University of Michigan School of Information

Hibby Thach
Biography
Hibby Thach is a PhD student at the University of Michigan's School of Information. She researches content moderation, live-streaming, and queer and trans people of color's online experiences with various platforms and technologies. They primarily use interview and digital ethnographic methods, valuing and centering the narratives of multi-marginalized people like her. Her work engages with HCI, Communication and Media Studies, and creative labor and the creative economy.
As part of her work on live-streaming, she runs a Twitch channel and streams variety content. They are also a graduate student coordinator for the Trans Studies Research Workshop at the University of Michigan.
Pronouns
she/they
Areas of interest
live-streaming, content moderation, trans studies, and creative labor and the creative economy
Education
Master of Arts in Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, Temple University