Hello! My name is Chad Van de Wiele (VAN-duh-while), and I am a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication, with a concentration in Black Studies, at the University of Illinois Chicago. I am also a research affiliate with the Intersectional Tech Lab at the University of Michigan.

I take a critical and transdisciplinary approach to studying the adoption, governance, and social impact of surveillance and control-based technologies in public life. My research is grounded in theories and methods of communication and media studies, sociology, science and technology studies, political geography, surveillance and carceral studies, and critical race scholarship.

In addition to research, I am a passionate educator and have designed and taught courses on a range of topics—from intro-level communication studies, digital culture, and media ethics to social justice, media design, and carceral technoscience.