Richmond Wong

Ideally, applicants should have:

• Experience with or interest in critically-oriented HCI research and/or Science & Technology Studies research (or a related social science or humanities discipline)
• Commitment to using interpretivist qualitative research methods
• Commitment to a collegial, collaborative, and supportive research and learning environment.
• Commitment to human-based thinking, reading, and writing. (This means very limited to no use of Generative AI tools when working with me)

I am particularly interested in advising students interested in one or more of:

• Studying the work done by practitioners in organizational contexts to address social values/ethical issues in technology design.

• Studying technology non-use, resistance, or (feminist) refusal practices.

• Critically studying how Atlanta urban transit infrastructures in Atlanta connect to tech companies

• Studying experiences of workers who worked in tech companies before 2000.

I'm looking for a new PhD student! Particularly someone who is interested in areas including: the work required by practitioners to address social values/ethics in tech design; tech non-use & refusal; tech and urban transit; or tech worker histories.

More about the research I'm doing and how I work with PhD students here: https://ethicsinfrastructures.lmc.gatech.edu/2024/10/26/a-guide-to-working-in-the-creating-ethics-infrastructures-lab/

Georgia Tech Digital Media PhD applications are due December 8, more info about the program and application process here: https://dm.lmc.gatech.edu/admissions/prospective-students/ph-d-applicants/