Associate Professor; AC Associate Chair and Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program
jchl@umich.edu
Office Information:
3527G Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study:
cultural studies, code and algorithm studies, future studies, surveillance, identity, privacy, critical theory, philosophy
hours: Tuesday 1:30-2:30PM
American Culture
Education/Degree:
Ph.D., University of Southern California, 2011
About
Professor Cheney-Lippold teaches and writes on the impact of digital media on our social and political lives. He is also the author of We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of our Digital Selves (NYU Press, 2017).
Currently, he is working on a book project about the future as an analytic, tracing ideas of the future through Catholic eschatology, political theories of fascism and socialism, and the business and cultural imaginaries of Silicon Valley.
Research Area(s):
- surveillance
- citizenship
- identity
- algorithm
- privacy
- the future
Affiliations:
Professor Cheney-Lippold holds a joint appointment in the Department of American Culture (AC) and by Courtesy in the Digital Studies Institute (DSI)
