RESEARCH TEAM
Prospective students:
If you are a prospective PhD student interested in working with me, please apply
to the UMSI PhD program. If you are a current UM masters student or undergraduate
student interested in working with me, please email me with your CV/resume and research interests.
I am particularly interested in working with students who want to conduct research on
trans technologies
Postdoc
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Avery Everhart
Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Research Investigator
pronouns: she/her
research interests: geographic information systems, transgender studies, demography & population health, health informatics, human rights, critical data studies
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PhD Students
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Dan Delmonaco
PhD Candidate
pronouns: they/them or he/him
research interests: LGBTQIA+ health, information practices, social media, critical algorithm studies, online resources for LGBTQIA+ young people's sex and sexual health information needs
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Josh Guberman
PhD Candidate, co-advised by Silvia Lindtner
pronouns: he/him
research interests: the intersections of critical disability studies, feminist science and technology studies, and computer-supported cooperative work
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Senami Kojah
PhD Student
pronouns: she/her
research interests: content moderation, marginalized populations, social media, disinformation, censorship, digital surveillance, human rights in the Global South
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Denny Starks
PhD Student, co-advised by Tawanna Dillahunt
pronouns: they/them
research interests: LGBTQIA+ safety, BIPOC safety, online communities, social computing, identities, underserved communities, transgender studies
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Ben Zefeng Zhang
PhD Student, co-advised by Michaelanne Thomas
pronouns: he/him
research interests: social media, platform labor & work, mobility & migration, life transitions, identity & marginality
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Project Manager
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Samuel Mayworm
Researcher and Project Manager
pronouns: he/him
research interests: preservation, archival practices, digital preservation, internet/social media preservation,
library policy, LGBTQ+ inclusion and equity in library and information spaces
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Visiting Researchers
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Mel Monier
Researcher; PhD student at UM Dept. of Communication & Media
pronouns: she/her or they/them
research interests: digital media; intersectional trans and queer feminisms;
gender, race, sexuality, and the body
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Kai Nham
Researcher; PhD student at UCLA
pronouns: he/him or they/them
research interests: LGBTQIA+, critical data studies, grassroots technologies and practices, social justice
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Hibby Thach
Researcher; Masters student at UIC, incoming PhD student at UMSI
pronouns: they/them
research interests: digital cultures/media, online identity, LGBTQIA+, mixed-race, HCI
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Masters Students
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Shannon Li
Masters Student, Information
pronouns: she/her or they/them
research interests: HCI, user experience and user interface design, product design,
accessibility, LGBTQ+, social impact/advocacy
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Caoyang Shen
Masters Student, Information
pronouns: he/him
research interests: HCI, user-generated content and digital media, LGBTQIA+, sex and sexuality, online censorship
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Undergraduate Students
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Aloe DeGuia
Undergraduate Student, Public Health
pronouns: she/her
research interests: LGBTQIA+ health, transgender health technologies, gender and decolonization, organizing and advocacy
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Andrea Wegner
Undergraduate Student, Information
pronouns: she/her
research interests: social media, user experience, social injustice
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Alumni
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haimson@umich.edu
@oliverhaimson
Oliver Haimson
Oliver Haimson
