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PhD Student in Information Science at University of Colorado Boulder
About Me
I am a PhD student researching human-machine interaction and data governance
in the workplace. I am advised by
Brian Keegan in the
Column Lab.
My research analyses the role of data in the relationship
between workers and their work environment in the platform economy.
I focus on how unprecedented quantification has fundamentally re-organized
workplaces and how workers react to and cope with these new environments. In particular,
I explore the real-world implications of platform labor on workers' information
seeking and generation behaviors.
You can read more about my research projects
here and my teaching experience
here.
Selected Research Projects
- "Hey, Can You Add Captions?": Infrastructuring for Accessibility on TikTok.
Ellen Simpson, Samantha Dalal, and Bryan Semaan.
Under submission at CSCW -
Governing the Commons of Platform Labor Data Assets
Samantha Dalal and Brian Keegan.
Position paper for Civic Technologies: Research, Practice, and Open Challenges Workshop at CSCW ‘20 -
Extraction or Inclusion: Reflections on an Academic Workshop in Food Delivery Gig Work
Samantha Dalal, Christelle Tessono, Klaudia Jazwinska, Orestis Papakyriakopoulos, Danny Spitzberg, Elizabeth Anne Watkins, Andrés Monroy-Hernandez
Workshop Paper for UC San Diego Just Transitions Workshop '22
News
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June 15, 2022
Our two-day multi-stakeholder workshop with members of the food delivery industry community was a success! 37 folks from all over the food delivery industry participated over the course of two days. Check out the schedule of events and speakers here! -
May 15th, 2022
I started an contract researcher position with Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP)! I'll be working some amazing folks there to explore the landscape of the platform-enabled food delivery industry. We'll be conducting a multi-stakeholder workshop with members of the food delivery industry in June and an empirical study with DoorDash drivers in the fall of '23. -
May 1st, 2022
Danny Spitzberg and I wrote for ITforChange and BotPopuli about worker-led organizing in the platform economy, and highlight challenges and opportunities for allies to help with data and tech tools. Check out the piece here! -
February 14th, 2022
I started a labor & tech reading group with Mona Wang and Sayash Kapoor! Check out our syllabus and notes from our meetings here. This group is open to anyone so come by anytime! (Meeting information in sylalbus above) -
August 15th, 2021
I won the community-based research fellowship at CU Boulder. I'll be doing work with a local gig drivers union to create data-driven narratives from the worker perspective.