Lab Members
Elizabeth Dubois
Director
Dr. Elizabeth Dubois writes, speaks and teaches at the intersection of technology and politics. Technology critic meets advocate meets academic, she is the University Research Chair in Politics, Communication and Technology and an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, and a Public Policy Forum Fellow. Her work examines digital media, influence and political engagement.
Research Associates and Postdoctoral Fellows
Graduate Students
Michelle Bartleman
she/her
PhD Candidate in Communication; Research Assistant - News and Political Influencers, AI and Politics Report
Esli Chan
she/her
PhD Candidate in Political Science, McGill University; Research Assistant
Alex Freedman
he/him
Masters Student; Research Assistant
Grace Spicer-Pilon
she/her
Master of Arts in Political Science; Research Assistant - Research Assistant - Tech Lobbying
Aaron Brisson
he/him
Master of Arts in Communication; Research Assistant - Lab Communications
Areej El-Sharif
she/her
Master of Communication; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Sarah Pledge Dickson
she/her
PhD Candidate in Communication; Research Assistant - PODTrust
Undergraduate and Law Students
Julianna Bernier Robert
she/her
Joint Honours, Communication and Poltical Science; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Nathan Kazmir Poklar
he/him
Joint Honours, Political Science and Juris Doctor; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Kyla Perry
she/her
Honours Bachelor of Political Science; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Abhishek Taneja
he/him
Joint Honours, Political Science and Communication; Research Assistant - Tech Lobbying
Angela Chamoun
she/her
Honours Bachelor of Communication; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Duc Manh Nguyen
he/him
Honours Bachelor in Communication; Research Assistant - Political Influencers
Ava Schumann
she/her
Joint Honours, Political Science and Juris Doctor; Research Assistant - Political Influencers and Building Trust Project
Former Lab Members
Ryley Alp
Research Assistant - Wonks and War Rooms Podcast
2020-2023
Chris Casimiro
Technoships Student
Connected Canada Initiative
2018-2019
Inessa De Angelis
Research Assistant - Pol Comm Tech Lab
2021-2022
Rotem Fellus
UROP Student
Political Bots
2018-2019
Susha Guan
Research Assistant - Communications and Masters Student
2020-2021
Justine Jacques
Dual Masters student in Multilingual Communication, UCLouvain - uOttawa
2021-2022
Sara Minaeian
Directed Study Student
Opinion Leaders, Opinion Leader-Followers and Echo Chambers
2017
Ariane Paquet-Labelle
Directed Study Student
Fact-Checking Practices in Opinion Leaders and Followers
2017
Humna Shaikh
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2020-2023
Michelle Wronski
Research Assistant & Directed Study Student, Positive Tweets to Journalists
2020-2022
Sophie Ashworth
Research Assistant - Pol Comm Tech Lab
2021-2022
April Cho
UROP Student
Political Bots
2018-2019
Daniele Dempsey-Doiron
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2021-2022
Debra Gassewitz
Masters Student
2017
Elisabeth Hadjis
Research Assistant - Communications
2020-2021
Sunita Joshua
Masters Student
MITACS Funding Recipient
2016
Iulia Mihailescu
Technoships Student; Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2020-2024
Anna Reepschlager
UROP Student
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2016-2020
Sophie Shavrnoch
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2020-2021
Liwei Yang
Masters Student
2017-2018
Anthony Bejjani
Research Assistant - Global Journalism Innovation Lab
2021-2022
Jennifer Constant
UROP Student
Personal and Algorithmic Influence Meet Public Opinion
2021
Roman Ebadi
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2019-2021
Dustin Garron
Directed Study Student
Social Media and The Community Policing Model
2018
Anjie Hamel
Research Assistant - Wonks and War Rooms Podcast
2024
Isabel Macdonald
Postdoctoral fellow; Research Coordinator - Global Journalism Innovation Lab
2021-2022
David Moscrop
SSHRC Postdoctoral fellow
2018-2020
Guillermo Renna
Research Coordinator
Digital Ecosystem research Challenge
2019-2020
Candide Uyanze
UROP Student
Political Bots
2016-2017
Megan Beretta
Directed Study Student
Connecting Youth, Communication, and Citizens
2016
Alicia Cooke
UROP Student
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2019-2021
Désirée Estephan-Saliba
Research Assistant - Global Journalism Innovation Lab
2021-2022
Ève Grebert
Research Assistant and UROP
Connected Canada Initiative
2018-2019
Faaris Hussain
Research Assistant - Political Uses of AI
2022-2023
Kirsten McCann
Technoships Student
Mean Tweets
2021
Catherine Ouellet
Technoships Student
Connected Canada Initiative
2018-2019
Manjulika E. Robertson
Research Assistant - Mean Tweets
2018-2019
Sabrina Wilkinson
Postdoctoral Fellow - Global Journalism Innovation Lab
2020-2021