Assistant Professor of Communication @ Rutgers University. Computational social science, political communication, civic studies. First gen. They/themhttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3msq7qortck2mAhahaha, this is so incredible! Thanks to @stephlaubooks.com for digging this gem up! Everyone should go check out her awesome books! www.stephlaubooks.com [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq7qortck2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3mkxzxcxlxs2yUnSEEN/unHEARD is a great read! I’d encourage folks to check it out! 👇 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxzxcxlxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3mdvjomsu3s2iCause all the devs are being fired and replaced by mediocre text regurgitation machines. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvjomsu3s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3mde26habrc2yHad so much fun using my CSS and communication skills to create these cards for my pals over at @ircbpodcast.com. Congratulations on 500 episodes! 🎉❤️🔥 [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde26habrc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3mczmeoeyqc2iI had the absolute pleasure to visit @craicexeter.bsky.social, where I laid out an argument for how critical & computational scholars should lead the conversation on AI. We need to expand research on harms, interrogate corporate hype, and support people’s critical understanding these technologies22 Jan 2026 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczmeoeyqc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3mccpfkaly222Excited to be visiting the University of Manchester to discuss the challenges and benefits of linking survey and digital trace data. Thanks to Rachel Gibson and her team for hosting—they have been doing incredible work advancing methods and building community in this space.13 Jan 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccpfkaly222https://bsky.app/profile/shugars.bsky.social/post/3m5tpskf4jc2nSo excited to be hosting @jeremydfoote.com today at Rutgers’ Computational Social Science lab to hear more about his work around LLMs as social actors17 Nov 2025 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:idzy2oahofb3675igpxymxpz/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tpskf4jc2n