I’m an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill at at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Sociology. I was previously a fellow at the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University and I taught at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs. I remain affiliated with CITP.  I was previously a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and I am now a faculty associate at the Berkman Center. My research revolves around the interaction between technology and social, cultural and political dynamics. I am particularly interested in collective action and social movements, politics and civics, complex systems, surveillance, privacy, and sociality. My goal is to blog at the intersection of academic knowledge and accessible and relevant content.