Hi, I’m Palashi!

I’m a President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, San Diego. In 2025, I will be joining Simon Fraser University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology.

I got my PhD in Information Science at Cornell University with a minor in Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies. I am an engineer turned feminist scholar, researcher, writer, poet, and activist working at the intersection of society and technology.

I think a lot about what is considered normative and what is normalized in worlds of computing, including where it comes from and how it becomes common sense. To this end, I am often pursuing alternative understandings of computing that challenge or resist such norms. I am guided by historical, material and corporeal knowledge of marginalized communities to question as well as re-imagine worlds of technology.

💡 Critical and Interpretive Studies of Technology

👩🏽‍💻 Human-Computer Interaction

🤳🏽 Computer-Supported Cooperative Work

⚖️ Technology, Justice and Equity

You can contact me at pvaghela <at> ucsd <dot> edu

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