About Us

The Project on Public Policy and Advanced Communication Technology (The PACT Lab) is the multidisciplinary research group of Prof. Christian Sandvig at the University of Illinois. Our lab produces scholarly research about information and communication technologies in the interest of society. Through participants and partners, we combine expertise in the social sciences with engineering. Our studies are particularly focused on the conflicts that result between legal, technical, and social elements of large-scale technological systems.

Profiles of lab members:

Faculty

Sandvig, Christian - Communication Technology and Public Policy

Researchers

Crain, Matt - Critical Media Studies and Public Policy

Kolar, Jeff - New Media and Studio Art

Pradun, Mark - Communication Technology and Policy

Raja, Siddhartha - Telecommunications Policy and Regulation

Rickman, Aimee - New Media and Adolescence

Shaw, Emily - Library and Information Science

Stephens, Mike - Electrical Engineering

Yeo, ShinJeong - Information Policy

Research Associates

Chan, Dave - Electrical and Computer Engineering

Croke, Ryan - Communication Technology & Disability Studies

Lyon, Elizabeth - Economic Geography & GIS Technology

Meinrath, Sascha - Community Internet and Community Media

Shah, Rajiv - Information Technology and the Regulation of Behavior

Former Researchers

Brandon, David - Bioinformatics

Daar, Rivka - Organizational Communication & New Media

Hinkle, Lindsay - Psychology, Communication, & Gender

Hutchinson, Whitney - Communication & Law

Kim, Hye-Young - Urban Planning, Architecture

Kinzer, James - Law

Kuppler, Katherine - Chemistry

Rodriguez, Max - Media Policy

Spain, Ryan - Communication & Public Policy

White, Jolene - Interpersonal Communication & New Media

Wondra, Matt - Computer Science

Wondra, Nick - Computer Science and Engineering Physics

Yu, Michelle - English and Pre-Law