curriculum vitae

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Activities

Academic Positions

• 2021— Lecturer (research & teaching), Department of Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. 

 

• 2019-2021 - Assistant Professor (tenure track). Simon Fraser University, School of Communication. Canada.

 

• 2018 - Postdoc. Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

 

• 2015 - PhD Research Intern. Microsoft Research New England; Social Media Collective. USA.

Education

• 2017 - Ph.D. In Communication and Culture, Minor in Telecommunications.  Indiana University Bloomington
  Advisor:  Mary L. Gray (Microsoft Research); Committee: Harmeet Sawhney (IU Media School), Susan Lepselter (IU Anthropology), Robert Ivie (IU Communication & Culture)

 

• 2009 - MA in Communications and New Media. National University of Singapore

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• 2002 - BA in Sociology, Minor in Cultural Studies (First-class honours). University of Melbourne

Grants

• 2023 - British Academy Small Grant
• 2021 - SFU/SSHRC Small Research Grant
• 2013 - Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. Dissertation Fieldwork Grant​​

Editorial Board 

• 2023— Convergence Journal
  

Reviewing

• Journals:  Int. Journal of Communication
  Baltic Screen Media Review
  Social Media+ Society 
  Big Data & Society​
  ​Subjectivity
  Digital Society
  Science, Technology, & Human Values
  Journal of Critical Studies in Media Communications​
  Journal of Consumer Culture
  Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
  
  
• Presses: Rowman & Littlefield
  MIT Press

• Conferences: 
  Digital Games Research Association (2023 Track Chair for History and Cultural Context)
  Association of Internet Researchers
  European Communication Research and Education Association​
  Foundations of Digital Games Conference

​Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Articles

• 2020 - "Diagrams of Flexibility in the Future of Work." Centre for Ethics Journal, University of Toronto. 
• 2020 - New Age Media. “There are Infinities within the Mind: Isolation Tanks and Psychonautic Capitalism.” In Media Res. 
• 2014 - “Vemödalen and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.” Antenna.
• 2013 - “More Lively than Life is our Motto: Better Living through Gamification.” Antenna.
• 2012 - “Oops, I Swiped my Book: Nostalgia and Finitude in Digital Media.” Antenna.

Book Reviews

• 2019 - Review of "Media Anthropology for the Digital Age. Anna Cristina Pertierra." Television & New Media.
• 2019 - Review of "Antisocial Media: Anxious Labor in the Digital Economy. Greg Goldberg." Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
• 2018 - Review of "The Participatory Condition in the Digital Age by Darin Barney, Gabriella Coleman, Christine Ross, Jonathan Sterne, Tamar Tembeck, editors" International Journal of Communication.​​

publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Chia A. and Neves, J. (2022) "The Data Pharmacy: Wearables from Sensing to Stimulation." OA Download: Media Theory. 6(2): 77-110. 

 

• Chia A. (2022) "The Metaverse, but not the way you think: Game engines and automation beyond game development." OA Download: Critical Studies in Media Communication. 39(3): 191-200.

 

• Chia A. and Ruffino, P. (2022) "Special Issue Introduction: Politicizing Agency in Digital Play After Humanism." OA Download: Convergence. 28(2): 309-319.

 

• Chia, A. (2022) “The Artist and the Automaton in Digital Game Production.” OA Download: Convergence. 28(2): 389-412.

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• Karppi, T., Chia, A., & Jorge, A. (2021) “In the Mood for Disconnection.” Convergence. 27(6): 1599-1614.

 

• Chia, A., Keogh, B, Leorke, D., & Nicoll, B. (2020) "Platformization in Game Development." OA Download: Internet Policy Review. 9(4)

 

• Chia, A. (2020) "Productive Leisure in Post-Fordist Fandom." Journal of Fandom Studies. 8(1): 47-63

 

• Chia, A. (2019) "The Moral Calculus of Vocational Passion in Digital Gaming​​​." ​ Television & New Media. 20(8): 767-77

 

• Chia, A. (2019) "Virtual Lucidity: A Media Archaeology of Dream Hacking Wearables." OA Download: Communication +1. 7(2)​

 

• Chia, A. (2017) "Scaling Technoliberalism for Massively Multiplayer Online Games." OA Download: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research. 10(3)

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• Chia, A. (2012) “Welcome to Me-Mart: The Politics of User Generated Content in Personal Blogs.” American Behavioral Scientist. 56(4): 421-438

Peer-Reviewed Editorial Projects

•  Chia, A. and Ruffino, P. (2022) Journal Special Issue: "Politicizing Agency in Digital Play After Humanism." Convergence ​Download:​ OA Intro 

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• Chia, A., Jorge, A. and Karppi, T. (2022) Edited Book: Reckoning with Social Media. Rowman & Littlefield. ​Download:​ OA Intro

 

• Neves, J., Chia, A., Paasonen, S., & Sundaram, R. (2022). Collaborative Volume: TechnoPharmacology. Meson Press / University of Minnesota Press. Download​: OA

Book Chapters

• Chia, A. and Beattie, A. (2022). “Ethics and Experimentation in The Light Phone and Google Wellbeing.” in Reckoning with Social Media. Download:​ OA

 

• Chia, A. (2021) "Self-making and Game-making in the Future of Work​​​." Game Production Studies. Download OA: Amsterdam University Press.

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

• 2022 - "The Engine is the Message: Game Engines and the Future of Platforms." Aleena Chia, James Malazita, Christopher Young, David Nieborg, Daniel Joseph, Matthew Gantt. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ​
• 2021 - “Everything is Connected: Networked Conspirituality in New Age Media.” Aleena Chia, Jonathan Corpus Ong, Hugh Davies, Mack Hagood. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ​
• 2020 - "Disconnection: Designs and Desires." Karppi, Tero, Aleena Chia, Airi Lampinen, Zeena Feldman, Michael Dieter, Pedro Ferreira, and Alex Beattie. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. ​
• 2013 - "(Invisible) Internet infrastructure labor." Finn, Megan, Ashwin Mathew, ShinJoung Yeo, Lilly Irani, Sheeharsh Kelkar, Aleena Chia, Morgan Ames, and Kate Crawford. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 

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