Dr. Megan Ankerson

Associate Professor

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Biography

Megan Sapnar Ankerson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the intersections of new media, visual culture, web history, software studies, memory, time, and media aesthetics. She is the author of 'Dot-com Design: Rise of Usable, Social, Commercial Web' published by New York University Press in 2018. Currently, she is engaged in a research project titled 'Big Data Time Machines: AI, Sci-Fi, Future History', which examines the historicization of large-scale distributed computational systems and neural networks in the context of shifting narrative conventions and significant political concerns. Her work aims to explore how these systems transform everyday experiences and the implications of Big Data on our understanding of past, present, and future.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
  • Official Transcripts
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science