Biography
Kaushar Mahetaji is a PhD student at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, specializing in Media, Technology, and Culture. Her research explores how platform power is mediated, negotiated, and contested by integrating theoretical frameworks and methods from political economy, information systems, and strategic management. Specifically, she evaluates how social media platforms use digital tools to manage their relationships with content creators and third parties, including partners, data intermediaries, and advertisers. Kaushar is broadly interested in platform labour, the creator economy, and platform governance.
- platform governance
- platform infrastructure
- platform labour
- software tools
- creator economy
PhD in Information, 2023--
University of Toronto
MI in Information (Critical Information Policy Studies), 2022
University of Toronto
HBSc in Integrated Science (Biochemistry), 2020
McMaster University
Publications
Talks
Workshops
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistantships
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)
- Introduction to Computational Thinking (INF1339, 2023)
- Representing, Documenting and Accessing the Cultural Record (INF1321, 2022)
Undergraduate Teaching Assistantships
St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto (St. George)
- Social Media & Digital Platforms (BMS316, 2023)
- Propaganda and Media (BMS350, 2023)
Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT), University of Toronto (Mississauga)
- Foundations of Media and Technology Studies (CCT218, 2023)
- Race, Media and Culture (CCT200, 2023)
- Media Economics I (CCT219, 2023)
- Media Economics II (CCT325, 2023)
School of Interdisciplinary Science, McMaster University
- Investigating Science: Opportunities & Experiences (Science 1A03, 2019)
Guest Lectures
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto (St. George)
- Writing policy briefs (2023)
- Identifying and applying discipline-specific writing conventions (2023)
- Researching, organizing, and writing literature reviews in the information sciences (2023)
- Designing a workflow for managing readings (2023)
- Understanding, selecting, and using sources in academic writing (2022, 2023)
- Email management and communication (2022)