He teaches, publishes and conducts research on the uptake and use of information and communication technologies by small groups in medium to large scale sociotechnical systems; from Facebook, to online course systems. Sean conceptualizes “group informatics” as a methodological approach and ontology (Goggins et al, 2013) for making sense of the interactions between people in medium to large scale social computing environments. Sean spent 12 years as a software engineering and architect in industries ranging from medical devices to online publishing before pursuing his Ph.D. After four years at Drexel University in Philadelphia, he moved to Missouri in the fall of 2013, where he as continued to get his work funded, and launched a new masters degree program in data science in the fall of 2016.