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# GloTech Lab

Advancing Social Justice Through Critical Tech Research

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- [Home](https://glotechlab.net/) - for Social Justice Lab LEARN MORE The Global Technology for Social Justice Lab is a hub for engaged scholarship and action research at the intersection of critical tech studies and global studies. Our vision is to build a transnational trust network that offers whole-person support for scholars, policymakers, and activists practicing globally minded and community-driven
- [News & Events](https://glotechlab.net/newsevents/) - Stay up to date with GloTech Lab New Event! Smart As A City: The Politics of Test-Bed Urbanism Book Launch & PanelApril 27, 4-5:30 pmMass Amherst, ILC HUB (3rd Floor)in conversation with:Sareeta Amrute (Parsons, The New School) Jonathan Corpus Ong (UMass Amherst) Timothy Pachirat (UMass Amherst) Learn More The Phoenix of Gaza XR Virtual Reality
- [Team](https://glotechlab.net/team/) - Team Seyram Avle Lab Director Burcu Baykurt Research Lead Martha Fuentes-Bautista Community Lead Heesoo Jang Jonathan Corpus Ong Weiai "Wayne" Xu Graduate Fellows Marco Trigoso Aching Jade Jiewen Deng Adrian Godboldt Yena Kang Jihye Kim JM Lanuza Yelim Lee Larri Miller Lizhen Zhao Affiliates Mari Castaneda Brendan O'Connor Kathy Roberts-Forde Ethan Zuckerman Jinxia Niu Odanga
- [Thales Lelo](https://glotechlab.net/thales-lelo/) - Thales Lelo Research Lead Thales Lelo is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Communication at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. He is also a Researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology in Informational Disputes and Sovereignties in Brazil and a Faculty Affiliate at the Shorenstein Center on Media,
- [Events: Global Africa as Method: Examining Fashion in Africa and African Fashion(s)](https://glotechlab.net/events-global-africa-as-method-examining-fashion-in-africa-and-african-fashions/) - EVENT Global Africa as Method: Examining Fashion in Africa and African Fashion(s) Prof. Tommy Tse, Associate Professor University of Amsterdam; Visiting Fellow Harvard University and USC Annenberg Date: March 6, 1:30-3pmLocation: UMass Amherst, ILC HUB (3rd Floor) RSVP Abstract“‘Africa’ can mean many things… there are thus multiple Africas, including regions, diverse politics and economies, and some 2,140
- [Jinxia Niu](https://glotechlab.net/jinxia-niu/) - Jinxia Niu Jinxia Niu is the Program Manager of Digital Engagement at Chinese for Affirmative Action (CAA) in San Francisco, where she leads pioneering efforts to combat online disinformation in Chinese-speaking communities. For the past two years, she has partnered with GloTech on action research projects aimed at countering the spread of falsehoods among Asian
- [Odanga Madung](https://glotechlab.net/odanga-madung/) - Odanga Madung Odanga Madung is a Kenyan data journalist and researcher whose work exposes how technology reshapes power, democracy, and public accountability. He is also the co-founder and Managing Director of Odipo Dev, a Nairobi-based impact and media advisory firm, where he leads groundbreaking inquisitions into political participation and consumer affairs across Africa. A former
- [Contact Us](https://glotechlab.net/contactus/) - Contact Us Follow us on social media Instagram If you wish to message the leadership, please use the form below Name Email Message Send
- [Events: Meet the Funders](https://glotechlab.net/events-meet-the-funders/) - PUBLIC LECTURE "Meet the Funders" An Afternoon with NSF & SSRC Program Officers March 29, Friday; 1PM-3PM In Person: Integrative Learning Center N345 Zoom option: Register: tinyurl.com/GloTechFunders Christine Leuenberger (NSF, Social and Economic Sciences) Molly Laas (SSRC, Media & Democracy Program) Cataline Vallejo (SSRC, Just Tech) Discussion & Q&A about funding opportunities For inquiries, email
- [Events: Book talk: Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order.](https://glotechlab.net/events-book-talk-talking-back-to-the-west-how-turkey-uses-counter-hegemony-to-reshape-the-global-communication-order/) - PUBLIC LECTURE Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order. Prof. Bilge YesilOctober 11, Friday, 12-1PMCOMM HUB, 3/F ILC, UMass Amherst GloTech Lab hosts Prof. Bilge Yesil and celebrates her pathbreaking new book, Talking Back to the West: How Turkey Uses Counter-Hegemony to Reshape the Global Communication Order. Prof.
