OLIVER L.
HAIMSON,
Ph.D.

Associate Professor



TOOLS & RESOURCES
OUR TEAM CREATED




CRIT LAB
The Community Research on Identity and Technology (CRIT) Lab research group conducts research to examine how marginalized individuals and communities use social technologies and how they envision future technologies, often during times of identity transition, so that we can understand how to design technology that is more equitable and has potential to improve people’s lives.

Prospective students: I am on sabbatical during the 2025-2026 academic year, so I will not be able to take on new mentees at this time. I am not currently planning to admit PhD students for the foreseeable future.

   
lab photo fall 2024!
back: Ben, Oliver, Kat, Francesca. middle: Aloe, Mel, Samuel, Josh. front: Senami, Denny, Ria, Hibby.

   

PhD Students

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

Senami Kojah
PhD Candidate, co-advised by Kentaro Toyama
pronouns: she/her
research interests: genAI, content moderation, marginalized populations, social media, disinformation, censorship, authoritarianism, digital surveillance, human rights in the Global South

Francesca Lameiro
PhD student, co-advised by Eric Gilbert
pronouns: he/him
research interests: online communities, social media, transgender studies, social computing

Samuel Mayworm
PhD student, co-advised by Michaelanne Thomas
pronouns: he/him
research interests: HCI, content moderation, social media and computing, folk theories, trans studies, online communities

Denny Starks
PhD Candidate, co-advised by Tawanna Dillahunt
pronouns: they/them
research interests: LGBTQIA+ safety, BIPOC safety, online communities, social computing, identities, underserved communities, transgender studies, trans joy, resilience and communities

Hibby Thach
PhD student, co-advised by Michaelanne Thomas
pronouns: she/her
research interests: content moderation, QTPOC experiences, multi-marginalization, gaming, HCI, trans technologies, live-streaming

   

Project Manager

Aloe DeGuia
CRIT Lab Project Manager; Researcher; Masters Student, Health Informatics
pronouns: she/they
research interests: trans healthcare, trans technologies, multi-marginalization, QTPOC experiences

   

Visiting Researcher

Mel Monier
Researcher; PhD student at UM Dept. of Communication & Media
pronouns: she/they
research interests: trans media studies, digital media and digital labor, identities (particularly race, gender, sexuality) and embodiment

       

Alumni


Kat Brewster
Lecturer,
University of
Michigan

Dan Delmonaco
Reference and
Instruction Librarian,
Mount Sinai

Avery Everhart
Assistant Professor,
University of
British Columbia

Ben Zefeng Zhang
Assistant Professor,
Stony Brook
University
   

Taika
Augustaitis

Justin Buss

AJ Carter

Shanley
Corvite

O (Ollie)
Downs

Dykee Gorrell

Jasmine
Glover

Oliver Higgins

Shruti Jain

F. Ria Khan

Hayden Le

Shannon Li

Kimberly
Liang

Alexxus Lige

Tianxiao
(Sharol) Liu

Malaya
Mañacop

Kai Nham

Peipei Nie

Christian
Paneda

Virginia
Pollock

Anushka
Raheja

Caoyang
Shen

Shakira Smith

Lingbo Wang

Andrea
Wegner

Zu Weinger

Brookelyn
Wheeler