  {"id":2038,"date":"2025-09-30T17:32:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/?page_id=2038"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:08:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:08:59","slug":"leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Denielle-300-by-300-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2434\" style=\"width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Denielle-300-by-300-1-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Denielle-300-by-300-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/profiles\/dae\/\">Denielle Elliott<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interim Director, Institute for Technoscience &amp; Society (ITS), and York Research Chair in Injured Minds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denielle Elliott is a Professor and York Research Chair at 快播视频, with a cross appointment in the Departments of Anthropology and Social Science (Health and Society). She is the Interim Director of the Institute for Technoscience and Society. Her research focuses on arts-based ethnography and the intersections of medicine, science, and politics. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on HIV\/AIDS care and treatment in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Nairobi and Kisumu, Kenya. She is currently working on a project that explores the sensoria of neurological disorders. She is the author of <em>Reimagining Science and Statecraft in Postcolonial Kenya<\/em> (Routledge), the co-editor of <em>A Different Kind of Ethnography<\/em> (University of Toronto Press) and <em>Naked Fieldnotes<\/em> (University Minnesota Press).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I'm here to help ITS members, so please do get in touch: techno@yorku.ca <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Kelly-300-by-300-new.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\" style=\"width:334px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Kelly-300-by-300-new.png 300w, https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/research\/its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/728\/2026\/01\/Kelly-300-by-300-new-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.laps.yorku.ca\/profiles\/kmb\/\">Kelly Bergstrom <\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interim Deputy Director, Institute for Technoscience &amp; Society (ITS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at 快播视频. My research examines drop out and disengagement from digital cultures, with a focus on digital games and social media. I have recently embarked on a new project about how work\/life balance has been transformed by the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">Executive Committee <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Executive Committee of the ITS is made up of the following people:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Denielle Elliott, Director&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelly Bergstrom, Interim Deputy Director&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sandra Widmer (2025-2027) (Cluster Lead - Pasts &amp; Futures)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Elisha Lim and Antulio Rosales (2025 \u2013 2027) (Co-cluster leads \u2013 Economies)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melanie Baljko (2024-2026) (Cluster Lead - Injustices)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gabi Schaffzin (2024-2026) (Cluster Lead - Bodies &amp; Minds)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aryn Martin (2025-2027) (at-large tenure member)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sava saheli singh (2024-2026) (at-large pre-tenure member)&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fenella Amarasinghe (2024-2026) (early career researcher)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Denielle Elliott Interim Director, Institute for Technoscience &amp; Society (ITS), and York Research Chair in Injured Minds Denielle Elliott is a Professor and York Research Chair at 快播视频, with a cross appointment in the Departments of Anthropology and Social Science (Health and Society). 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