- [Dispatch I: Monitoring Asian American Female Politicians on Social Media](https://glotechlab.net/dispatch-i-monitoring-asian-american-female-politicians-on-social-media/) - NEWS Dispatch I: Monitoring Asian American Female Politicians on Social Media Contributor: Yelim Lee, GloTech Graduate Fellow According to the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, 148 Asian American and Pacific Islander women are running for a seat in government this election cycle, from the local to national levels. This is the highest number
- [Events: Launching Our Asian American Digital Politics Monitor](https://glotechlab.net/events-launching-our-asian-american-digital-politics-monitor/) - NEWS Launching Our Asian American Digital Politics Monitor Our project is supported by the USA’s National Science Foundation and Luminate. Asian Americans, composed of roughly 15 million eligible voters, are poised to play a pivotal role in the upcoming 2024 U.S. elections. At the national level, the Asian American electorate is getting increased attention; Asian
- [Dispatch IV: Desi Perceptions of Sincerity and Authenticity in Indian American Politicians’ Identity-based Appeals](https://glotechlab.net/dispatch-iv-desi-perceptions-of-sincerity-and-authenticity-in-indian-american-politicians-identity-based-appeals/) - NEWS Dispatch IV: Desi Perceptions of Sincerity and Authenticity in Indian American Politicians’ Identity-based Appeals Contributor: Yelim Lee, GloTech Graduate Fellow While 63% of Indian Americans currently lean Democrat, both parties have made the bid to increase that number in their favor through Indian American representatives and candidates. From making dosa on YouTube to sharing
- [Dispatch III: Asian American Voters and the Palestine Question](https://glotechlab.net/dispatch-iii-asian-american-voters-and-the-palestine-question/) - NEWS Dispatch III: Asian American Voters and the Palestine Question Contributor: Yelim Lee, GloTech Graduate Fellow A recent nationwide survey uncovered that Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are more likely to think that the United States is being too supportive of Israel and not supportive enough of Palestine. Asian American solidarity for Palestinian victims of
- [Dispatch II: Asian American Conservative Pundits](https://glotechlab.net/dispatch-ii-asian-american-conservative-pundits/) - NEWS Dispatch II: Asian American Conservative Pundits Contributor: Yelim Lee, GloTech Graduate Fellow There’s a growing social media ecosystem that caters to Asian American conservatives. Leading the charge are conservative pundits like Sonia Ohlala and Andy Ngo, whose posts and videos on X and YouTube discuss topics such as American politics and “culture wars” from
- [Events: The Communication Annual Lecture by Dr. Payal Arora](https://glotechlab.net/events-the-communication-annual-lecture-by-dr-payal-arora/) - PUBLIC LECTURE The Communication Annual Lecture by Dr. Payal Arora THIS LECTURE IS SPONSORED BY THE CARDINAL O’LEARY FUND College of Social & Behavioral Sciences. CommunicationMONDAY MARCH 31 | 12 PM COMMUNICATION HUB (3RD FLOOR ILC)Designing Inclusive Tech:INTERESTED IN ATTENDING? PLEASE RSVPBuilding Hopeful Al Futures with the Global Majority
- [Events: Phoenix of Gaza](https://glotechlab.net/phoenix-of-gaza/) - PUBLIC LECTURE The Phoenix of Gaza XR Virtual Reality Exhibit and Public Lecture February 24-25, 2025 Seeing GazaSurveillance, Immersion, and RealityNaim Aburaddi (CU Boulder)Ahlam Muhtaseb (CSU, San Bernardino)Helga Tawil-Souri (NYU)February 24 4-5:30 PM ETILC N301-COMM HUB Join us for The Phoenix of Gaza XR Virtual Reality Exhibit and the public lecture, Seeing Gaza: Surveillance, Immersion,
- [Events: Mentoring group for academic job market candidates.](https://glotechlab.net/mentoring-group-for-academic-job-market-candidates/) - PUBLIC LECTURE On the job market? Join our mentoring group Mentoring group forLearn more: academic job marketcandidates October 16, Wednesday315-430PM ESTILC – S467Zoom option:https://shorturl.at/cZd8z What’s in store?E Resource Sharing Q&A • Peer Support over coffee Who should join? PhD students and candidates in media/communication/journalism and adjacent fields, currently on or preparing for the academic job
- [About Us](https://glotechlab.net/about-us/) - GloTech Lab is a creative experiment at building community among scholars, policymakers and activists who practice globally-minded and community-driven research about our tech-mediated public sphere. GloTech Lab is a creative experiment at building community among scholars, policymakers and activists who practice globally-minded and community-driven research about our tech-mediated public sphere.The lab was founded in 2023
- [Reports](https://glotechlab.net/reports/) - Reports Custom Built / Feito Sob Medida: Reforming Tech & Democracy Programs for the Global Majority By Jonathan Corpus Ong, Jose Mari Lanuza, Dean Jackson, Marcelo Alves, Rafael Grohmann, Raquel Recuero, and Camilla Tavares Read Report Watch
