EMILIE GRYBOS

Digital technology, digital & communications infrastructure, cybersecurity, sociotechnical imaginaries, digital sovereignty, platform governance, political economy, gender, qualitative research methods, discourse analysis, science and technology studies

Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2021- present

   Doctoral Student in Communication Studies

   Participant in for the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Certificate Program

   Advisor: Dr. Jessa Lingel

Lafayette College, 2017

   Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, Electrical/Computer Engineering        

Research Fellow, Dr. Jessa Lingel, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

    Compiled annotated bibliography to scope existing research inquiries of ethnographic 

     research on robotics laboratories and then wrote initial draft of research project’s 

     paper based on the collaborative work with the robotics laboratory.

    Expanded and completed a legal timeline of the polygraph in United States’ state and

     federal courts for use as an appendix in an ongoing book project from 1923 until the 

     present.

Research Fellow, Dr. Joe Turow, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, August 2021 – December 2021

    Revised and updated the 8^th edition of Media Today: Mass Communication in a 

     Converging World. 

Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, June 2016 – August 2016

    Led a literature review on language processing tools and performed data 

     preparation/analysis of performance reviews from multiple tech companies to further 

     ongoing research on the gendered language of performance reviews. 

    Compiled an extensive literature review of the STEM pipeline from pre-K to 

     undergraduate education to further develop the Seeds of Change initiative, which

     advocates for the support of young women in STEM through the high school to 

     college transition with training and support.

EXCEL Research Scholar, Dr. Chun Wai Liew, Lafayette College, May 2014 – August 2014

   Within the department of Computer Science, worked on the optimization of existing 

     computational and mathematical models for an interdisciplinary biomechanics 

     research project implemented in python.

In-Progress

Grybos, E. (Ongoing). Elizabeth Holmes: Silicon Valley, Unicorns, and the Limits of Visibility.

Grybos, E., Lingel, J. & Koditschek, D. (Ongoing). Ambiguity, Ethics, & Robots: Analyzing Sociotechnical Sociality in Robotics Labs.

Grybos, E. (Ongoing). Branding the (Dis)Embodied Metaverse: Infrastructures, Ideology & Power in Zuckerberg’s Meta.

Grybos, E. (Ongoing). “You can never be too important on the internet”: Verification, Freedom, & Silicon Valley.

Grybos, E. (Ongoing). SolarWinds & Sociotechnical Imaginaries: The Performative Construction of Cybersecurity.

Grybos, E. & Lee, J. (Ongoing). #NailTok: The Erasure of Marginalized Labor in the TikTok Sphere. 

Grybos, E., Lingel, J. & Koditschek, D. All Play and No Work? Analyzing Sociotechnical Sociality in Robotics Labs. Society for the Social Studies of Science. Cholula, México, December 2022

System Validation Engineer, Next Generation & Standards, Intel, July 2017 - July 2021

    Lead the assembly and hardware/thermal validation for a world-first 5G 2-in-1 

     tablet/computer that debuted at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Prior to integration in the

     2-in-1, provided hardware debug and validation for the 5G ASIC.

    Developed and executed systems-level validation across hardware, firmware, and RF to

     enable and support multiple iterations of the Mobile Trial Platform (MTP), a FPGA-based

     5G prototype. Required systems-level thinking, dynamic problem solving and engaging 

     in cutting-edge wireless technology and 5G standards in a rapidly-changing prototyping 

     environment.

Graduate Student Council, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, January 2021 - December 2022

Member, Engineering Student Advisory Council, Lafayette College, January 2015 - January 2017

President, Society of Women Engineers, Lafayette College, August 2016 - May 2017

President, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Lafayette College, August 2015-May 2016

International Communication Association (ICA) – Feminist Media Studies Division, 2022

Intel Department Recognition Award for 2018, 2020, 2021

Lawrence J. Conover ’24 Electrical Engineering Prize, Lafayette College, May 2017

Pi Mu Epsilon, Pennsylvania Tau Chapter, April 2016

Phi Beta Kappa, Pennsylvania Gamma Chapter, April 2016

Eta Kappa Nu, Gamma Psi Chapter, April 2016

Tau Beta Pi, Pennsylvania Epsilon Chapter, November 2015