Curriculum Vitae

Education

2018 - 2025 (expected)
Ph.D., Information Science & Technology
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY

2016-2018
M.A., Communication And Rhetorical Studies
Syracuse University - Syracuse, NY

2012-2016
B.A., Sociology; B.A., Latin American & Iberian Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston - Boston, MA

Publications

Nijim, S., Korsunska, A., Zinski, J., Bolden, S.E., Zuccato, M., Repasky, R., Fajgenbaum, D.C.. (2025). Rare disease drug repurposing. JAMA Network Open. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8330

McKernan, B., Stromer-Galley, J., Korsunska, A., Bolden, S.E., Rossini, P., Hemsley, J.. (2023). A human-centered design approach to creating tools to help journalists monitor digital political ads - Insights and challenges. Digital Journalism. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2022.2064321

Stromer-Galley, J., Rossini, P., Hemsley, J., Bolden, S.E., McKernan, B.. (2021). Political Messaging Over Time - A Comparison of U. S. Presidential Candidate Facebook Posts and Tweets in 2016 and 2020. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063465

Conferences & Presentations

02-2021, Virtual
"Communicating the Facebook political Ad Library - Data and design challenges"
Computation & Journalism Conference
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Dr. Brian McKernan, Dr. Jeff Hemsley, Ania Korsunska

10-2020, Virtual
"Does anyone talk about the issues anymore? The 2016 U.S. presidential candidates' messaging on Facebook and Twitter"
Association of Internet Researchers
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Dr. Jeff Hemsley, Dr. Patricia Rossini, Alex Smith

07-2020, Virtual
"Classifying political social media messages with BERT"
6th International Conference on Computational Social Science
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Jay Kachhadia, Shloak Gupta, Ania Korsunska

07-2020, Washington DC
"PoliBERT - Classifying political social media messages with BERT"
SBP-BRIMS
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Jay Kachhadia, Shloak Gupta, Ania Korsunska

01-2020, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK
"Platformed precarity - Negotiations of uncertainty on r/Braincels and r/TheRedPill"
Research on Online Political Hostility Conference

11-2019, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Platformed precarity - r/TheRedPill’s response to the threat of de-platforming"
Intersectionality in/and the Digital Humanities

Public Scholarship

December 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Illuminating 2020 Message Topic Report"
Illuminating (blog)
Co-authors - Ania Korsunska, Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Dr. Brian McKernan, Dr. Patricia Rossini, Dr. Jeff Hemsley, Wenzhe Yang

December 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Illuminating 2020 Report - The 2020 General Election Campaign Advertising on Facebook"
Illuminating (blog)
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Dr. Brian McKernan, Dr. Patricia Rossini, Dr. Jeff Hemsley, Ania Korsunska

November 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Facebook’s election advertising restrictions - an overview"
Illuminating (blog)

October 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
"Facebook Political Advertising Transparency Report"
Illuminating (blog)
Co-authors - Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Dr. Brian McKernan

Research Work Experience

03-2022 — 05-2023, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Data Analyst
Castleman Disease Collaborative Network

06-2018 — 04-2021, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Graduate Research Assistant
Illuminating Project

09-2015 — 12-2015, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Department of Women’s & Gender Studies

05-2014 — 06-2015, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Honors College

Visualizations

04-2023, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
Repurposing Of All Drugs, Mapping All Paths (ROADMAP) project
Castleman Disease Collaborative Network

03-2019, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Magazine cover (network visualization)
Innovations magazine

Teaching

12-2020, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn NY
Guest Instructor
Information Literacy Instruction for Library Professionals

Fall 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Teaching Assistant
IST 800 - Social Networks

Fall 2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Guest Lecturer
IST 776 - Research Methods in Information Science and Technology

Fall 2019, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Guest Lecturer
IST 671 - Foundations of Research Methods in Information Studies

Spring 2018, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Guest Lecturer
CRS 287 - Foundations of Inquiry in Human Communication

Spring 2018, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Guest Lecturer
CRS 423 - Contemporary Rhetorics of Gender & Sexuality

Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Graduate Instructor
CRS 325 - Presentational Speaking

Fall 2017, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Guest Lecturer
CRS 316 - Introduction to Visual Culture

Fall 2016, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Recitation Teaching Assistant
CRS 181 - Concepts & Perspectives in Communication Studies

Spring 2016, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Guest Lecturer
WGS 210 - Gender and the Body

Grants

Summer 2023, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
iSchool Summer Doctoral Research Funding Competition
School of Information Studies

Spring 2018, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Special Research Grant
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Spring 2018, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Creative Opportunity Grant
College of Visual & Performing Arts

Winter 2017, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Creative Opportunity Grant
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Service

08-2020 — present, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Academic Integrity Panelist
Center for Learning and Student Success

09-2020 — 06-2021, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
First-Year Associate
Women in Science and Engineering Future Professoriate Program

08-2019 — 08-2020, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
First-Year Mentor
School of Information Studies

09-2018 — 08-2019, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Faculty Committee Representative
School of Information Studies

08-2017 — 08-2018, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
First-Year Mentor
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Spring & Fall 2017, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Judge - White-Denison Speech Competition
Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies

Honors & Awards

2022, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
Research Excellence Doctoral Funding Fellowship
Description - “The Research Excellence Doctoral Funding (REDF) Program is focused on supporting approximately 30 doctoral fellowships per year, funded through the Invest Syracuse initiative and administered by the Graduate School.”

2016, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Kingston-Mann Student Achievement in Diversity/Inclusion Scholarship
Submission - “Mainstream Media Representations of Violence in Ferguson, Missouri.”
Description - "Recognizing that students can be producers as well as receivers of research and knowledge, the Kingston-Mann awards reward and celebrate undergraduate research that focuses on issues of diversity and inclusion. The awards are intended to encourage students to discover their potential as researchers."

2015, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Beacon Student Success Fellowship
Description - Received a grant to fund a trip to Bilbao and Madrid, Spain, to assist Professor Alan Stoskopf with his interdisciplinary curriculum development and his research on representations of peace and violence in the Basque Conflict and Spanish Civil War.

2015, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston MA
Honors College Classroom Leadership Award
Course - "National Narratives of War and Peace in a Changing World"
Description - Nominated students "exhibited not only an authentic engagement with her/his own learning, but also effective, sustained, and enlightened leadership in contributing to the learning of others."

Skills

Foreign languages

• Spanish (fluent)
• French (working proficiency)

Research methods

• Content analysis
• Rhetorical criticism
• Social network analysis
• Survey design/analysis

Research tools

• Qualtrics
• Nvivo
• Atlas.ti

Programming

• R
• JavaScript
• Python

Design

• Adobe Suite
• Figma
• HTML/CSS
• RStudio
• Tableau