Allegra G. Fonda-Bonardi (冯乐然) (she | her) is a doctoral candidate (ABD) at the University of Michigan School of Information, where she works at the intersections of sociotechnical infrastructures, computing, and data standardization work. She was awarded an NSF DDRIG award (SES - 244481) in support of her doctoral dissertation. She received the 2021-2022 China-US Scholars Program fellowship, which replaced the Fulbright program to China for that academic year. She holds prior degrees from MIT and Oberlin College.

Research Areas

• Critical Studies of Design and Computing
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
• China
• Technology, Finance, and Data

Dissertation Co-Supervisors

• Dr. Margaret (Maggie) Levenstein, University of Michigan (UMSI, ICPSR)
• Dr. Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan (UMSI, EECS)

Affiliations

• UM Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC)
• Fudan University (FISF) 复旦大学泛海国际金融学院
• UM Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
• InfraLab (alumn)
• Tech.Culture.Matters (alumn)
• Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S)
• Association for Asian Studies (AAS)

Languages

• Mandarin Chinese (HSK 6: fluent spoken & written)
• Italian (advanced proficiency)
• Spanish (intermediate proficiency)