Julian Posada is a Postdoctoral Associate and incoming Assistant Professor of American Studies at Yale University (starting in July 2023). He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. His research integrates theories and methods from information studies, sociology, and human–computer interaction to study technology and society. He is currently exploring how the artificial intelligence industry perpetuates coloniality by focusing on the relationship between human labor and data production. This research focuses on the experiences of outsourced workers in Latin America employed by digital platforms to produce machine learning data and verify algorithmic outputs.
Julian's website is: https://posada.website/