Program: School of Information, PhD in Information Studies | CV
Jess is a PhD student in the School of Information (iSchool) at the University of Texas at Austin advised by Dr. Ken Fleischmann. She studies critical perspectives on technology, ethics, and immigration surveillance. Her research work examines how socio-technical information systems are constructed, deployed, and communicated within complex social and political contexts. She also interrogates how different communities engage with, negotiate, or resist these systems to preserve democratic ideals or advance social justice goals, including issues like literacy, free speech, and autonomy.