Pelle Tracey is Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information, where he is advised by Dr. Patricia Garcia. He is a member of the Culturally Responsive Computing and Anthrotech Labs, and is the Research Operations Lead for the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. He is a multi-method scholar broadly interested in how automated technologies and AI work in practice, particularly when deployed in frontline government or rental housing contexts. His current research is an ethnographic investigation of automation in homeless services coordinated entry systems, conceived as constellations of technology, people, data, policy, and design. His work draws from, and contributes to, critical data studies, computer supported cooperative work (CSCW), archival studies, and human-computer interaction (HCI).

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Pronouns

he/him

Areas of interest

Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Critical Data Studies, Archival Studies, Automation/AI in Practice.

Honors & Awards

Google AIR Award (2022); LEADING Fellowship (2022)