Students
Current PhD Students (Principal Advisor)
Sid Cook, University of Colorado Boulder, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027
Julia Dean, University of Colorado Boulder, Expected to graduate in Spring 2028
Matt Nicholson, University of Colorado Boulder, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027
Blakeley Hoffman Payne, University of Colorado Boulder, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027
Divyanshu Singh, University of Colorado Boulder, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027
Graduated PhD Students (Principal Advisor)
Dipto Das, CU Boulder, Defended in 2024
Post-graduation position: Postdoc at the University of Toronto
Dissertation: Identity Decolonization amid the Coloniality of Computing
Bryan Dosono, Syracuse University, Defended in 2019
Post-graduation position: Principal UX Researcher at Disney Streaming (previously Lead UX Researcher at eBay and UX Design Researcher at AirBnB)
Dissertation: Identity Work of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders on Reddit: Traversals of Deliberation, Moderation, and Decolonization
Lauren Britton, Syracuse University, Defended in 2017
Post-graduation position: Associate Professor at Ithaca College
Dissertation: Manifesting the Cyborg through Techno-Body Modification: From Human-Computer Interaction to IntegrationEllen Simpson, CU Boulder
Ellen Simpson, CU Boulder, Defended in 2024
Post-graduation position: Postdoc at the University of Virginia
Dissertation: Investigating Creative Labor: Sociotechnical Examinations of Creativity and Creative Labor in a Multi-Mediated, Plaformed, World
Qunfang Wu, Syracuse University, Defended in 2022
Post-graduation position: Harvard University, Research Fellow
Dissertation: Conversations About Crime: Re-Enforcing and Fighting Against Platformed Racism on Reddit
Current Dissertation/Thesis Committees (in alphabetical order)
- Latifa Al-Naimi, University of Colorado Boulder, Computer Science
- Elias Greendorfer, University of Washington
- Temi Olorunsogo, University of Colorado Boulder
- Deepika Rama Subramanian, University of Colorado Boulder
Past Dissertation/Thesis Committees (by graduation date)
- Tajanae Harris, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2026
- Laurie Lawson, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2026
- Erin Robinson, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2025
- Katy Weathington, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2025
- Alexander Owen Smith, Syracuse University, Defended in 2025
- Jean-Phillipe Rancy, Syracuse University, Defended in 2025
- Christy Khoury, Syracuse University, Defended in 2025
- Dylan Doyle-Burke, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2025
- Samantha Dalal, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2025
- Shamika Klassen, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2024
- Madelyn Zander, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2024
- Janghee Cho, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2023
- Shiva Darian, University of Colorado Boulder, Defended in 2023
- Isabel Muñoz, Syracuse University (previously served as Principal Advisor), Defended in 2023
- Sarah Bratt, Syracuse University, Defended in 2022 (now at Arizona State University)
- Taslima Akter, Indiana University Bloomington, Computer Science, Defended in 2022
- Sarika Sharma, Syracuse University, Defended in 2021
- Brennan Jones, University of Calgary, Computer Science, Defended in 2021
- Mahboobeh Harandi, Syracuse University, Defended in 2021 (now at Facebook)
- Feifei Zhang, Syracuse University, Left program in 2020 at Syracuse University
- Nata Barbosa, University of Illinois-Urbana Champagne, Defended in 2020 (now at Facebook)
- Ashley Walker, Northwestern University, Communication Studies, Defended in 2020
- Yaxing Yao, Syracuse University, Defended in 2020 (Postdoctoral Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University)
- Sara Douglas, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Computer Science, Left program in 2019 at UH Manoa
- Olga Boichak, Syracuse University, Defended in 2019 (Assistant Professor at the University of Sydney)
- Brian Dobreski, Syracuse University, Defended in 2018 (Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee)
- Corey Jackson, Syracuse University, Defended in 2018 (Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- Sikana (Mook) Tanupabrungsun, Syracuse University, Defended in 2018 (Microsoft)
- Jerry Lamont Robinson, Syracuse University, Defended in 2017 (Facebook Research)
- Fatima Espinoza-Vasquez, Syracuse University, Defended in 2016 (Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky)
- Misa Maruyama, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Computer Science, Defended in 2016
- Gabriel Mugar, Syracuse University, Defended in 2016 (Berkman Klein Center)
- Matt Willis, Syracuse University, Defended in 2016 (Postdoctoral Scholar at Oxford Internet Institute)
- Min-Chun Ku, Syracuse University, Defended in 2015
- John D’Ignazio, Syracuse University, Defended in 2015
- Keith Brand, Syracuse University, Defended in 2014
BAM Students (Principal Advisor)
- Daniel Sullivan, University of Colorado Boulder, 2023-2025
- Kendall Fronabarger, University of Colorado Boulder, 2022-2024
Master’s Student Research Advisees
- Dhwani Rekhang Gandhi, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2019-2021
- Ben Zefeng Zhang, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2018-2020 (PhD student at the University of Michigan and now an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook)
- Abhishek Sing, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2018-2020
- Elias B. Greendorfer, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2018-2019 (PhD student at the University of Washington)
- Ginger Star Peterman, Syracuse University, Master’s/PhD Student Researcher, 2017-2018
- Kirti Sharma, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2017-2018
- Kobina Tetty, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2017-2019
- Karen Hawkinson, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2016-2017 (User Experience Designer at Cornell University)
- Matthew McReynolds, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2016
- Charles Preuss, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2016
- Andrew Rodriguez, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2016
- Winston McCarty, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2015-2017
- Xuezhu Sun, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2015-2016
- Dara DeGennaro, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2015 (Usability Engineer at Upstate Medical Center)
- Trisha Saxena, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2015 (Analyst at Ernst and Young)
- Billy Ceskavich, Syracuse University, Master’s Student Researcher, 2014-2015 (Full Stack Engineer at VOX Media)
Undergraduate Student Research Advisees
- Andrew Hamann, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2019-2021 (PhD student at University of California, Irvine)
- Louisa Williams, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2019-2021 (PhD student at the University of Michigan)
- Julia Fontana, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2019
- Richard M Levychin Jr., Syracuse University, Undergraduate Researcher, 2019
- Canella Corrales, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2018-2019
- James Lu, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2018-2019
- Kelly James Bova, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2017
- Laura Bratt, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2017
- Nicole Valinote, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2017
- Sawyer Block, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2016
- Isabella Corieri, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2016 (PhD student at Syracuse University School of Information Studies)
- Jay Getman, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2015
- Nicholas Lehrman, Syracuse University, Undergraduate Student Researcher, 2015
- Heather Faucett, University of Hawaii at Manoa, NSF Undergraduate Student Research Opportunity, 2012-2014 (Formerly a PhD student at University of California Irvine)