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I research the communicative technology practices of under-served populations. I am a Ph.D. student in the Sociology Department at UC San Diego. My research focuses on how migrants and youth use communication tools, such as cellphones, internet cafes, or traditional landlines, to manage their social networks. I paricularly like working with families, informal eonomy workers, and teenagers. I expand research on new technologies by situating everyday communication practices among the socio-political intersection of digital architectures, urban policies, technology protocols, cultural landscapes and spatial orientations. My goal is to engage with technology policy makers, designers, and leaders so that they are better informed about the everyday lives of low-income users. My research sites are China, Mexico and the US.
My experiences in technology consulting, teaching, and organizing in low-income communities enable me to bring a strong inter-disciplinary approach to my academic work. Before joining the sociology doctoral Sociology program at University of California -San Diego (UCSD) I worked to develop digital literacy programs for institutions like the United Nations, the National Aeronautics Space Agency, and the NYC public school system. My work has covered national and international locales such as New York City, San Francisco, San Diego, India, Mexico and China. I have received funding from several agencies and I have presented at conferences in England, Sweden, and the United States. I hold a B.A. in Communications from UCSD. I blog about culture and technology at Cultural Bytes, Chinese youth and technology at YouMeiTI, and cities and mapping at Digital Urbanisms. I also track my favorite quotes at Dichos y Vida. My personal blog is Hi Tricia.
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