Frances Corry

Frances Corry is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Culture & Data Stewardship at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information. Previously, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center on Digital Culture and Society. She holds a PhD and MA in Communication from the University of Southern California.

Her research employs critical-historical approaches to examine the prehistories and afterlives of data-intensive systems, focusing on social media platforms, cultural memory, and technological obsolescence. Current projects include analyzing platform closure’s impact on cultural memory and developing frameworks for ethical dataset deprecation. She collaborates with institutions such as Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab and serves on the editorial board of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing.

Teaching focuses on courses like Digital Humanities and Critical Information Studies at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Her work bridges communication studies, information science, and science-technology-society (STS) frameworks, incorporating methods like archival research, network analysis, and critical cultural analysis.

Publications span venues including Convergence, FAccT, Feminist Media Studies, and First Monday. She frequently engages in public discourse on technology’s societal impacts through media outlets like the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.