Social & Cultural Studies

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Morgan G. Ames

Morgan Ames

Alumni (MIMS 2006)
Assistant Professor of Practice
Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science
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Jenna Burrell

Adjunct Professor
how systematically excluded communities adopt technology and adapt it to their needs, human control over algorithms, ethnography
Coye Cheshire

Coye Cheshire

Professor
Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange
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Eric T. Meyer

Dean & Chancellor’s Professor of Social Informatics
Social informatics, digital transformation, knowledge, data

Recent Publications

Differential Vulnerabilities and a Diversity of Tactics: What Toolkits Teach Us about Cybersecurity

We investigate cybersecurity toolkits, collections of public facing materials intended to help users achieve security online. We look at design dimensions of these toolkits, and investigate how the toolkits construct security as a value and how they construct people as (in)secure users.

Speculative Design in HCI: From Corporate Imaginations to Critical Orientations
When BCIs have APIs: Design Fictions of Everyday Brain-Computer Interface Adoption
Thinking Relationally About Digital Inequality in Rural America
Privacy, Disclosure, and Social Exchange Theory
Eliciting Values Reflections by Engaging Privacy Futures Using Design Workbooks
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Information and Society
'Connected Learning’ and the Equity Agenda: A Microsociology of Minecraft Play
These Aren't the Autonomous Drones You're Looking for: Investigating Privacy Concerns Through Concept Videos
Philosophy of Computational Social Science

Social & Cultural Studies news

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‘Our Muslim Voices’ Scholars Receive Facebook Research Award

Prof. Salehi was awarded $100K from Facebook Research to study how Muslim Americans adopt counter-narratives online, empowering and giving voice to an often denigrated population.

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COVID Shines a Light on Virtual Education

The sudden need for distance education relates to ongoing research by Prof. Jenna Burrell, Anne Jonas, Prof. Morgan G. Ames, who explore inequality and digitization in educational spaces.

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More Than A Number: How Users Interpret Neighborhood ‘Scores’

Associate Professor Jenna Burrell and Ph.D. student Elizabeth Resor Receive Google Faculty Award.

Hany Farid
Hany Farid: Google Is Not Cracking Down on the Most Dangerous Drug in America
Xiao Qiang
Xiao Qiang on the Chinese Response to George Floyd Protests
Hany Farid
All’s Clear for Deepfakes? Think Again.

Despite growing sentiments that deepfakes are the “dog that never barked,” Hany Farid believes the worst is yet to come.

Josh Blumenstock
Joshua Blumenstock Addresses Housing Insecurity in the Wake of COVID-19

Professor Josh Blumenstock is leading a team that has received a grant to investigate and address eviction spikes and displacement risks related to COVID-19.

Aditya Parameswaran
Aditya Parameswaran Builds App to Track the Impact of Distancing Measures
Hany Farid
Hany Farid Fights Back Against Coronavirus Misinformation

Prof. Farid: “Coronavirus misinformation is going to get a lot of people killed.”

Professor Coye Cheshire
Coye Cheshire: Google Skips April Fools’ Day amid Coronavirus