Doctoral Students — Journalism, Media and Culture

Sanna is interested in politics of platforms and the civic good – specifically, she studies privatization of digitally-supported infrastructure and its implications on inequalities of access and distribution.

Fitzgerald’s interests focus on media and democratic theory, with a specific focus on the intersection of national security discourse and democratic legitimacy.

Katsanevas takes a critical approach to blending journalism and technology studies. He seeks to understand how technology in journalism can reveal – and conceal – structures of power distribution.

Nagy’s research interests include the history of interfaces, technological rhetorics and the expression of political and social values in media design, and the rearticulation of emergent technologies by end user populations.

Varma studies the connection between solidarity, social justice, and American journalism. Varma’s current research studies the representation of homeless people in journalism, and its implications for social justice. 

Morgan N. Weiland is an attorney and PhD candidate at Stanford University specializing in speech, press, and technology law and ethics. She is the first student to pursue a joint degree program at Stanford Law School, where she received her J.D. in 2015, and Stanford’s Communication Department, where she is a Ph.D. candidate. 

Zou is interested in critical theory and cultural studies, particularly issues related to the politics of representation, the workings of ideology, and the affective dimension of digital media production and user participation.