Gianna Williams

• williams.gia@northeastern.edu
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Hello, my name is Gianna. I am currently working on my PhD at Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University where I am advised by Alexandra To

My research interests are in Decolonial AI, Algorithmic Folk Theorization, Computational Social Science, and Digital Resistance with a research foundation rooted in Black feminist theory.

What am I working on?

• Black Simmers and their relationship to modding
• Algorithmic Folk Theorization of Black Women on Tiktok

Work and Publications

• Williams,G Black Content Creators’ Responses and Resistance Strategies on TikTok. (Preprint)
• Williams,G Visualizing Police Militarization Using data visualization to showcase problems within the carceral system for better community reallocation initiatives. SOCArXIV (Preprint)
• Williams,G , Godwin.A. Is the current design of the gig economy fair to contractors? SOCArXIV
• Digital Colonialism Video Essay
• Is the current design of the gig economy fair to contractors? (Preprint)

Talks and Presensations

• Presented at the TAPIA conference on Crowdsourcing communities in Latin America
• MIT Summer Research Poster Presentation representing MIT Media Viral Communications lab