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Michaelanne Thomas @michaelannephd.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Many congrats to Dr. @bzfzhang.bsky.social on his successful dissertation defense! @haimson.bsky.social and I are proud advisors, and anticipate great things from him as an assistant professor at Stonybrook University.

professional image of Ben Zhang with text that reads, "Congratulations Dr. Ben Zefeng Zhang on the successful defense of your dissertation Infrastructuring Data Values: An Ethnography of AI Production, Labor, and Data Marketplace in the Chinese Datafied State, Oliver Haimson and Michaelanne Thomas, serving as committee co-chairs, presided over the oral defense."

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Big congrats to Dr. @bzfzhang.bsky.social, who just defended his dissertation! It's been such an honor to work with Ben over the past 5 years, along with co-advisor @michaelannephd.bsky.social. Ben will start as Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University, & I'm so excited to follow his research!

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Another week full of book events! 📘 🤩 ✈️

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Can't believe book pub day is here!! *Trans Technologies* is officially published today! Use discount code MITP30 for 30% off today only (unfortunately available only in the US) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777584...

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Trans Technologies by Oliver L. Haimson: 9780262551861 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

How technology creates new possibilities for transgender people, and how trans experiences, in turn, create new possibilities for technology. Mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize tran...

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