Monika Sengul-Jones
Lecturer
B.A. Comparative History of Ideas, University of Washington,
M.A. Gender Studies, Central European University
M.A. Communication, University of California San Diego
Ph.D. Communication & Science Studies, University of California San Diego
Email: mmjones@uw.edu
Website: www.monikasjones.com
Introduction
I’m an award-winning writer and researcher. As an interdisciplinary scholar, my work hinges on my care for the ways we understand the world. Our practices & tools. The stories we tell and how we tell them. Stories change us. My work is to make that change visible. My topical areas include technology & society, journalism, visual culture, feminism, work, travel, speculative futures, spirituality, and fiction.
Teaching
My pedagogy focuses on facilitating learning experiences that guide students to identify ways that differences are (re)produced—and how meanings shift—through the social and material processes of mediation. The classroom is a place of interaction, a space where students can unfold their ideas and capacities through engagement with course materials.
Recent Courses Taught
Introduction to Communication
Research/Scholarship
Much of my work is collaborative and falls at the intersection of public scholarship, education, and research. I recently co-led an Art+Feminism research project on reliable sources and marginalized communities on Wikipedia. I contribute to the European Journalism Centre’s Data Journalism.com and is experienced with print and online publishing. I was the inaugural co-managing editor and web developer for Catalyst, a peer-reviewed feminist technoscience journal. My award-winning writing has been described as “moving” and “emotionally exciting.” In addition to my academic training, I have studied creative writing at the University of Washington, Hugo House, with Sabrina Orah Mark, and with Amanda Castleman. I am currently at work on a novel. My work has been supported by and conducted with Art+Feminism, Knight Foundation, OCLC, Network of National Libraries of Medicine, WikiCred, Wiki Edu, and Wikimedia Foundation.
Selected Publications
- Difference work: a conversation with Lilly Irani. L Irani, M Sengul-Jones. Catalyst: Feminism, theory, technoscience 1 (1), 1-14. 2015.
- Being a Better# Freelancer’: Gendered and Racialised Aesthetic Labour on Online Freelance Marketplaces. M Sengul-Jones. Aesthetic Labour, 215-229. 2017.
- The Liminal Work of Online Freelance Writing: Networked Configurations of Gendered Labor, Technologies, Subjectivities. MM Sengul-Jones. University of California, San Diego. 2020.
- Intervening in Wikipedia: Feminist inquiries and opportunities. M Sengul-Jones. Feminist Interventions in Participatory Media, 18-27. 2018.
- ‘I’m a Librarian on Wikipedia’: U.S. Public Librarianship with Wikipedia. M Sengul-Jones. Leveraging Wikipedia: Connecting Communities of Knowledge 1, 215-233. 2018.
- “Choosing” to be Invisible?: Gender, Inequality, and Discourse on Virtual Crowdsourcing Work. M Sengul Jones. IAMCR 2011-Istanbul. 2011.