MICRO-BIO

• Sophia Melanson is currently completing a PhD with the Joint Program in Communication and Culture at York / Ryerson Universities, and is involved in research pertaining to the socio-cognitive impact of algorithmically conducted psychographic profili...More

  Sophia Melanson is currently completing a PhD with the Joint Program in Communication and Culture at York / Ryerson Universities, and is involved in research pertaining to the socio-cognitive impact of algorithmically conducted psychographic profiling and psychometric modeling. She is an Alumna of the University of Toronto's Master of Arts program in European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, where she completed a thesis examining the cultural underbelly of human trafficking in Eastern Europe. Ms Melanson has presented her work at the 2012 Iberian Association for Cultural Studies conference, "Identities, Migration and Diaspora: New Sexualities and Gender Identities," in Malaga, Spain.

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EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

• York University

  • Doctoral
  • September 2016 to Present

  Communication and Culture

• University of Toronto

  • Master of Arts
  • September 2008 to November 2010

  European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

• Trent University

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • September 2006 to July 2008

  Honours, History

• NSCAD University

  • Bachelor of Design
  • September 2002 to May 2006

  Honours, Communication Design

Links

• Academia.edu