CURRENT AFFILIATES
JAMIE COOLEY
Jamie A. Cooley (she/they) is a PhD student in the Media, Technology, and Society program, advised by Dr. AJ Christian and a part of Dr. Moya Bailey’s Digital Apothecary Lab. Research interests include the impacts of algorithms, social media use by creators within the intersections of queer and Black or brown identities, digital Black resilience, and digital poetry communities. Creative interests include writing poetry based around mental health awareness/advocacy within the Black community and making video essays.
PAST AFFILIATES
CHELSEA PETERSON-SALAHUDDIN
Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin is a University of Michigan President’s Postdoctoral Fellow/Incoming Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan School of Information. Her research focuses on the culturally specific ways marginalized communities, most often Black women, femmes, and queer folks engage with mass and digital communications technologies to seek information, produce knowledge, and build community, as well as ways the infrastructure of these technologies help these communities to overcome or continue to replicate systemic barriers to equity. Her research has been published in the peer-reviewed journals Critical Studies in Media Communication, New Media and Society, and Social Media + Society.
Chelsea received her MA and Ph.D. in Media, Technology, and Society from Northwestern University, and her BA in Political Science and Media Studies from Vassar College. Before pursuing a career in academia, Chelsea worked at CBS This Morning as an Editorial Producer. During her tenure at CBS, Chelsea received a Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award, which recognizes exceptional professional journalism, for her role in the network’s coverage of pharmaceutical companies' price hikes on EpiPens.
Twitter: @ChelsSalahuddin
NICOLE ERINE MORSE
Nicole Erin Morse is an Assistant Professor of Multimedia Studies and Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University. Their book, Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art, was published by Duke University Press in 2022, and their research has also been published in Discourse, Jump Cut, Feminist Media Studies, Porn Studies, and elsewhere.
SCOTT ALLEN CAMBO
Scott Cambo is a human-centered data scientist and graduate of the Technology and Social Behavior PhD program at Northwestern University. He works on Responsible AI, Human-AI Interaction, and Machine Learning for Intersubjective Concepts.
REY TANG
Rey Tang got her start in making short films with her friends in high school. In her senior year, she won the National Medal from Scholastic Arts and Writing. She then moved to the midwest for film school at Northwestern University. Upon graduating, Rey began work as a Marketing/Client Relations Associate at Camera Ambassador, a rental house in Chicago, while doing freelance film work and improvising at night/on weekends. No stranger to the hustle, Rey is excited to strike out on her own and work with other like-minded passionate creatives. She’s especially excited about work that is related to trans*, queer, and POC narratives. It’s her dream to one day tell stories that honor the communities she’s a part of. In her free time, you can find Rey searching for the best bite in Chicago or making photographs on 35mm film.