Pulse People
Faculty

Dr. Paula Gardner
(she/her)
Director
Professor, Communication Studies and Media Arts and Asper Chair in Communication

Dr. Alpha Abebe
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Humanities and Faculty Lead for Africa and Black Diaspora Studies

Dr. Chelsea Gabel
Associate Professor
Indigenous Studies Department and the Department of Health, Aging and Society
Affiliated Faculty
Student Researchers

Cyril Chen
(they/them, any)
Student Researcher
Master of Arts Communications & New Media student

Dr. Kelsey Harvey
(she/her)
Researcher
Co-Researcher in Aging, Digital Spaces, and Social Interaction with the ABLE (Aging, Art/Tech, Longevity) Village Project
Research Assistants

Helen Beny
Research Coordinator
PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science at McMaster University and Project Coordinator for EFECT

Jet Coghlan
(they/them)
Research Assistant
Accessibility Consultant, Research Assistant, and Performance Artist

Faezeh Daemi
PhD Student
PhD Student in Comunications, New Media, and Cultural studies

Nathan Hart
(he/him)
Research Assistant and Webmaster
Pulse Lab consultant, content coordinator, and development

Kai Hayden
(she/her)
Research Assistant
Producer and Podcast Host – CheckIn Podcast

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.

Katie Huckson
(she/her)
Research Assistant
PhD Candidate in Communication, New Media, and Cultural Studies at McMaster University

Nnamdi Nnake
Research Assistant
PhD Candidate (History) and Research Assistant at CHRRJ, CPS, Participedia, and the Pulse Lab

Clementine Oberst
(she/her)
Research Assistant
PhD candidate and Pulse Lab Accounts Manager

Mairead Stewart
(they/them)
Research Assistant
Research Assistant with the ABLE Research Project

Serena Walk
(she/her)
Research Assistant
Research Assistant at McMaster University's School of the Arts
Pulse Alumni

Dr. Edmund Adam
(he/him)
Former Co-Investigator
Post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Communication Studies and Media Art at McMaster University

Debora Jesus — MA
(she/her)
Former EFECT Contributor
Manager, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Content and Communications at Canadian Tire Corporation

Jess Rauchberg
(she/her)
Former Research Assistant and PhD student
ABLE.Family Project and Grants Manager and Communications Coordinator

Harold Sikkema
(he/him)
Former Web Developer
Visual Artist and Professor of Interaction Design at Sheridan College