- [Papers](https://glotechlab.net/academic/) - Papers Academic Publications (from 2023-present) Baykurt, B. (2025). Google urbanism 2010–2020: From infrastructural control to growing bit by bit. Urban Studies, 62(13), 2617-2632. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251328927 [PDF] Read Baykurt, B. (2025). Gov-tech as capture: Public infrastructures under data capitalism. Information, Communication & Society. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2479788 [PDF] Read Baykurt, B., & Lyamuya, A. (2024). Making up
- [Reading List](https://glotechlab.net/reading-list/) - Reading Lists 2025-26: Techno Pasts and Presents NB: Each semester, we select a theme to orient our activities around. These tend to be broadly within the remit we give ourselves – to think critically about technologies from a global and transnational lens. The short versions of the reading lists serve as a common ground on
- [Our Research](https://glotechlab.net/ourresearch/) - Our Research As thinkers, makers, and activists who work transnationally, members of GloTech@UMass are committed to engaged scholarship in and about the technologically mediated global public sphere. ​ Our projects contribute to digital media studies, global studies, critical tech studies, and computational social sciences.The public conversation needs an expanded analysis of how digital oppression unfolds
- [Mari Castaneda](https://glotechlab.net/mari-castaneda/) - Mari Castaneda Jose Mari Hall Lanuza is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is also Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of the Philippines Manila, and Head of Research at Sigla Research Center. He was a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellow. He studies electoral
- [Burcu Baykurt](https://glotechlab.net/burcu-baykurt-2/) - Burcu Baykurt Research Lead Burcu Baykurt is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research examines how digital infrastructures reshape and perpetuate social inequalities. She is the author of Smart as a City: The Politics of Test-Bed Urbanism and coeditor of Soft-Power Internationalism: Competing for Cultural Influence in the 21st-Century
- [Larri Miller](https://glotechlab.net/larri-miller/) - Larri Miller Larri Miller is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she is a fellow of the GloTech Lab and Data Analytics and Computational Social Sciences program. Larri researches conspiracy theorizing within digital communities. Adrian Godboldt is a PhD student in Anthropology, with a focus on culture,
- [Seyram Avle](https://glotechlab.net/seyram-avle-2/) - Seyram Avle Lab Director Seyram Avle is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she is co-founder and current director of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech). Dr Avle’s research is on digital technology cultures and innovation across parts of Africa, China, and
- [Jane Pyo](https://glotechlab.net/jane-pyo/) - Jane Pyo Dr. Jane Yeahin Pyo’s research examines how digital media technology impacts and shapes our civic and social life. She is particularly interested in exploring new modes of digital politics and ways of resistance in the online media environment. Her work also looks at ethnic digital media platforms from global and transnational perspectives, inquiring
- [Nora Suren](https://glotechlab.net/nora-suren/) - Nora Suren Nora Suren researches social media cultures, influencers/digital content creators, and platformization of creative labor using digital ethnographic methods and in-depth interviews. Her research interests also include issues of identity, femininity, and social advocacy.Keywords: influencers, content creators, precarity, social media, algorithms, visibility, gender, identity, authoritarianismRecent work-in-progress:My dissertation chapter that I’m submitting to a conference:
- [Ethan Zuckerman](https://glotechlab.net/ethan-zuckerman/) - Ethan Zuckerman Hi. I’m Ethan Zuckerman. I’m a professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where I teach Public Policy, Communication and Information. I’m starting a new research center called the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure. Over the years, I’ve been a tech startup guy (with Tripod.com), a non-profit founder (Geekcorps.org) and co-founder (Globalvoices.org),
- [Brendan O'Connor](https://glotechlab.net/brendan-oconnor/) - Brendan O'Connor I am an associate professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at UMass Amherst. My group is the SLANG Lab, part of UMass NLP. I am also an associate director of the Computational Social Science Institute, and affiliated with the UMass CogSci and the Centers for Data Science and Intelligent Information
- [Kathy Roberts-Forde](https://glotechlab.net/kathy-roberts-forde/) - Kathy Roberts-Forde Kathy Roberts Forde is an American journalism historian with research interests in democracy and the public sphere, the Black freedom struggle and the press, the First Amendment, literary journalism, and the history of the book and print culture. She is the Associate Dean of Equity & Inclusion in the College of Social & Behavioral Sciences.
