Inna Kouper is Associate Scientist at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Data Analyst at the Center for Survey Research and Senior Research Fellow at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research focuses on emerging technologies, digital media, and data practices. Dr. Kouper earned a PhD in sociology from the Institute of Sociology, Moscow, Russia in 2001, and a PhD in information science from Indiana University in 2011. She has published extensively on topics related to knowledge production and digital technologies, including hypertext, biotechnology, big data, data curation, and social media. Her current projects explore digital narratives of resistance and intellectual history of interdisciplinary scientific domains. Dr. Kouper is an active member of professional organizations including the Research Data Alliance (RDA), the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), and the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM). She teaches a course "Data management, access, and use of big and complex data" and mentors students underrepresented in STEM.