Howdy! I'm Caroline Petronis, a third-year sociology/science studies PhD student at UCSD. I'm broadly interested in examining the enmeshing of the online and offline to better understand the circulation of information, especially as we encounter and interact with increasing numbers of more-than-human technological entities (think algorithms).
I'm currently interested in the impact of social media on the public understanding of science, misinformation, and the diagnosis and understanding of both communicable and noncommunicable disease.Â
In my free time, you can find me watching sports (and losing my voice when overzealously cheering for Duke basketball), going to concerts featuring indie artists that my parents hate, and playing Nancy Drew PC games. Check out my CV here and my (mostly inactive) Twitter (X?) at @CPetroAcademic.
