If you are a prospective Ph.D. student and would like to work with me: You should apply and be admitted to the UMSI PhD program. You are encouraged to include my name as a potential advisor in your application.
I also enjoy working with motivated undergraduate and master's students. If you are a current undergraduate or master's student at U-M (including beyond UMSI) and would like to work with me: Please read at least one of my publications. Then write 1-2 reflection paragraphs and summarize the article in your own words, stating what you found most interesting, and describing how you might extend this work.
Alternatively, if you are set on exploring a particular research question, please write an email that very clearly describes your thoughts as to why that question is important and how you think we could work together. What you write about will not necessarily be what you may work on with me, but this exercise allows me to understand your thought process, and assess whether there is a good fit between my work and your interests. Once you have done so, please email me and include your reflection paragraph(s), CV, and transcripts.
If you would like to request a letter of recommendation from me, please fill out this form. Then email me to let me know that you have done so.
These are the fantastic people I have had or currently have the privilege of working with.
Doctoral Students
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
PhD Students
Cassidy Pyle
She/her/hers
Interests: social media, social support, information seeking, marginalization, stigma, privacy
Co-advised by Nicole Ellison
PhD Students
Kathryn Roemmich
She/her/hers
Interests: technoethics, information law and privacy rights, usable and accessible privacy design, bias in emerging technologies
Co-advised by Florian Schaub
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Kristen Barta, Ph.D.
She/her/hers
Ph.D in Communication, University of Washington
Interests: social media visibility and vulnerability; disclosure and privacy; social media affordances; online social support
kristenbarta.com
Postdoctoral Research Fellows
Karen Boyd
She/her/hers
Soon to be Ph.D, Information Studies, University of Maryland, College Park
Interests: how technologists work with and think about values and ethics, particularly the builders of machine learning algorithms; how organizational and occupational dynamics might influence those beliefs and practices; nudging technologies that may become AGI toward alignment with human interests
karenboyd.org
Masters Students
Kristen Bowen
She/her/hers
Ph.D, Information Science, UNC Chapel Hill
Interests: social media, user experience, health, accessibility, marginalized groups, stigma, information behavior
Masters Students
Dan Delmonaco
He/him/his
Interests: health information practices, LGBTQ+ health, sex education, science and technology studies
Masters Students
Gabriel Grill
He/him/his
Interests: critical studies of algorithms, data and infrastructure, surveillance and resistance studies, sociology of risk, time and welfare
Masters Students
Nadia Karizat
She/her/hers
M.S., Health Informatics; M.S., Urban and Regeonal Planning
Interests: population health, collective memory, urban social movements, health informatics, trauma-informed/inclusive technologies
Masters Students
Emily Sartorius
She/her/hers
Project: voice assistants and privacy
Former Student Collaborators
Cameron Giniel
He/him/his
Interests: social media, social media’s role in labor organizing, social computing, human-computer interaction, sustainable technologies
Wei Li
She/her/hers
Interests: disclosure, narrative, social media, interactive storytelling
Ky Wojciechowski
She/her/hers
Interests: health services access especially for marginalized and underserved communities
Justin Buss
He/him/his
Interests: gender, social media, identity formation and management, information behaviors
Other Student Collaborators
Madison Flood
She/her/hers
Interests: mental health, social computing, privacy, technology
Sarah Lynch
She/her/hers
B.S., Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience
Interests: mental health, suicide prevention, social support, social media, neuropsychology
Rocío Cuesta Camuñas
She/her/hers
B.S., Political Science, Creative Writing
Interests: pregnancy loss and social media, Puerto Rico
Annabelle Angus
She/her/hers
Interests: technology for good, organizations
Joyce Ho
She/her/hers
B.S. Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience; Gender and Health
Interests: mental health, stigma, population health, and technology
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