Oral Presentations

Upcoming

“Digital Migratory Birds: Exit, Voice, Withdrawal in Two Waves of TikTok User Behavior.” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Panel TBD, México City, Mexico — October 2026.

“The Security Imaginary and the Child: How Youth Became the Alibi for Platform Surveillance.” Association of Internet Researchers Annual Conference, Panel TBD, México City, Mexico — October 2026.

“The Security Imaginary and the Child: How Youth Became the Alibi for Platform Surveillance.” American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Panel: Algorithmic Governance: Law, Inequality, and the Rise of AI, New York, NY — August 2026.

Past

“Forklore: Tracking the Diffusion of Informal Platform Knowledge Through Cycles of Technical Change.” International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt Conference, Panel: Network Analysis for Textual Data in Social Media, Daytona Beach, FL — June 2026.

“Hype as Method: Studying the Political Economy of Algorithmic Music Systems.” Clouds, Streams, and Ground (Truths): Developing Methods for Studying Algorithmic Music Ecosystems, Berkeley, CA — March 2026.

“Topic-Sensitive Differentiation and Algorithmic Equivalence on Short-Form Video Platforms: A Systematic Review of Visual Frameworks.” National Communication Association (NCA) 111th Annual Convention, Panel: The Social Media Algorithm and the User Experience, Denver, CO — November 2025.

“Net.Aids: How Early Online Networks Shaped Health Communication Practices During the AIDS Crisis (1982–1986).” American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, Panel: Social Dimensions of Infectious Disease, Chicago, IL — August 2025.

“When Regulation Backfires: Cultural Infrastructure and the Mass Migration from TikTok to RedNote.” Communities & Technologies 2025 (EUSSET), University of Siegen, Germany — July 2025.

“In the Moment and Over Time: How Content Longevity Shapes Social Media Users’ Sense of Self.” Debating Creator Culture (ICA Pre-Conference), University of Colorado Boulder — June 2025.

“The Role of Usenet in AIDS Discourse (1982–1986): Decentralized Architecture and Community-Driven Health Communication.” Histories, Presents & Futures of Media and Communication, CAMRI, University of Westminster, London, UK — May 2025.

Invited Talks

“Leveraging Talent to Achieve a Strategic Edge.” Tech Track 2, Hoover Institution’s Technology Policy Accelerator, Stanford University — December 2025.

“Emerging Technology Panel.” Hoover’s State and Local Leadership Forum for County Executives, Hoover Institution, Stanford University — December 2025.

“Keynote Lunch Session.” American Legislative Exchange Council 2025 Emerging Technology Academy, Hoover Institution, Stanford University — September 2025.

Poster Presentations

“Distributed Responsibility: Bluesky’s AT Protocol and the Future of Decentralized Content Moderation.” Trust & Safety Research Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA — September 2025.

“Mapping Early Internet Ego Networks: Social Network Analysis of AIDS Discourse on Usenet (1982–1986).” International Network for Social Network Analysis Sunbelt Conference, Paris, France — June 2025.