https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8429-7697I am a team builder and strategic leader, a former librarian with an interdisciplinary academic background, and I am excited about the open future of knowledge. I also have an undying love for the academic study of contemporary popular (sub)culture.
Some brief details:
- I recently left the higher education industry to work in user experience, and I am enjoying it very much.
- My 1 page resume is here (PDF)
- My longer resume is here (PDF)
- My CV is here
- I was a Fulbright Scholar in the winter of 2018-2019. My project focused on understanding open science policies and infrastructure in the EU and was hosted by Maastricht University Libraries in The Netherlands and the Royal Danish Library/University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
- My career began at Florida State University, also my alma mater thrice over, where I founded the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship.
Highlights:
- I was an invited Panelist for Knowledge Between the Physical Place and the Virtual Space. Hosted by Fulbright Germany and Fulbright Israel, 29 June, 2021, Online.
- I gave the presentation, Planning for Plan S: a perspective from across the pond during Open Access Week at Cambridge University Libraries, 24 Oct., 2019, Cambridge, UK.
- I served as a Guest Facilitator for the (virtual) eLife Innovation Sprint (2020)
Biographical sketch:
Micah joined the All of Us Research Program Office of User Experience in March 2022 and was promoted to Team Lead in February 2023. Micah started his career as a librarian at Florida State University, then joined North Carolina State University’s Open Knowledge Center to develop and advance open science and public scholarship. At NC State he led a team of developers, designers, and researchers to launch products and initiatives, like a cohort-based research development incubator, a series of digital stained glass windows from the #metoo movement, an online publication about the culture, history, and science behind the foods you have at home, and HTML publishing workflows for academic journals. He also served as the Lead Principal Investigator for a $414,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant and was a Fulbright Scholar in 2018.
Micah holds a Masters in Library and Information Studies (M.L.I.S), an M.A. in American and Florida Studies, and a B.A. in Humanities, all from Florida State University.
Based in Raleigh, Micah and his family enjoy soccer, camping, hiking, movies, and music. Micah competed in the 2005 World Beard and Mustache Championships and is the reigning Mr. Tattooed Tallahassee.