University of Wisconsin–Madison
Biography Eric Boansi Agyekum is a PhD student at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research explores journalism practice and counter-misinformation interventions, with a focus on their political, social and epistemic consequences. Prior to joining SJMC, Eric was an assistant lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Journalism Campus of University …
Biography Caroline Anipah is a PhD student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications (SJMC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a Master of Philosophy in Communication Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from the University of Ghana. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Innovation and Design …
Biography Life has taken me everywhere, from serving aboard aircraft carriers in the US Navy, to pressing camera lenses against the cage at some of the UFC’s biggest events, to creating content for the Chicago Police Department. My storytelling career began when I was a reporter at a small newspaper in Chicago that catered to …
Biography Alexandra Colombier Vanijaka is a researcher and lecturer in Information and Communication Sciences whose work sits at the intersection of journalism, digital media, platforms, and political communication. Her research has focused particularly on Thailand and Southeast Asia, examining how journalists, political actors, audiences, and online communities navigate an increasingly platformised media environment. Her doctoral …
Biography Roger Cuartielles is a researcher in the Department of Communication at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), where he is a member of the Political Communication, Journalism and Democracy Research Group (POLCOM-GRP). His research examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping journalism, with a particular focus on fact-checking, information verification, media accountability, media literacy, and public …
Biography Agustin Ferrari Braun is a PhD researcher at the AlgoSoc Consortium, affiliated with the Media Studies Department and the Institute for Information Law of the University of Amsterdam. His doctoral research focuses of the politics of digital infrastructures in the European news media ecosystem. Agustin’s research interest include political economy of media, media theory, …
Biography Ivan Gallegos is a PhD candidate in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia. He also served as a lecturer in the Department of Communication Studies at Davao del Norte State College in the Philippines. His research critically examines the intersections of media, infrastructure, and futurity, with a particular interest in …
Biography Erica (Jiaxin) Gong is a PhD student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on journalism innovation and media sociology, particularly how emerging technologies are transforming journalistic practices and news consumption globally context. She is interested in bridging academic scholarship and industry by bringing …
Biography Babette is a PhD researcher in the Media, Information and Persuasion Lab at KU Leuven (Belgium). Here, she is finishing her dissertation under the guidance of Prof. Michaël Opgenhaffen (KU Leuven) and Prof. Peter Van Aelst (University of Antwerp). Her research focuses on fact-check exposure and effectiveness, and how they can operate as tools …
Biography Leonor Hidalgo is a Ph.D. student in Mass Communication at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research focuses on how health technologies and digital information environments shape public trust and health decision-making. She is particularly interested in understanding how emotions, uncertainty, and misinformation influence public responses to health technologies. …