My name is Megh and I use they/them pronouns. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media & Information and the Center for Bioethics & Social Justice at Michigan State University.
My research is situated at the intersection of science and technology studies, disability studies, and social studies of medicine. I study expert work practices and marginalized people's lived experiences, particularly in the domain of disability and healthcare. My work generates critical theory and implications for inclusive sociotechnical systems.
My work has been published in top human-computer interaction and social science venues (CHI, CSCW, ICTD, and Time & Society), and presented at the American Epilepsy Society, Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), Society for Disability Studies, Eastern Sociological Society, Canadian Disability Studies Association, and Nordic Network on Disability Research. I have received fellowships from Microsoft Research and the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities, Initiative in Disability Studies, and Rackham Program in Public Scholarship for my work on the social implications of medical technology.
I was a President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine mentored by Gillian Hayes. I received a PhD in Information from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where I was advised by Kentaro Toyama and mentored by Tiffany Veinot, Sucheta Joshi, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, and Joyojeet Pal.
Prior to the University of Michigan, I was research fellow at Microsoft Research, fortunate to be supervised by Bill Thies, Jacki O'Neill, and Ed Cutrell. I received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Toronto, advised by Graeme Hirst; and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. I spent five years working as software engineer and technical lead in product driven, social media analytics, and banking software companies. I enjoy writing carefully designed and easy to maintain code.
Here is my CV.
My research is situated at the intersection of science and technology studies, disability studies, and social studies of medicine. I study expert work practices and marginalized people's lived experiences, particularly in the domain of disability and healthcare. My work generates critical theory and implications for inclusive sociotechnical systems.
My work has been published in top human-computer interaction and social science venues (CHI, CSCW, ICTD, and Time & Society), and presented at the American Epilepsy Society, Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), Society for Disability Studies, Eastern Sociological Society, Canadian Disability Studies Association, and Nordic Network on Disability Research. I have received fellowships from Microsoft Research and the University of Michigan's Institute for the Humanities, Initiative in Disability Studies, and Rackham Program in Public Scholarship for my work on the social implications of medical technology.
I was a President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine mentored by Gillian Hayes. I received a PhD in Information from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where I was advised by Kentaro Toyama and mentored by Tiffany Veinot, Sucheta Joshi, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts, and Joyojeet Pal.
Prior to the University of Michigan, I was research fellow at Microsoft Research, fortunate to be supervised by Bill Thies, Jacki O'Neill, and Ed Cutrell. I received a master's degree in computer science from the University of Toronto, advised by Graeme Hirst; and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai. I spent five years working as software engineer and technical lead in product driven, social media analytics, and banking software companies. I enjoy writing carefully designed and easy to maintain code.
Here is my CV.
