Dr. Edgar Gomez Cruz

Associate Professor

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Biography

Edgar Gómez-Cruz is an Associate Professor at the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin. He has published widely in top journals on topics related to digital culture, with a particular focus on material visual practices, digital ethnography, and critical approaches to digital technologies. His recent publications include the book "Vital Technologies: Thinking Digital Cultures in Latin America" (2022), and he has co-edited volumes such as "Digital Photography in Everyday Life: Empirical Studies on Material Visual Practices" (Routledge, 2016) with Asko Lehmuskallio, and "Refiguring Techniques in Visual Digital Research" (Palgrave, 2017) with Shanti Sumartojo and Sarah Pink. His current research focuses on the datafication of everyday life in the Global South, encompassing themes like digital ethnography and visual culture. He holds a PhD in Information Knowledge Society, a Master's Degree in Sociological Theory, a Master's Degree in Communication New Technologies, and a Bachelor's Degree (Honours) in Social Communication.

Research Interests

Courses

INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: Ethnography of Socio-Technical Futures INF 398T: Supervised Teaching in Information Studies 320J: Topics in Social Justice Informatics: Technologies in the Information Global South 320S: Topics in Social Informatics: Technologies in the Information Global South

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

General requirements for the Graduate School at UT Austin apply to all programs unless otherwise specified.