About

I am a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Computational Media Department at UC Santa Cruz working in the Authentic User Experience Lab with Dr. Norman Su. I received my PhD in Informatics from Penn State University. 

I primarily employ qualitative methods to gain a deep, nuanced understanding of how marginalized and decentered users engage with and are impacted by contemporary technologies. Much of my prior work has focused on rural areas, where I have investigated intra-rural digital divides, which are digital inequalities present between and within rural communities, and have developed digital literacy education that is informed by cultural tenets of rural Appalachia. For my broader research agenda, I am invested in understanding the ways that technology creates and perpetuates injustice and aim to remediate those injustices through transformative approaches to technology.

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I am on the job market seeking a tenure-track faculty role in iSchools, Computer Science, or Media Studies. Contact me at rejonas (at) ucsc (dot) edu