Coye Vernon Cheshire

Who is Coye Vernon Cheshire?

Coye Cheshire is an assistant professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information (ISchool). His focuses on how various forms of exchange are produced and maintained on the Internet, and more broadly, in computer-mediated exchanges. Since computer-mediated environments often prevent us from using the social cues that we rely on in other forms of social interaction, these situations provide a unique and fascinating setting for studying the development of social phenomena. He is a technology advocate and self-admitted computer and information technology enthusiast, so his attraction to sociology and the Internet, media, and computer-mediated communication became a natural blend of personal and professional pursuits.

His current research topics include: (1) the formation of trust and cooperation in interpersonal online interactions, (2) the role of information as the object of social exchange, (3) the emergence of social exchange networks, and (4) the production of collective goods and the role of social incentives in online environments.