About Me
I’m a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University in the Media, Technology & Society Program and a member of the SONIC lab. (That’s me, filling out an online survey at the National Museum of Singapore.) I work with Professor Noshir Contractor and my research is about teenagers and technology. Currently, I’m using data from the virtual world Second Life to compare how teenagers and adults form friendship networks online.
 
Prior to returning to school for my Ph.D., I worked as a design researcher for Intel’s User Experience and User Centered Design groups. There, I conducted ethnographic research in a variety of countries and on several topics including mobile technology, pregnancy, aging, gaming, and small business practices. Prior to joining Intel, I earned my B.S. and M.S degrees in Communication and Information Science from Cornell University where I worked with Professor Geri Gay in the HCI Group.
Brooke Foucault Welles
b [dash] foucault [at] northwestern [dot] edu