

Panelist

Sep 2019
International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics 2019

Mathematical Biology and Systematic Mathematical Research Analysis

Sep 2019
International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics 2019

Sleeping Beauties in Mathematical Research

Jul 2019
Great Lakes Science Bootcamp 2019

What 117 years of aging data tells us about Mathematics Collections Development

Jun 2019
LG&TBQ

Panel on Non-Faculty Mathematical Careers

Panelist

Jun 2019
Special Libraries Association Annual Conference 2019

Measuring Similarity Between Mathematics Research & its References Using Bibliographic Coupling

May 2019
Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community Conference 2019

Mathematics 6=Science: A study in citation rates over time

Nov 2018
Sound Education 2018

Cycle of Mathematics: Development to Publication to Inspiration

Nov 2018
Annual MathsJam Gathering 2018

The long tail of mathematical citations

Aug 2018
GeoDeepDive Workshop

Playing with Mathematical Topic Modeling

Jul 2018
Girls Talk Math University of Maryland, College Park

Storytelling in the Mathematical Domain



Jun 2018
ComSciCon 2018

Relatively Prime — A Podcast Story in 3 Seasons

Jun 2018
Code4Lib Midwest 2018

PodcastRE Not Podcatcher: Archiving Podcasts for Research

Jan 2018
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2018

Word Problems from the Mid-1800s to Now: A Textbook Survey

Jan 2017
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2017

Outside the Equation — Exploring Alternative Forms of Mathematical Communication

Panel Convener

Jan 2017
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2017

What We Talk About When We Talk About Mathematics

Panel Convener

Nov 2011
Mathematics Department University of Arkansas

Tell More Stories: Why We Need More Storytelling in Mathematics

Nov 2010
IMA Early Career Mathematicians Conference

Mathematical Podcasting

With Peter Rowlett

Nov 2010
University of Leicester Math Society & University of Birmingham Math Society

Bacon, Small-Worlds, and Your Important Friends: Social Network Theory Explained

With Peter Rowlett

Nov 2010
University of Greenwich Math Society

Maths and Computing History Tour of Nottingham

With Peter Rowlett

Aug 2010
Math Fest 2010

Auditory Mathematics: Podcasting as Mathematical Outreach

Jan 2010
Joint Mathematics Meetings 2010

Mathematics and the Internet: The Impact of New Media on a Discipline

40th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing

Zero-Sum Magic and Null Sets of Planar Graphs

Digital Projects

2021-Present
LibFails.com

LibFails:A Website for Anonymous Library Failures

Co-Creator with Miranda Marraccini

2019-Present
MediaHist.org/

Media History Digital Library

Database (PostgreSQL and SOLR) and Backend (Python and Blacklight) Developer

2005-2008
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Bachelor of Science: Mathematics

  (Minor: Humanistic Studies)

2017-2019
Podcastre.org

PodcastRE

Database (PostgreSQL and SOLR) and Full Stack (Python and Symfony) Developer

Podcasts and Audio

2022
NYU Bobst Library ”Rule No Five,”

RadLib Call Numbers Station


Artist Contributor to NYU Bobst Library ”Rule No Five,” Installation
Created and Curated by Amanda Belantara and Ashley Maynor

2012-Current
RelPrime.com

Relatively Prime: Stories from the Mathematical Domain

Host & Producer

2005-2008
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Bachelor of Science: Mathematics

  (Minor: Humanistic Studies)

2021-Current
LibFails.com/Podcast

Library Fail Confessions

Editor & Producer

2021
The Connection 2021

The New Sound of Libraries

Artist Contributor to The Connection 2021

2015-2017
TheOtherHalf.AcmeScience.com

The Other Half

Executive Producer & Editor

2009-2016
AcmeScience.com

Strongly Connected Components

Host & Producer

2015
Prx.org

3 Letter Met on Broom Bridge

Reporter and Producer

2012-2015
AcmeScience.com

Science Sparring Society

Host, Producer, & Writer

2010-2013
Pulse-Project.org

Math/Maths

Co-presenter with Peter Rowlett

2009-2011
AcmeScience.com

Combinations and Permutations

Producer & Host

Video

2011
YouTube.com

Math/Maths History Tour of Nottingham

Co-Writer and Co-Presenter (with Peter Rowlett), Director, and Edito

Service

University of Michigan

  • 2019–2022 Co-Chair/Member – Library Diversity Council
    • Co-Chair for 2021–2022 term
    • Subcommittees: Policing in the Library, Discussion Group, Programming & Curriculum, Elections, Operating Agreement,
      Inclusive Interpersonal Communication
  • 2021–2022 Project Mentor – Lab of Geometry (Michigan)
    • Mentor for Temporal Dynamics of the Network of Mathematics Sub-disciplines (Winter 2022)
    • Winter 2021 Co-Mentor with Tim Ryan for Quantifying Gerrymandering in Michigan (Winter 2021)
      Winner of 2021 Pamela J. MacKintosh Undergraduate Team Library Research Award
      2021 Member – Library Analytics Taskforce
  • 2021 Member – Text and Data Mining Advisory Group
  • 2021 Project Client – University of Michigan School of Information
    • Podcast Archive Submissions for PodcastRE.org (Winter 2021 SI 699: Digital Curation)
  • 2019–2021 Member – Digital Scholarship Service Team
    • Subcommittees: Text and Data Mining, Programming and Curriculum, Tools & Infrastructure
  • 2019–2021 Member – Instructor College Steering Committee
  • 2019–2021 Member – Mathematics Department Learning Community for Inclusive Teaching
    • Summer 2019 Book Discussion Facilitator: Inventing the Mathematician
  • 2019–2020 Member – Pamela J. MacKintosh Undergraduate Research Award

Professional

  • 2021 Member – Committee on Permissions
    International Mathematics Union
  • 2021 Co-Chair – Conference Organizing Committee
    Science Librarians Collaborative
  • 2020–2021 Co-Convener – Mathematics Roundtable
    Special Libraries Association Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics Community (SLA PAM)
  • 2019–2021 Member – Writing Team
    League of Awesome Librarians
  • 2020–2021 Member – PAM Transition Taskforce
    SLA PAM
  • 2019–2021 Member – Hot Topics Committee
    Association of College & Research Libraries Science and Technology Section (ACRL STS)
  • 2019–2020 Member – Future of PAM Taskforce
    SLA PAM
  • 2019 Reviewer – Mathematics bibliography
    Resources for College Libraries
  • 2018 Member – Writing Team
    Hack Library School