Doctoral Students — Journalism, Media and Culture
Sasha Alanoca
sachaa@stanford.edu
Sacha Alanoca's CV
Sacha's interdisciplinary research lies at the frontier of AI, public policy, and social justice. Her work particularly focuses on examining the role of AI governance and regulation in mitigating rising inequalities and power asymmetries driven by algorithmic systems.
Rachel Bergmann
Bergmann uses interpretive and archival methods to deeply and critically contextualize contemporary information technologies. Her research interests include histories of computing, feminist science and technology studies, and the cultural politics of AI and algorithmic systems.
Caitlin Burke
Burke is interested in user experience design, design ethics, and human-computer interaction.
Elizabeth Fetterolf
elizfett@stanford.edu
Elizabeth Fetterolf's CV
Fetterolf is interested in how care work technologies shape and are shaped by the ongoing crisis of care in the US, particularly as this relates to workplace and intimate surveillance.
Tomás Guarna
tguarna@stanford.edu
Tomás Guarna's CV
Guarna is interested in the new meanings of citizenship, trust, and legitimacy in the digital public sphere.
Marijn Mado
mnmado@stanford.edu
Marijn Mado's CV
Mado studies media literacy education. She uses ethnographic methods to explore the practices and epistemological assumptions that underlie the design and teaching of media literacy programs.
Reagan Ross
Reagan is interested in the intersections of race, gender, and new media and technology. She is also interested in understanding how new technology might be used to disrupt anti-Black racism.