Contact Information

Aleksandra Sarcevic, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Communication, Information and Library Studies
School of Communication and Information
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Voice: + 1 (732) 932 7500 ext. 8270
Fax: + 1 (732) 932 6916
E-mail: aleksarc [@] rutgers dot edu

Research Interests

Computer Supported Collaborative Work
Human-Computer Interaction
Health Informatics
Human Information Behavior

News & Events

News November 10, 2010: Excited about CSCW 2011 in Hangzhou, China! The paper I co-authored with Dr. Leysia Palen and Dr. Randall Burd on Coordinating Time-Critical Work with Role-Tagging got accepted! November 2, 2010: Our panel on Assessing the Practical Impact of Healthcare Research got accepted to the iConference 2011. Congratulations to my co-authors, Sharoda Paul, Brian Hilligoss and Peter Scupelli! See you all in Seattle! June 23, 2010: Our paper on the effects of size and location of vital signs monitors on trauma teamwork got accepted to AMIA 2010 to be held in Washington, DC. June 3, 2010: I joined the connectivIT lab directed by Dr. Leysia Palen at University of Colorado, Boulder as a Visiting Assistant Professor. I look forward to working with this awesome group of researchers and to an exciting year in Boulder! April 19, 2010: I've been accepted to the 3rd meeting of the Summer Institute for the Consortium for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems. December 15, 2009: Full paper on documentation practices in trauma resuscitation got accepted to CHI 2010 to be held in Atlanta, GA. December 7, 2009: Our research project got a bit of local, media coverage! The story appeared in Rutgers' Daily Targum. December 1, 2009: I started a six-month field study at Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC. September 21, 2009: Our NSF proposal entitled "Assessing Technology Requirements For Preventing Teamwork Errors in Safety-Critical Settings" got awarded. See Award Abstract. Collaborative research with CNMC and UMDNJ. August 28, 2009: I successfully defended my dissertation entitled "Understanding Teamwork in Trauma Resuscitation Through an Analysis of Team Errors." Thank you to my dissertation committee: Michael Lesk (advisor/chair), Marilyn Tremaine, Jeffrey Robinson and James Lin!

My Culture Mood

My Culture-Mood Radio: WNYC - New York Public Radio >> Book: The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs, 1993 >> Album: Nigel Kennedy and the Kroke Band, East Meets East, 2003 >> Movie: A Little Romance, George Roy Hill, 1979 >> What's Culture-Mood?

My Photo on a Whim

My Photo on a Whim Welcome highway sign, Colorado/Kansas state line (June 2010)