- [Lizhen Zhao](https://glotechlab.net/lizhen-zhao/) - Lizhen Zhao “Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo. Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem sequi
- [Yelim Lee](https://glotechlab.net/yelim-lee/) - Yelim Lee Yelim Lee is a PhD student in Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Though her bachelor’s and master’s was in Anthropology, she found her way to Communication primarily through an interest in digital culture and politics. Her research areas include Asian American digital politics, racial capitalism, and critical digital studies. Her work
- [JM Lanuza](https://glotechlab.net/jm-lanuza/) - JM Lanuza Jose Mari Hall Lanuza is a Communication PhD student and Research Enhancement and Leadership (REAL) Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Philippines Manila. He studies political communication and disinformation, media systems, and elections. Using mainly qualitative methods, his research focuses critically on
- [Jihye Kim](https://glotechlab.net/jihye-kim/) - Jihye Kim Jihye Kim is a PhD student in Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests cover social media studies, digital mediated social movements, and computational social science. She primarily employs computational methods, including network analysis and text analysis, to examine and compare the frames and strategies of various social movements.Keywords: social
- [Yena Kang](https://glotechlab.net/yena-kang/) - Yena Kang Yena Kang is a PhD student in Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research areas include digital culture, social movements, and critical platform studies, all of which intersect with race and gender. Her current work grapples with racialized digital politics in the aftermath of anti-Asian racism and police brutality on the
- [Adrian Godboldt](https://glotechlab.net/adrian-godboldt/) - Adrian Godboldt Adrian Godboldt is a PhD student in Anthropology, with a focus on culture, at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interest looks at the intersection of digital infrastructures, environmental sustainability, and broader geopolitics. He plans to examine U.S. discourse around CHIP manufacturing and the materialization of these plants, focusing on how this
- [Jade Jiewen Deng](https://glotechlab.net/jade-jiewen-deng/) - Jade Jiewen Deng Jade Jiewen Deng is a PhD student in the Department of Communication at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests focus on everyday media representation of migrants and citizens, particularly in the Hong Kong–China context, political discourse, and social justice issues applied to technology and border governance.Keywords: border and boundary, migration, citizenship,
- [Marco Trigoso Aching](https://glotechlab.net/marco-trigoso-aching/) - Marco Trigoso Aching MT researches techno infrastructures in the Global South. His interests focus on infrastructures as socio-technical objects that impact and are impacted by the communities that surround them. With backgrounds in Linguistics and Sociology, he employs ethnography and discourse analysis as critical methods for understanding how technical objects intertwine with human lives. A
- [Weiai "Wayne" Xu](https://glotechlab.net/weiai-wayne-xu/) - Weiai "Wayne" Xu Dr. Xu researches political discourse across digital platforms, focusing on how such discourse is spread through networked digital infrastructure and the impact of far-right populism and nationalism. He employs computational text models and network analysis to identify key players, influential spheres, and prominent topics in online political conversations. His work aims to
- [Jonathan Corpus Ong](https://glotechlab.net/jonathan-corpus-ong/) - Jonathan Corpus Ong Jonathan Corpus Ong (PhD, Cambridge) is Professor of Global Digital Media at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst.I am a public intellectual engaged in international policy debates related to disinformation, mediated public participation, and digital humanitarianism, with a consistent record of advocacy work with diverse sectors of human rights, diasporic community media,
- [Heesoo Jang](https://glotechlab.net/heesoo-jang/) - Heesoo Jang I’m an Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics in the department of Journalism, University of Massachusetts Amherst. I’m affiliated with the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech) and the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP). I co-organize the junior tech scholar group with the Public Technology Leadership Collaborative (PTLC).I’m
- [Martha Fuentes-Bautista](https://glotechlab.net/martha-fuentes-bautista/) - Martha Fuentes-Bautista Community Lead My research focuses on digital inequalities, media and Internet governance, and the role of media advocacy networks and media activism in shaping digital inclusion and media policy in the U.S. and Latin America. My work promotes engaged scholarship that builds capacities and enables dialogue between scholars, students, user communities, practitioners, and

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