Jeff Nagy
Department of Communication & Media Studies
Assistant Professor
Email: jsnagy@yorku.ca
Jeff Nagy is an Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Critical Data Studies in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. Previously, he was a DISCO Network Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, where he collaborated with scholars, artists, and policymakers to envision and build anti-racist and anti-ableist technological futures, also ran Search Engines, a programming series centered around the arts, emerging technology, and social justice. He is a historian of computing and AI focused on the intersections between that history with disability and psychological and psychiatric science. He holds a PhD in Communication from Stanford University. His research has appeared in Just Tech, New Media & Society, Technology & Culture, and elsewhere.
Degrees
PhD in Communication, Stanford UniversityMFA in Creative Writing, University of Iowa
BA in Literature, Harvard University
Research Interests
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/CMDS2510 3.0 | A | Imagining Data Justice | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | AP/CMDS3517 3.0 | A | Doing Bodies/Doing Technology | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CMDS3520 3.0 | M | AI, Automation, and Mediation | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CMDS4306 3.0 | M | Inside Technology | SEMR |
Jeff Nagy is an Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Critical Data Studies in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. Previously, he was a DISCO Network Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan, where he collaborated with scholars, artists, and policymakers to envision and build anti-racist and anti-ableist technological futures, also ran Search Engines, a programming series centered around the arts, emerging technology, and social justice. He is a historian of computing and AI focused on the intersections between that history with disability and psychological and psychiatric science. He holds a PhD in Communication from Stanford University. His research has appeared in Just Tech, New Media & Society, Technology & Culture, and elsewhere.
Degrees
PhD in Communication, Stanford UniversityMFA in Creative Writing, University of Iowa
BA in Literature, Harvard University
Research Interests
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | AP/CMDS2510 3.0 | A | Imagining Data Justice | SEMR |
| Fall 2024 | AP/CMDS3517 3.0 | A | Doing Bodies/Doing Technology | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CMDS3520 3.0 | M | AI, Automation, and Mediation | SEMR |
| Winter 2025 | AP/CMDS4306 3.0 | M | Inside Technology | SEMR |
