Pulse People
Faculty
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Dr. Paula Gardner
(she/her)
Director
Professor, Communication Studies and Media Arts and Asper Chair in Communication
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Dr. Alpha Abebe
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Humanities and Faculty Lead for Africa and Black Diaspora Studies
Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars
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Dr. Kelsey Harvey
(she/her)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow in Aging, Digital Spaces, and Social Interaction with the ABLE (Aging, Art/Tech, Longevity) Village Project
Affiliated Faculty
Student Researchers
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Cyril Chen
(they/them, any)
Student Researcher
Master of Arts Communications & New Media student
Research Assistants
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Fenella Amarasinghe
PhD Candidate
PhD Candidate, Faculty of Education, York University
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Helen Beny
Research Coordinator
PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University and Project Coordinator for EFECT
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Jet Coghlan
(they/them)
Research Assistant
Accessibility Consultant, Research Assistant, and Performance Artist
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Nathan Hart
(he/him)
Research Assistant and Webmaster
Pulse Lab consultant, content coordinator, and development
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Kai Hayden
(she/her)
Research Assistant
Producer and Podcast Host – CheckIn Podcast
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Niloofar Hooman
(she/her)
Research Assistant
Ph.D. Candidate, Research Assistant on MacM3, as well as Social Media and Activism Research Group (SMARG) coordinator at Pulse Lab.
![Headshot of Katie Huckson](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/thumbnail_headshot2-Katy-Huckson-937x1280-e1678242782913-150x150.jpg)
Katie Huckson
(she/her)
Research Assistant
PhD Candidate in Communication, New Media, and Cultural Studies at McMaster University
![Headshot of Nnamdi Nnake](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Headshot-Nnamdi-Nnake-Nnamdi-Nnake-150x150.jpg)
Nnamdi Nnake
Research Assistant
PhD Candidate (History) and Research Assistant at CHRRJ, CPS, Participedia, and the Pulse Lab
![Headshot of Clementine Oberst](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Clementine-150x150.jpeg)
Clementine Oberst
(she/her)
Research Assistant
PhD candidate and Pulse Lab Accounts Manager
![Headshot of Mairead Stewart](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mairead-Stewart-150x150.jpg)
Mairead Stewart
(they/them)
Research Assistant
Research Assistant with the ABLE Research Project
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Serena Walk
(she/her)
Research Assistant
Research Assistant at McMaster University's School of the Arts
Pulse Alumni
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Dr. Edmund Adam
(he/him)
Co-Investigator
Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Communication Studies and Media Art at McMaster University
![Headshot of Debora Jesus](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Debora-Jesus-Cropped-150x150.jpg)
Debora Jesus — MA
(she/her)
Former EFECT Contributor
Manager, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Content and Communications at Canadian Tire Corporation
![Headshot of Jess Rauchberg wearing floral print and smiling](https://pulselab.humanities.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_2979-Jess-Rauchberg-150x150.jpg)
Jess Rauchberg
(she/her)
Research Assistant
ABLE.Family Project and Grants Manager and Communications Coordinator
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Harold Sikkema
(he/him)
Former Web Developer
Visual Artist and Professor of Interaction Design at Sheridan College