LAB COORDINATORS

Stefanie Duguay - Director

Stefanie Duguay is Concordia University Research Chair in Digital Intimacy, Gender and Sexuality and an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada. Her research focuses on the intersection of digital media with representations and practices pertaining to relationships, gender, and sexuality. This has involved studies of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people’s social media participation and self-representation as well as studies of dating apps, platform appropriation, social media governance, discourses of automation and algorithmic neutrality, and the role of social and mobile media in queer social landscapes. Dr. Duguay’s research has been published in New Media & Society; Social Media + Society; Information, Communication & Society; and other outlets.

Dunja NeSovic - Lab Coordinator

Dunja is a PhD student working under the supervision of Stefanie Duguay. Her doctoral research focuses on investigating queer visibility on social media. As a researcher, curator and editor, she has been collaborating with the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, NL), Tijdschrift Kunstlicht (Amsterdam, NL), Screen Walks (Photographer’s Gallery in London and Fotomuseum Winterthur) and IMPAKT Festival (Utrecht, NL).