Chelsea Gunn

Chelsea Gunn is a Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information. She holds a PhD from the same institution and an MLIS from Simmons University. Her research and teaching focus on personal and community archives, archival ethics, digital preservation, and data literacy. She serves on Prototype PGH’s Board of Directors and The Reading Room’s Editorial Team.

Education: PhD (2020) and MLIS (2012) from University of Pittsburgh and Simmons University, respectively, with a BA in Creative Writing (2008) from Carlow University.

Research Interests: Archival Studies, community archives, digital preservation sustainability, and ethical dimensions of information systems. She actively explores intersections of memory practices with data systems, particularly in marginalized communities.

Awards include the Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grant (2022-2023) and multiple teaching grants focusing on diversity and pedagogy innovation. Her work emphasizes collaborative projects like the Socio-Technical Sustainability Roadmap and the Personal Digital Archiving Conference (PDA 2019).

Professional Experience includes roles as Archivist, Manager of Digital Initiatives, and various community archiving projects. She co-organized PDA 2019 and facilitates workshops on art+data intersections and equitable tech practices.