As a social and visual researcher, I investigate how animation technologies have influenced the sociotechnical history of computing, with a focus on gender and sexuality.

I am a PhD Candidate in the Film Studies department at Concordia University, Montréal. My doctoral thesis examines the role that U.S.-based Japanese animation online communities played in shaping contemporary sociotechnical uses of social media, and in particular exclusionary practices towards women users.

In the Summer 2023, I worked as a PhD intern in Sociotechnical Systems at Microsoft Research New England under the supervision of Tarleton Gillespie. There, I researched the limits of automated content moderation for illustrated CSAM on adult-content platforms (the ‘Zero Tolerance’ project).

My current research investigates the online circulation of manufactured pornographic content (including both animation and AI-generated/AI-assisted imageries). This work is conducted in part during my Doctoral Fellowship in AI and Inclusion at the University of Ottawa AI + Society Initiative under the supervision of Jason Millar.

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