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.