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Social Media and Society Cluster (SMS)

The Social Media and Society Cluster is a transdisciplinary unit within Rutgers School of Communication and Information that supports research extending across the boundaries of the i-School, communication, and media studies programs within the School. For more information and examples of members' research, see the Cluster website.

Faculty Members

Mark Aakhus

Mark Aakhus

Interim Dean and Professor of Communication

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Denise Agosto

Denise Agosto

Professor of Library and Information Science

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Jack Bratich

Jack Bratich

Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Phone848-932-8711

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Mary Chayko

Mary Chayko

Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information and Director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies

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Kaitlin L. Costello

Kaitlin L. Costello

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7153

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Marya Doerfel

Marya L. Doerfel

Professor of Communication and Chair of Communication

Phone848-932-7163

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Suchinthi Fernando

Assistant Teaching Professor of Library and Information Science

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Sophia Fu

J. Sophia Fu

Associate Professor of Communication

Phone848-932-8769

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Kiran Garimella

Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science

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David Greenberg

Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies and of History

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Alexa Hepburn

Alexa Hepburn

Professor Emerita of Communication

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Shagun Jhaver

Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science

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Susan Keith

Susan Keith

Associate Dean for Programs and Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Phone848-932-8703

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Sunyoung Kim

Sunyoung Kim

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7585

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Jeffrey Lane

Jeffrey Lane

Associate Professor of Communication

Phone848-932-7525

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Regina Marchi

Regina Marchi

Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Phone848-932-8712

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Katherine Ognyanova

Katherine (Katya) Ognyanova

Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Rutgers Computational Social Science Lab

Phone848-932-8833

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John Pavlik

John V. Pavlik

Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

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Caitlin Petre

Caitlin Petre

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

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Marie L. Radford

Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science

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Rebecca Reynolds

Rebecca Reynolds

Chair and Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

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Yonaira Rivera

Yonaira Rivera

Assistant Professor of Communication

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Sarah Shugars

Sarah Shugars

Assistant Professor of Communication

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Vivek Singh

Vivek K. Singh

Associate Professor of Library and Information Science

Phone848-932-7588

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Sharon Stoerger

Sharon Stoerger

Assistant Dean for Programs and Assessment

Phone848-932-8814

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Joyce Valenza

Joyce Kasman Valenza

Associate Teaching Professor of Library and Information Science

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Matt Weber

Matthew Weber

Professor of Communication

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Khadijah Costley White

Khadijah Costley White

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Phone848-932-8765

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Todd Wolfson

Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies – On leave from 2025 to 2027

Phone848-932-8709

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