Allie Thrall

Dissertation Title: 

Becoming (Mis)Informed: Digital Infopolitics in the Humanities Classroom

Dissertation Description: 

My dissertation unsettles predominant understandings of mis/disinformation in educational settings by providing ethnographic insights into the complex social and technical processes that shape the meaning of digital information as it surfaces and circulates in the everyday activities of schools. 

What Faculty Say About the Impact of This Research:

“By examining how competing notions of truth, evidence, and credibility are negotiated in real-time, her research bridges media studies and education scholarship in ways that will reshape both fields.”

T. Philip Nichols, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction