Kim Sawchuk

Lab Director

Kim Sawchuk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University and the current editor of the Canadian Journal of Communication. Kim has worked on the Haunting team as a co-leader of Evaluation Mobility Usability (EMU) as a member of the MDCN (2005-2008) . She is a co-editor of Wi journal with Barbara Crow, Michael Longford and Andrea Zeffiro. Kim is the author of numerous articles and edited collections on feminism, art and technology. Her most recent writings on wireless communications explore different facets of user-experiences. Her recent presentations include "Out in the Cold: Endothermic Embodiment, Meteorological Mediation and Mobile Technologies," "Networking Communities: the art of Antoni Abad," and "Selling the Cell to Seniors." Recent publications include "Radio Hats, Wireless Rats and Flying Families." She is the co-author of "Voices from Beyond: Ephemeral Histories and Locative Media" (with Crow, Longford and Zeffiro) and "Leave it to beavers: animals, icons and telecommunications in Canada" and “The Spectral Politics of Mobile Technologies: Gender, Infrastructure and International Policy” with Barbara Crow.