Taylor Agajanian is a PhD student in the Media, Technology, and Society program at Northwestern University, advised by Dr. TJ Billard. A gracious recipient of the UW iSchool Dean’s Fellowship, she earned her Master’s of Library and Information Science in the summer of 2022. Her interdisciplinary research critically examines how digital media and technology facilitate the spread of problematic information, shape socio-political discourses, and contribute to real-world harm against historically marginalized and minoritized identity groups. Previously she gained comprehensive experience as a research project coordinator with the UW Center for an Informed Public developing and implementing rapid response frameworks to problematic information on social media, most recently on The Virality Project and the Election Integrity Partnership.

Originally from East Los Angeles, Taylor is of mixed ancestry — Mexican-American and diasporic Armenian. Prior to earning her Master’s degree, she attended East Los Angeles Community College in her hometown and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Art in Film & Media Studies from California State University, Long Beach with a focus on gender within cult, horror, and exploitation films.