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
one or both of the following topics: 1) designing trans technologies
2) social media content moderation and marginalized populations.
PhD Students
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Dan Delmonaco
PhD Student
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 Student, 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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Ben Zefeng Zhang
PhD Student, co-advised by Michaelanne Thomas Dye
pronouns: he/him
research interests: life transitions, marginalization, online identity, HCI, information communication technologies & development (ICTD)
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Visiting Researchers
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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
pronouns: they/them
research interests: digital cultures/media, online identity, LGBTQIA+, mixed-race, HCI
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Masters Students
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Samuel Mayworm
Masters Student, Information
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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Christian Paneda
Masters Student, Information
pronouns: he/him
research interests: HCI, interaction design, user interface design, product design, accessibility, social impact
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Undergraduate Students
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Shanley Corvite
Undergraduate Student, Information
pronouns: she/her
research interests: social media, user experience
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Aloe DeGuia
Undergraduate Student, Public Health
pronouns: she/her or they/them
research interests: LGBTQIA+ health, transgender health technologies, gender and decolonization, organizing and advocacy
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Shannon Li
Undergraduate 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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Andrea Wegner
Undergraduate Student, Psychology
pronouns: she/her
research interests: social media, user experience, social injustice
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Alumni

Taika Augustaitis |

Justin Buss |

AJ Carter |

O (Ollie) Downs |

Dykee Gorrell |

Jasmine Glover |

Oliver Higgins |

Hayden Le |

Kimberly Liang |

Alexxus Lige |

Tianxiao (Sharol) Liu |

Peipei Nie |

Virginia Pollock |

Shakira Smith |

Denny Starks |

Lingbo Wang |

Zu Weinger |

Brookelyn Wheeler |
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