Adam Rusch
Teaching Assistant Professor
Room 218, 501 E. Daniel St.
Research focus
Intersections of technology, information, and society; online communities; blockchain networks; decentralized governance; and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs).
Biography
Adam Rusch is a teaching assistant professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research and teaching focus on the ways that people use information and communications technology to organize into groups and communities that build new products and knowledge artifacts. He is particularly active in research on blockchain governance and public engagement with blockchain communities and educational organizations.
Before joining the faculty full time, Rusch taught for the iSchool as an adjunct and worked as an e-learning specialist for the College of Education, where he administered the learning management system and consulted with instructors on available online tools. Rusch holds a PhD in education policy, organization and leadership; MS in library and information science; and MA in communication, all from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Purdue University, where he graduated from the Brian Lamb School of Communication.
Courses currently teaching
Office hours
By appointment