Social & Cultural Studies

Related Faculty

Morgan Ames

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Alumni (MIMS 2006)

Science and technology studies; computer-supported cooperative work and social computing; education; anthropology; youth technocultures; ideology and inequity; critical data science

Jenna Burrell

Associate Professor

how marginalized communities adapt technology, algorithmic fairness and opacity, human control over algorithms, ethnography

Coye Cheshire

Professor

Trust, social exchange, social psychology, and information exchange

Paul Duguid

Adjunct Professor

The concept of information; the history of information; the history of "technocracy"; critical information studies.

Recent Publications

An Examination of Language Use in Online Dating Profile

Jul 7, 2009

Social & Cultural Studies news

‘Our Muslim Voices’ Scholars Receive Facebook Research Award

Jul 20, 2020

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.

COVID Shines a Light on Virtual Education

Jul 7, 2020

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’

Jun 22, 2020

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

Hany Farid: Google Is Not Cracking Down on the Most Dangerous Drug in America

Jun 11, 2020

Xiao Qiang on the Chinese Response to George Floyd Protests

Jun 3, 2020

All’s Clear for Deepfakes? Think Again.

May 11, 2020

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

Aditya Parameswaran Builds App to Track the Impact of Distancing Measures

May 1, 2020

Hany Farid Fights Back Against Coronavirus Misinformation

Apr 16, 2020

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

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

May 1, 2020

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.

Coye Cheshire: Google Skips April Fools’ Day amid Coronavirus

Apr 1, 2020