Anita Say Chan
Affiliate Professor
PhD, History and Anthropology of Science and Technology Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 5145, 614 E. Daniel St.
Research focus
Science and technology studies, globalization and innovation economies, critical data studies, feminist and decolonial approaches to technology, data ethics and cultures.
Biography
Anita Say Chan is chair of the Department of Information and Library Science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research and teaching interests include globalization and digital cultures, innovation networks and the “periphery,” science and technology studies in Latin America, and feminist and decolonial approaches to technology. Before joining IU Bloomington in 2026, Chan served as professor in the School of Information Sciences and the Department of Media and Cinema Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She received her PhD in 2008 from the MIT Doctoral Program in History; Anthropology; and Science, Technology, and Society.