Renabi Vens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
Renabi’s research investigates social media software, gender, and journalism practice. Critical communication and media studies, science and technology studies, and feminist and queer theory inform this work.
Her current projects include: programming practices related to gender; social media moderation practices related to misogyny, transphobia and racism; mobile phone apps designed to prevent sexual violence; and the role of social media in the work of ending gender-based violence by non-profit organizations.