Advisor(s) Jake Kosek Degrees M.Sc. Geography :: University College London (2015) B.A. Literature :: Northwestern University (2007) Bachelor of Music, Musicology :: Northwestern University (2007)
Advisor(s) Francesca Rochberg Degrees MA in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures (Summa Cum Laude) :: Tel Aviv University, Israel (2014) BA in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, and East Asian Studies (Magna Cum Laude) :: Tel Aviv University, Israel (2009)
I received a B.A and an M.A. in Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures from Tel Aviv University, Israel. I also received a B.A. in East Asian Studies from the same institution. While most of my studies focused on the languages and civilizations of the Ancient Near East, I...
Degrees M.A. Anthropology :: The New School for Social Research (2018) B.A. International Studies and Sociology :: Northwestern University (2012)
S.’s research explores the use of biometric technology within humanitarian responses to forced displacement. As contained sites such as camps or detention centers mark an increasingly small proportion of displaced persons in need of aid, humanitarian organizations are turning to biometric registration and other forms of large-scale data collection to identify populations continuously on the move. This project asks how “...
Degrees MA History :: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (2017) BA History and French :: University of Georgia (2009)
Elizabeth Hargrett is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at UC Berkeley, a graduate student researcher at the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society (CSTMS), and a co-organizer of the STS Futures Initiative. Though her previous research has covered medical jurisprudence in Gold Rush-era California and eugenic sterilization in postwar Georgia, her dissertation project examines the co-production of North Carolina's...
Advisor(s) Jovan Lewis and Jake Kosek Degrees BA Environmental Analysis :: Pitzer College
My research explores how the identity of a place gets formed through visuality, technology and racialization. How does a place like Oakland become a "Black city" in the public imagination, regardless of its actual Black population, and particularly in the midst of rapid gentrification and displacement? How does its identity transcend geographical borders through hyper-connectivity and visual technologies? And simultaneously, how does Oakland's position within the U.S...
Degrees MPP/MA in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies :: Brandeis University (2017) BA Anthropology/Gender Studies :: New College of Florida (2013)
I'm originally from Tampa, Florida. Prior to enrolling at Berkeley, I worked on anti-racist initiatives in the non-profit, education, and government sector. I am a current Health Policy Research Scholar with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at Taraaz and the CITRIS Policy Lab, and a Berkeley Empirical Legal Studies Fellow. I am a previous Graduate Fellow at the Center for...
Degrees Master of Science in Urban Planning :: Columbia University (2019) Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies (Economics) :: Harvard University (2017)
I study how emerging transportation technologies influence cities and society. Specifically, I am currently working on two projects. The first is concerned with the underlying conditions necessary for widespread use of self-driving vehicles, and how these conditions engage with and reify social and economic stratification and societal norms through logistical processes and automation. The second explores...
Lisa Ng is a PhD student in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She is interested in exploring the shifting dialectic between race, waste, and technology. Her research examines how trash is used as a confrontational political tool in various social movements against local and global neoliberal economic policies, and how these techniques of resistance represent new imaginations of futurity and relationality.
