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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Kat Brewster
incoming Postdoctoral Research Fellow
pronouns: she/they
research interests: TBD
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PhD Students
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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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Francesca Lameiro
incoming PhD Student, co-advised by Eric Gilbert
pronouns: he/him
research interests: online communities, social media, transgender studies, social computing
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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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Hibby Thach
incoming PhD student, co-advised by Michaelanne Thomas
pronouns: they/she
research interests: digital cultures/media, online identity, LGBTQIA+, mixed-race, HCI
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Ben Zefeng Zhang
PhD Candidate, 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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F. Ria Khan
Researcher; PhD student at UC Irvine Dept. of Informatics
pronouns: they/them
research interests: HCI, disruptive play, embodied interaction, critical design,
and design justice all to leverage for socio-technical inquiry and participation of PoC and LGBTQIA2+ communities
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Malaya Mañacop
Researcher
pronouns: she/her
research interests: trans health, trans technologies, HCI, digital therapeutics,
digital safety, LGBTQIA+ health policy, HIV/AIDS intervention, trauma-informed care, healing justice
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Mel Monier
Researcher; PhD student at UM Dept. of Communication & Media
pronouns: she/they
research interests: digital media; intersectional trans and queer feminisms;
gender, race, sexuality, and the body
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Masters Student
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Aloe DeGuia
Masters Student, Health Informatics
pronouns: she/her
research interests: LGBTQIA+ health, transgender health technologies, gender and decolonization, organizing and advocacy
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Alumni
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[my last name] at umich dot edu
Oliver Haimson
@transtechnologies
@oliverhaimson
Oliver Haimson
