Join us to celebrate the class of 2025. Find info, watch the web stream and read about the student and faculty award winners of 2025.
Our Center supports cutting-edge faculty research on the ways emerging media can impact society, and how media be creatively developed through community-engaged practices, through activities including monthly research jams, research mini-grants and fellows programs.
Professor, Director of the Center for Transformative Media
[email protected]Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern. Her research focuses on mobile media’s impact on urban life and mobile networked creativity in developing countries.
Associate Professor, Associate Director
[email protected]Gayle is an Associate Professor in Journalism and Africana Studies at Northeastern. He is an award-winning journalist who writes about the history of race and identity
Jeffrey Boase
Associate Professor, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, University of Toronto
[email protected]Boase researches how communication technology shapes personal networks, exploring tensions between network complexity and mobile device use in Canadian adults and teens.
Scott Campbell
Professor, Rinehart Chair in Mediated Communication, The Ohio State University
[email protected]Scott Campbell’s research centers on political communication, media effects, and public opinion. He explores how media shapes political attitudes and behaviors in contemporary society.
Ragan Glover (Advisory Board Chair)
Director, Michigan Research and Discovery Scholars, University of Michigan
[email protected]Dr. Glover is a Communication scholar researching users’ experiences with mobile and immersive technologies. She co-edited Hybrid Play and presents widely at ICA and AoIR.
Germaine Halegoua
John D. Evans Development Professor & Associate Professor of Communication and Media, University of Michigan
[email protected]Germaine Halegoua studies how digital media shapes people’s experiences of place. Her work focuses on smart cities, digital placemaking and access inequalities.
James Katz
Feld Professor of Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
[email protected]James E. Katz founded Boston University’s Division of Emerging Media Studies and explores AI, social media, and human-robot interaction. His research shapes global conversations on technology ethics.
David Nemer
Associate Professor of Media Studies, University of Virginia
[email protected]David Nemer explores technology’s social impact through ethnographic research across Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, and Appalachia. His work bridges Science and Technology Studies, anthropology, and ICT for development. He is the author of Technology of the Oppressed (MIT Press, 2022).
Mimi Sheller
Professor and Dean of the Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
[email protected]Mimi Sheller is a leading scholar in mobilities research and Caribbean studies, with over 150 publications and 15 books. She has shaped the “new mobilities paradigm” and has held numerous prestigious fellowships and advisory roles worldwide.
Assistant Professor
[email protected]Michael Ann Devito is an Assistant Professor in Khoury College and Communication Studies at Northeastern. Her research is about human-centered AI, algorithms and tech justice.
Professor
[email protected]Laura Forlano, a Fulbright award-winning scholar, is a Professor in Art + Design and Communication Studies at Northeastern. She researches design, tech, and inclusive futures.
Associate Professor
[email protected]Award-winning journalist-scholar uncovering women's media history while championing local news innovation.
Director, Professor
[email protected]Jonathan Kaufman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and Director of Northeastern’s School of Journalism. He previously held senior roles at Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal.
Professor
[email protected]Sylke is a Professor of Media Arts at Northeastern. She explores narrative, performance and media art, co-founding Studio206 and leading research in interactive storytelling.
Assistant Professor
[email protected]Eileen studies how immersive technologies like virtual reality can bring transformative experiences to education that help students learn beyond what they can read in a textbook.
Professor
[email protected]Celia Pearce is a Professor of Game Design at Northeastern University. Her research explores multiplayer games, virtual worlds, live-action roleplay and playable theater.
Associate Teaching Professor
[email protected]Jody Santos is a human rights filmmaker and professor, she researches disability, climate and media justice. She founded the Disability Justice Project for the Global South.
Teaching Professor
[email protected]David Tames is a Teaching Professor jointly in Art + Design and Communication Studies. His work explores documentary, interactive media and the evolution of cinematic storytelling.
Professor and Chair
[email protected]Dr. Villar is a professor of Communication Studies, focusing on strategic communication for social change; science & health communication; and community-based research.
Professor of the Practice
[email protected]Dan Zedek is Professor of the Practice in the School of Journalism where he teaches media innovation, including data visualization, design, project management and visual editing.
Associate Professor
[email protected]Dr. Meryl Alper is an Associate Professor in Communication Studies at Northeastern. Her research explores disability, digital media and how families and children engage with tech.
