{"689854":{"#nid":"689854","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Adrian Choi","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETitle: Infrastructuring Critically Conscious Networked Publics for a More Inclusive Democracy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdrian Choi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPh.D. Student in Human-Centered Computing (HCC)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDate: Monday, May 11th, 2026\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETime: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM EST\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELocation: TSRB 217A or \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgatech.zoom.us%2Fj%2F92501046602%3Fpwd%3DZZ1sNubf8F7aDD1hMsYkcsMOizP0qd.1\u0026amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctm186%40gtvault.onmicrosoft.com%7Cd40d9b709a7c49dd30c208de9ccd5e9f%7C482198bbae7b4b258b7a6d7f32faa083%7C1%7C0%7C639120603075090660%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C\u0026amp;sdata=QkwfzjdokmtTLHcGTuhUPYhNkSm51SIZZpatUI%2BB9YY%3D\u0026amp;reserved=0\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/92501046602?pwd=ZZ1sNubf8F7aDD1hMsYkcsMOizP0qd.1\u0022\u003EJoin via Zoom\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Andrea G. Parker (Advisor) \u2013\u0026nbsp;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Lynn Dombrowski \u2013\u0026nbsp;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Neha Kumar \u2013\u0026nbsp;School of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brooke Foucault Welles \u2013 College of Arts, Media, and Design, Northeastern University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Christopher Le Dantec \u2013 College of Arts, Media, and Design and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, Northeastern University\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFree spaces have historically operated as safe learning environments where marginalized youth engage in critical reflection to build civic capacity and mobilize as counter-publics to contest the broader public sphere. However, as youth coalesce around political issues using networked technologies like social media, the formation of these publics becomes actively mediated by commercial technologies. While these technologies allow counter-publics to scale their political discourse, their underlying infrastructure often erodes the conditions necessary for sustaining critical awareness and engaging in constructive deliberation. As such, there is a need to examine how to scaffold technologically-mediated environments that cultivate critically conscious publics in support of an inclusive deliberative democracy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI present five studies analyzing how sociotechnical assemblages shape critically conscious youth publics. My completed work examines youths\u0027 critical consciousness when using social media, investigates how members of a youth empowerment program (YEP) were thwarted even after infrastructuring to sustain a free space, and maps the socio-material conditions necessary for forming healthy networked publics. My proposed work investigates how technology-mediated discourse shapes youths\u0027 critical consciousness by analyzing media narratives after police killed Eric Garner. Concurrently, I examine the role of civic data in infrastructuring critically conscious publics within participatory design, aligning public data with YEPs to probe youths\u0027 attachments to matters of concern.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis dissertation proposal aims to advance our knowledge of the infrastructuring work involved in scaffolding youths\u0027 critical consciousness. By empirically examining YEPs as free spaces alongside the circulation of counter-public discourse online, this work reveals how sociotechnical assemblages can either support or threaten critically conscious publics. Building on these insights, I discuss the precarious nature of infrastructuring these physical and digital spaces, considering the conditions necessary for sociotechnical infrastructures to align with critical pedagogy and support more inclusive democratic deliberation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInfrastructuring Critically Conscious Networked Publics for a More Inclusive Democracy\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Infrastructuring Critically Conscious Networked Publics for a More Inclusive Democracy "}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2026-04-19 01:09:16","changed_gmt":"2026-04-19 01:10:53","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2026-05-11T10:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2026-05-11T13:00:46-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2026-05-11T13:00:46-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2026-05-11 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2026-05-11 17:00:46","gmt_time_end_last":"2026-05-11 17:00:46","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"TSRB 217A or Join via Zoom","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}