ABout

I'm an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, and Sociology, by courtesy.

I research and write about digital inequalities, work, and culture. My book, Left to Our Own Devices (Oxford, 2022) examines the ways that digital technologies play an increasingly important role in the lives of precarious workers, far beyond the gig economy apps like Uber and Lyft. I have my PhD in sociology from the University of Virginia, was a post-doc and am now a Faculty Affiliate at the Data & Society Research Institute. I’m an inaugural distinguished fellow at the Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication, core faculty at the Center on Digital Culture and Society, and an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. I'm also a graduate of Wellesley College, and a third generation teacher. You can find my work in the Journal of Communication, New Media & Society, Information, Communication, and Society, as well as Wired, Dissent, and FastCompany.

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