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I am a doctoral student at Indiana University in the Department of Telecommunications. My studies focus on identifying and analyzing cultural and social forces that have become visible in designed artifacts like communication technologies. I approach my studies with the understanding that technology can be best understood as a product of a specific historical, cultural and social environment.
Six years of work at an independent telecommunications company and countless hours using media design software programs have initiated my interest in digital media. This interest grew as I began building interactive media systems as a Masters student. These systems were designed to explore notions of social accessibility by allowing physical movements to control mediated content.
My doctoral research program aims to better understand what some have described as the post-industrial androgenization of the workforce. New technologies play an important role in this trend. I am interested in exploring the ways this macro social trend is made visible, contested and experienced by a group of female technological experts who often circulate both within and outside of traditional workspace networks. In particular, I am interested in how understanding the experiences of female hackers might broaden our understanding of gender, technology and the workforce in general.
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