Taylor Agajanian is a PhD student in the Media, Technology, and Society program in the School of Communication at Northwestern University, advised by Dr. TJ Billard. Her interdisciplinary research critically examines how digital media and technology structure contemporary communicative practices and harmful media ecologies that influence socio‑political life and produce material and symbolic harms against marginalized communities.

A gracious recipient of the UW iSchool Dean’s Fellowship, she earned her Masters of Library and Information Science in 2022. While at UW, she gained comprehensive experience as a research project coordinator with the Center for an Informed Public developing and implementing rapid response frameworks to problematic information on social media, most notably 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 Masters 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.