Hi, I'm Mel.
I am a Network Science PhD student at Northeastern University. My research focuses on the aesthetics of online communication,
and I'm broadly interested in social media, data science, public health, science communication, and design. Currently I work with the Communication
Media and Marginalization (COMM) Lab and the Psychology of Misinformation (PoM) lab, and I am advised by Dr. Brooke Foucault Welles and Dr. Briony
Swire-Thompson.
My Projects
The Cottagecore to Tradwife Pipeline
2023
Research showing the potential for a pipeline resulting from aesthetic similarities between Cottagecore and Tradwife content on Tumblr - the first step of an ongoing project.
Visualizing Complexity Science Workshop
2023
Illustrations and data visualizations for an article prototype "Fight for Survival" created as part of the 2023 Visualizing Complexity Science Workshop.
Ukraine as a Political Tool in Sponsored Content
2022
A poster showing the use of Ukraine as a political tool in Facebook Sponsored content.
Indiana University Societal Computing Lab
2021
Prototypes designed to investigate technologies for mitigating HIV-related stigma.
REU @ University of Southern California
2021
Research about images posted online during the Stop Asian Hate movement completed at USC's Information Sciences Institute during my REU program.
