It's that time again. Summer brings us four new SMC interns, a new SMC postdoc, and a new pre-doc research assistant! In their work, you'll see reflected our shift towards AI and data, but also many of the persistent concerns of the SMC: the implications for media, discursive imaginaries around new technologies, data and justice, …
Continue reading Meet the new SMC interns, postdoc, and pre-doc!
Apply here: https://webportalapp.com/sp/login/2025_msr_predoc_sts (NOTE: Application Portal opens February 3, 2025) Deadline: March 3, 2025. (Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.) NOTE: Unfortunately, applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. to accept the position. Microsoft Research New England is hiring a predoctoral research assistant to work with Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, and …
Continue reading Seeking a Sociotechnical Systems Research Assistant (aka “Pre-Doc”)
The Social Media Collective is VERY EXCITED to welcome a new STS Predoctoral Research Assistant to the Microsoft Research New England Lab!! Sarah Snyder (she/they) holds a Master of Information with a specialization in Culture and Technology from the University of Toronto iSchool. In her research, she reads social media content as literature to gain …
Apply here: https://aka.ms/msrne-sts/predoc-apply Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. NOTE: Unfortunately, applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S. to accept the position. The Microsoft Research Social Media Collective, based at the Cambridge, MA lab location, consists of Nancy Baym, danah boyd, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray, as well as postdoctoral …
The Microsoft Research Social Media Collective, based in the Cambridge, MA lab location, consists of Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray, as well as postdoctoral researchers, faculty visitors, and Ph.D. interns affiliated with MSR New England. We are looking for a full-time Research Assistant who will take over from the current RA and …
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