Current Members
HANNAH GROVER
Hannah Grover is an emerging scholar pursuing a Masters in Media Studies at Concordia University, with the aim of developing a web series about positive representation for queer women and non-binary individuals in fandom communities. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in English from the University of Regina with a concentration in creative writing and has experience as a tutor, student journalist, actor in film, theatre, and television, and as an educational video producer. Hannah is passionate about intersectional feminist filmmaking, queer writing (be it prose or poetry), and community activism.
CHRIS HURL
Chris Hurl is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University in Montréal, Canada. His research explores the influence of transnational professional service firms in public policy-making and the politics of transparency in government outsourcing. He is the co-editor of Corporatizing Canada (Between the Lines, 2018) and Professional Service Firms and Politics in a Global Era (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
KEVIN WALBY
Kevin Walby is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Winnipeg. He is co-editor of Brokering Access: Power, Politics, and Freedom of Information Process in Canada with M. Larsen (2012, UBC Press), Access to Information and Social Justice with J. Brownlee (2015, ARP Books), and Corporatizing Canada: Making Business Out of Public Service with J. Brownlee and C. Hurl (2018, Between the Lines Press). He is the Director of the Centre for Access to Information and Justice (CAIJ). He is co-editor of the Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.
ELENA ROWAN
Elena Rowan is an MA student in Sociology at Concordia University. Her research and previously presented work is focused on digital materials and copyright issues in archives and libraries. She has presented her work on “Archiving the Internet” at Concordia’s SAGSA Conference and a workshop on “Curating Nostalgia” at the Milieux Institute’s NOSTAGAIN Conference, both in 2023.
MARIUS SENNEVILLE
Marius Senneville is pursuing a PhD in the Social & Cultural Analysis program at Concordia University, where he works on the corporate governance of startups operating within the space of ethical AI and the influence of ESG investing on the evaluative practices of venture capitalists. On the broader topic of the political economy of AI, he co-published in Big Data & Society and presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science. In collaboration with Prof. Orit Halpern at TU Dresden, he is also contributing on research projects funded by the FRQSC, Reclaiming the Planet and Against Catastrophe.
MICHAEL ZAJNER
Michael Zajner is a student at Concordia University completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Electroacoustics as well as holding a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Philosophy from the University of Windsor. He is Chair of the Concordia Electroacoustic Studies Student Association and is a Milieux Undergraduate Fellow. His research primarily focuses on sonic composition, psychoacoustic perception, and music as non-invasive forms of therapy. He has worked on radio broadcasting covering topics of technological democratization in the arts and community engagement.
Former Members
KATHARINE O’BRIEN
Katharine O’Brien is a student at Concordia University completing a Master of Arts in Media Studies. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree as well as a Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies also from Concordia and has worked as a screenwriter in television and digital media for over a decade. Her research is focused around leveraging big data to combat misinformation.
MELINA CAMPOS ORTIZ
Melina Campos Ortiz is a Ph.D. student in Social and Cultural Analysis. In her research, she combines experimental ethnographies, feminist Science and Technology Studies and post-development theories to explore human-soil relationships in Costa Rica. As part of the Data Justice Hub, Melina is exploring data feminism and how a group of data activists in Latin America are moving away from their screens and promoting relations of care through embroidery. Melina also has a very active role at the Concordia Ethnography Lab, where she was the coordinator and has worked on various research projects.
