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Overview

Elizabeth M. Gerber is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily spans psychology, with a focus on developmental and educational psychology, education, computer science applications, mechanical engineering, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

Their scholarly work addresses a variety of topics within the broader fields of education and technology. Key areas of study include innovative teaching and learning methods, design education and practice, creativity in education and neuroscience, educational games and gamification, open source software innovations, product development and customization, and problem and project-based learning.

Elizabeth M. Gerber has published papers in several prominent venues, with a notable frequency in the following:

  • Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
  • Problems of fisheries
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Design Studies
  • Journal of Engineering Education

Their recent papers include:

  • The design risks framework: Understanding metacognition for iteration (2020, Design Studies)
  • Encouraging engineering design teams to engage in expert iterative practices with tools to support coaching in problem-based learning (2023, Journal of Engineering Education)
  • Intelligent Coaching Systems: Understanding One-to-many Coaching for Ill-defined Problem Solving (2023, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction)
  • CrowdFolio (2021, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction)
  • CROSSROADS-Designing Institutions for Applied Impact: Lessons from Engineering for Organizational Research (2025, Organization Science)

Collaborations have involved several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Matthew W. Easterday
  • Spencer E. Carlson
  • Daniel Rees Lewis
  • Evey Jiaxin Huang
  • G.E. Maslyankin

Best Publications

  • The future of crowd work

    Aniket Kittur;Jeffrey V. Nickerson;Michael Bernstein;Elizabeth Gerber

  • Crowdfunding: Motivations and deterrents for participation

    Elizabeth M. Gerber;Julie Hui

  • Understanding the role of community in crowdfunding work

    Julie S. Hui;Michael D. Greenberg;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Crowdfunding support tools: predicting success & failure

    Michael D. Greenberg;Bryan Pardo;Karthic Hariharan;Elizabeth Gerber

  • Next Steps for Human-Computer Integration

    Florian Floyd Mueller;Pedro Lopes;Paul Strohmeier;Wendy Ju

  • The psychological experience of prototyping

    Elizabeth M Gerber;Maureen Carroll

  • Design-Based Research Process: Problems, Phases, and Applications

    Matthew W. Easterday;Daniel Rees Lewis;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • The logic of design research

    Matthew Wayne Easterday;Daniel G. Rees Lewis;Elizabeth M Gerber

  • Combining crowdsourcing and learning to improve engagement and performance

    Mira Dontcheva;Robert R. Morris;Joel R. Brandt;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Affective computational priming and creativity

    Sheena Lewis;Mira Dontcheva;Elizabeth Gerber

  • Developing Makerspaces as Sites of Entrepreneurship

    Julie S. Hui;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • How Managers Use Multiple Media: Discrepant Events, Power, and Timing in Redundant Communication

    Paul M. Leonardi;Tsedal B. Neeley;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Learning to fail: experiencing public failure online through crowdfunding

    Michael D. Greenberg;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Priming for Better Performance in Microtask Crowdsourcing Environments

    R. R. Morris;M. Dontcheva;E. M. Gerber

  • A pilot study of using crowds in the classroom

    Steven Dow;Elizabeth Gerber;Audris Wong

  • Understanding and leveraging social networks for crowdfunding: opportunities and challenges

    Julie S. Hui;Elizabeth M. Gerber;Darren Gergle

  • Using improvisation to enhance the effectiveness of brainstorming

    Elizabeth Gerber

  • Improvisation principles and techniques for design

    Elizabeth Gerber

  • Critiki: A Scaffolded Approach to Gathering Design Feedback from Paid Crowdworkers

    Michael D. Greenberg;Matthew W. Easterday;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Women (Still) Ask For Less: Gender Differences in Hourly Rate in an Online Labor Marketplace

    Eureka Foong;Nicholas Vincent;Brent Hecht;Elizabeth M. Gerber

  • Opportunities for educational innovations in authentic project-based learning: understanding instructor perceived challenges to design for adoption

    Daniel G. Rees Lewis;Elizabeth M. Gerber;Spencer E. Carlson;Matthew W. Easterday

  • IntroAssist: A Tool to Support Writing Introductory Help Requests

    Julie S. Hui;Darren Gergle;Elizabeth M. Gerber

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Dow
Steven Dow University of California, San Diego
Darren Gergle
Darren Gergle Northwestern University
Michael S. Bernstein
Michael S. Bernstein Stanford University
Brian P. Bailey
Brian P. Bailey University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Aniket Kittur
Aniket Kittur Carnegie Mellon University
Matthew Lease
Matthew Lease The University of Texas at Austin
Jeffrey P. Bigham
Jeffrey P. Bigham Carnegie Mellon University
Jonathan Grudin
Jonathan Grudin University of Washington
Elizabeth F. Churchill
Elizabeth F. Churchill Google (United States)

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