Team

Prof. Priyank Chandra

Director - STREET Lab
Assistant Professor - Faculty of Information
email: priyank.chandra@utoronto.ca
website: http://www.priyankc.com

• Postdoc at University of Toronto's Department of Computer Science
• PhD Information at University of Michigan, USA
• MS Economics at Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India
• BE Electronics, VTU, India

Dr. Kim Fernandes

Postdoctoral Fellow - Faculty of Information

Topics: disability, data, technology
email: kim.fernandes@utoronto.ca
website: http://www.kimfernandes.com

• PhD, Anthropology & Education (with distinction), University of Pennsylvania
• M.S.Ed., Statistics, Measurement, Assessment & Research Technologies, University of Pennsylvania
• Ed. M., International Education Policy, Harvard University
• B.S.F.S., International Politics, Georgetown Univresity

Adrian Petterson

PhD Candidate - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Topics: Disability, carework, design
email: a.petterson@mail.utoronto.ca
website: https://www.adrianpetterson.ca/

• Masters of Information - UX Design from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• B.A. & Sc. in Cognitive Science from McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Projects

Designing Sustainable Reproductive Justice Futures

Latinx Housecleaners in Toronto

Accessibility Infrastructure in Universities

Ashique Ali Thuppilikkat

PhD student - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Topics: Technology and resistance, labour platforms, social movements, caste, marginality
email: ashique.thuppilikkat@mail.utoronto.ca
website: https://ashiquealit.my.canva.site/

• M.Phil and MA in Political Science from the Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
• BA Honors in Political Science from Ramjas College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Projects

ICTs and Belarusian Social Movement

Gig Work and Unions

Olivia Doggett

PhD candidate - Faculty of Information and School of Environment, University of Toronto
Topics: Critical computing, migration, environmental studies, CSCW, design research
email: olivia.doggett@gmail.com
website: https://www.oliviadoggett.com/

• MI Information systems and design and UX from the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• BA Honours Cultural Studies from McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Projects

Latinx Housecleaners in Toronto

Siddhant Shinde

PhD student - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Topics: Community-based design, Participatory design, Infrastructuring
email: sid.shinde@mail.utoronto.ca
website: <>

• Bachelor of Engineering
• Masters in Design

Projects

Accessible & Inclusive Data sciencE (AIDE)

Latinx Housecleaners in Toronto

Jaydon Brown

Masters Student in Information Systems and Design (1st Year)
Topics: Transnational Social Movements, Resistance, Coalition Building
email: jaydon.brown@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• BA in Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Champaign, Il

Projects

The Afterlife of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Coalitions

Marco Chan

Masters Student in Human-Centered Data Science and Information Systems and Design (2nd Year)
Topics: ICTs, Transnational Social Movements, Resistance
email: <>

• Master of Information at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Bachelor of Business Administration at City University of Hong Kong

Projects

Carolyn Kim Ly

Masters - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

email: ck.ly@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information, User Experience Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Honours BSc Mathematics and Statistics, Art History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

Projects

Accessiblity Infrastructure in Universities

Trevor Cross

Masters - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

email: trevor.cross@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information in User Experience Design at the University of Toronto
• BCom Information Systems from McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Projects

Accessiblity Infrastructure in Universities

Accessible & Inclusive Data Science (AIDE)

Kit Haehnal

Masters - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

email: kit.haehnel@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto
• BA New Media and Neurobiology from Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York

Projects

Posthumanism, Design, and HCI

Janna Akimova

RA studying the Belarusian Social Movement

• Bachelor of Liberal Arts (BLA), focus on Visual Studies & Psychology, The Schools of Public Engagement, The New School, NYC, USA
• APP in Documentary Film, focus on Visual Theory, The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Prague, Czech Republic

Projects

Belarusian Social Movement

Isabella Jaimes Rodríguez

Masters student in Science and Technology Studies at York University, Toronto.

email: isajr@yorku.ca

• Bachelor of Sociology and Political Science and Government at Universidad del Rosario, in Bogotá, Colombia.

Projects

Latinx Housecleaners in Toronto

Emily Weckend

Critical Information Policy Studies, Master of Information (2nd year)

email: emily.weckend@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• BA English Literature and Modern Languages and Cultural Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Projects

Ishani Pandey

Masters student in User Experience Design (1st Year) - Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

email: Ishani.pandey@mail.utoronto.ca

• Master of Information, User Experience Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Bachelor of Design, CEPT University, Ahmedabad, India

Projects

Accessiblity Infrastructure in Universities

Accessible & Inclusive Data Science (AIDE)

Thaksha Krishnagumar

Research Assistant at STREET Lab

email: thaksha.krishnagumar@utoronto.ca

• Master of Information, User Experience Design, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Honours Bachelor of Science, Mathematics, Linguistics, French, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Projects

Accessible & Inclusive Data Science (AIDE)

AI, Education & Neurodivergence

Dr. Cagdas Dedeoglu

Professor, Yorkville University & Founding Director, The Posthuman Lab

email: cdedeoglu@yorkvilleu.ca

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Religion (Environmental Studies stream), University of Florida, USA
• PhD, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University, Turkey

Projects

Posthumanism, Design, and HCI

Bogazici University Protests (Turkey)

Dr. Paridhi Gupta

Swiss Excellence Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Social Anthropology and Empirical Cultural Studies, University of Zurich

• PhD Gender Studies at the Centre for Women's Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
• MPhil Women's Studies at the Centre for Women's Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
• MA Sociology at the Centre for Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

Projects

Indian Farmer Protests

Dr. Cansu Ekmekcioglu

Assistant Professor, McMaster University, Canada

email: cansu.ekmekcioglu@mail.utoronto.ca

• MA Media and Communications from Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey
• BA Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

Projects

Bogazici University Protests (Turkey)