I study the relationship between humans and technology, complicating how we think about digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI). With groundings in critical theory and qualitative participatory methods, I study how technologies impact human interaction and how humans use, navigate, and resist technologies to survive and thrive. I create connective tissue between research (conceptual, theoretical, and empirical) and spaces of practice and everyday life. Presently, I am an Assistant Professor of Child Welfare and Technology in the School of Social Work at San José State University. I co-lead the Critical Race and Intersectional Technology (CRIT) Collective—an intergenerational, creative, and intellectual community of care.

I currently live in San José, California with our Italian Greyhound, Karl Marx, as my wife, Kemeyawi completes a Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Culture Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. I am also an amateur sneakerhead who loves reading, coffee, spicy food and hot sauce, long walks (usually with Karl), and laughing at home with the family.