Students

Current PhD Students (Principal Advisor)

Sid Cook, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027

, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Expected to graduate in Spring 2028

, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027

, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027

, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Expected to graduate in Spring 2027

Graduated PhD Students (Principal Advisor)

Dipto Das, CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 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 ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½

Ellen Simpson, CU ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 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, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Computer Science
  • Elias Greendorfer, University of Washington
  • Temi Olorunsogo, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½
  • Deepika Rama Subramanian, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½

Past Dissertation/Thesis Committees (by graduation date)

  • Tajanae Harris, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2026
  • Laurie Lawson, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2026
  • Erin Robinson, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2025
  • Katy Weathington, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 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, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2025
  • Samantha Dalal, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2025
  • Shamika Klassen, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2024
  • Madelyn Zander, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2024
  • Janghee Cho, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, Defended in 2023
  • Shiva Darian, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 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, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 2023-2025
  • Kendall Fronabarger, ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½, 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)