A watercolor of Sam. Sam is a white male with glasses and brown hair, he is sitting in a chair in an orange sweater, and is gesturing in a "hello, come sit with me" kind of way

Hello! Sam Ankenbauer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information, advised by Robin Brewer. Sam’s work is grounded in computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and science and technology studies (STS). His research predominantly focuses on older adults and aging, infrastructure studies, and accessibility and uses a mixture of interpretivist methods, including interviews, ethnography, cultural probes, document analysis, and diary study methods. His current work focuses on what happens after an older adult endures a scam.