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Hi! I am Akhil, an information studies researcher and a PhD candidate at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin. I am advised by Dr. Amelia Acker.
I am interested in understanding how digital platforms impact the way people access, create, and share information? I study peopleβs information practices at the intersection of digital platforms and information communication technologies like mobile phones and apps, social media, gig work, and entrepreneurship.
News and travel:
Nov 2025: Presented work on GenAI and WhatsApp the 2025 ASIS&T Meeting in Washington D. C. Our paper was awarded the 2025 SIG-USE Diversity Award! π
Sep 2025: Presented work on GenAI and WhatsApp at the Annual 4S Meeting in Seattle
July 2025: Spent two weeks at the Oxford-Berkeley Summer Doctoral Program at UC Berkeley