I’m Camille Butera (she/her), a third-year Information Science PhD student at CU Boulder, working with Jed Brubaker in the Identity Lab.

Broadly speaking, my research investigates the account (social media, digital services, email, multiple logins on a computer, etc) as a sociotechnical object and inescapable infrastructure that both shapes and becomes latched onto how we articulate ourselves. In doing that, I look at their history, present practices of use, and future potentials for design.

Previously, I completed a B.A. in Sociology at Smith College and a MSc in the Social Science of the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. My MSc thesis was overseen by Bernie Hogan and Victoria Nash. My work at both institutions related to how affordances shape confession and identity disclosure in digital spaces.

Outside of my personal research, I have written about digital culture and games, with my writing featured in outlets like WIRED and The Verge.

If you would like to discuss any of these topics, please reach out at camille.butera@colorado.edu.