Jennifer Gross
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Dr. Jennifer Gross is a leading voice in posthumanist media studies, exploring the intimate, often overlooked relationships between humans and digital objects. Her most cited work, "Interviewing Roomba: A posthuman study of humans and robot vacuum cleaners" (2020, 9 citations), exemplifies her innovative methodological approach. In this study, Gross cross-cuts phenomenology, postphenomenology, actor–network theory, and media ecology to develop four heuristics for "interviewing" non-human actors—treating the robotic vacuum as a co-participant in domestic life. This paper has become a touchstone for scholars investigating human-robot interaction, smart home technologies, and the ethics of everyday automation. Gross’s broader research agenda interrogates how mundane technologies reshape subjectivity, agency, and intimacy, positioning her at the forefront of critical posthumanism. Her work is notable for its creative, interdisciplinary fusion of theory and empirical observation, offering students and researchers a compelling model for studying the lively materiality of our digital surroundings. With a growing citation footprint, Gross continues to influence conversations in media ecology, science and technology studies, and feminist technoscience.
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