LJ Connolly (they/them) is a PhD student in the Texts and Technology program at the University of Central Florida, specializing in Scientific and Technical Communication. Their work brings together technical and professional communication, digital humanities, and feminist science and technology studies to examine how data systems encode and reproduce assumptions about identity, embodiment, and belonging.
LJ holds an M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the University of South Florida and a B.A. in Writing from the University of Tampa, with additional postgraduate study at Oxford and Cambridge. Their master’s thesis, Breaking Binaries: Gender Non-Conforming Lesbians and the Undercurrent of Biopower on Dating Apps, examined how biopower negotiates queer experiences on dating platforms.
Current research interests include AI and embodiment, binary data infrastructure in welfare AI systems, gender as data infrastructure in public health, and platform studies grounded in spatial and critical theory. LJ has presented this work at international venues including Data Justice 2026 in Cardiff and the London School of Economics, reflecting their sustained interest in how these dynamics operate across national and transatlantic contexts.
Projects Contributing To