Assistant Professor
[email protected]Assistant Professor in Journalism and Art + Design. He explores creative data storytelling, civic tech, and community empowerment through art and design.
Associate Professor
[email protected]Derek Curry is an Associate Professor in CAMD. His research-based art and games explore AI, algorithmic systems and how limited information shapes decision-making.
Sina Fazelpour
CSSH Philosophy & Khoury
[email protected]Sina Fazelpour is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Computer Science at Northeastern University. His research focuses on issues of justice, diversity, and reliability in data-driven and artificial intelligence technologies.
Associate Professor
[email protected]Associate Professor in Communication Studies and Health Sciences at Northeastern. She studies digital interventions using games, XR and apps to improve cognition and behavior.
Professor
[email protected]Dan Kennedy is a professor of journalism and a nationally known media commentator. His most recent book, "What Works in Community News," was published in January 2024.
Professor
[email protected]Christopher is a Professor at Northeastern focused on Digital Civics. His study focuses on the intersection of human-centered computing, civic engagement and public technology.
Associate Professor
[email protected]Amy holds joint appointments in CAMD and Bouvé College of Health Sciences. She leads the Health Tech Lab to study how digital tools, like XR and games, impact behavior and health.
Professor
[email protected]Associate Professor at Northeastern University, media historian studying paperwork and surveillance. He researches how storage tech shapes information, labor, time and space.
Qi "Ryan" Wang
College of Engineering
[email protected]Qi Wang is an Associate Professor in the College of Engineering. His research focuses include urban and social resilience; geo-social networking; coupled, human-natural systems; natural disaster response and evacuation; and urban computing.
Assistant Teaching Professor
[email protected]Dr. Warren is a Teaching Professor of Communication Studies. His research explores media psychology, entertainment theory, sports communication, and audience behavior and habits.
Interim Dean, Sr Assoc. Dean Research and Partnerships, Professor
[email protected]Senior Associate Dean at CAMD and Communication Studies Professor. Her research merges network science and communication to explore power in online social systems.
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate
[email protected]Morgan DiCesare is a Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in communication studies. Her work underscores the importance of social relationships in retelling queer and trans histories.
Postdoctoral Teaching Associate
[email protected]A Postdoctoral Teaching Associate in the Communication Studies Department. Her research explores the psychological and political effects of social and digital media consumption.
Milo Trujilo
Postdoctoral Researcher, CoMM Lab
[email protected]Milo Trujillo is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute. His research explores how platform design and social policy shape online behavior, including moderation, deplatforming, migration, and collaboration.
Yifan Wu
Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Transformative Media
[email protected]Yifan Wu is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Transformative Media. Her research explores the intersections of communication, media, emerging technologies, and society, with a focus on designing and deploying technologies that promote equitable and ethical outcomes.
Ridwanullah Abdulhameed
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]A Ph.D. student at Northeastern examining the influence of digital technologies on Nigerian democracy. Specializes in hate speech and political communication.
Dana Bullister
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Dana Bullister is a student in Interdisciplinary Design and Media at Northeastern University. She studies how design, data and tech can improve equity and efficiency in policymaking and public systems.
Filiz Durgun
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Filiz is a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Design and Media at Northeastern University. She studies how visual and interactive design strategies can promote mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and foster understanding across diverse cultural contexts.
Sutanuka Jashu
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Sutanuka Jashu is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher from West Bengal, India, working at the nexus of art, technology, and cultural resilience. Her current practice integrates AI, adaptive systems, and speculative storytelling to critique digital colonialism, reimagine historical narratives, and explore ecological futures.
Veronica Rubinsztain
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Veronica is a Northeastern Ph.D. student focused on equitable design for Autistic communities. She researches accessible design for Autistic users using critical and participatory frameworks.
Emma Stanley
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Emma Stanley is a Ph.D. candidate at North Carolina State University researching mobile and locative media. Her work explores how GPS technologies shape our experience and perception of physical space.
Yukun Yang
Ph.D. Student
[email protected]Yukun is a Ph.D. student at Northeastern, working in the CoMM Lab. He studies how online communication shapes and contests dominant ideologies around race and power.
Jahangir Babar (MS in Engineering Management)
Video Producer
Kaushik Manivannan (MS in Software Engineering)
Software Developer
Arslan Parkar (MS in Information Systems)
Software Developer
Yahan Fiona Wu (BS in Computer Science & Media Arts)
Dean’s Honors Fellow, Researcher and Media Art Producer