Fernanda R. Rosa

Fernanda Rosa, Assistant Professor

_{Department of Science, Technology, and Society

280 Alumni Mall

321 Lane Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061

frrosa@vt.edu}

Fernanda R. Rosa, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, and Society at Virginia Tech. She is currently working on her second book project whose narrative builds a bridge between technical debates on internet interconnection infrastructure and social justice to examine internet governance and design from the standpoint of the global South. Using an original method defined as code ethnography, and a transdisciplinary lens founded on science and technologies studies, decolonial and feminist studies, the book sheds light on the information circulation infrastructure of the internet with a design justice and policy approach. It situates the reader in indigenous and Latin American contexts to problematize the inequalities in the access to internet infrastructure and the values embedded in information circulation infrastructure of the internet. Brazil, Germany, Mexico, and Tseltal and Zapoteco sovereign territories are the fieldwork sites of this study.

Dr. Rosa’s research has received several accolades, including an Honorable Mention for the Association of Internet Researchers' Best Dissertation Award.

Before coming to Virginia Tech, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication, affiliated with CARGC (Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication). She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from American University, in Washington DC., a Masters in Public Policy and Management from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), and a BA in Social Sciences from Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Dr. Rosa is the co-author of Mobile Learning in Brazil (Zinnerama, 2015) on technology and education issues.

She also speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

Principle Areas of Research Focus

Global Communication
Internet Governance & Policy
Indigenous Design
Design Justice
Infrastructure Studies
Global South

Education

PhD in Communication, American University, with distinction
Master's in Public Policy and Management, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), with honors
BA in Social Sciences, Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Publications

Book

Rosa, F. R.; Azenha, G. S. (2015). Mobile Learning in Brazil: Management and Implementation of Current Policies and Future Perspectives. São Paulo: Zinnerama. 435p. (English and Portuguese)

Articles

Rosa, F. R. and Soto-Vásquez, A. D. (2022). Aesthetics of Otherness: Representation of #migrantcaravan and #caravanamigrante on Instagram. Social Media + Society, January-March 2022: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221087623
Rosa, F. R. (2021) Internet interconnection infrastructure: lessons from the global South. Internet Policy Review 10(4).DOI: 10.14763/2021.4.1583
Rosa, F. R. and Hauge, J. A. (2021). GAFA’s information infrastructure distribution: Interconnection dynamics in the global North versus global South. Policy and Internet. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.278
Rosa, F. R. (2021). Made in Brazil: Conspiracy Theory and the Flow of Information in One-to-One WhatsApp Conversations. Prelúdios 9(9), 225-240. https://doi.org/10.9771/revpre.v9i9.37184
Rosa, F. R., Clifford, M., Sinnreich, A. (2021) The More Things Change: Who Gets Left Behind as Remix Goes Mainstream? In Eduardo Navas, Owen Gallagher and xtine burrough The Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, New York: Routledge (full access).

Book and Book Chapters

Rosa, F. R.; Clifford. M.; Sinnreich, A. (2021) The More Things Change: Who Gets Left Behind as Remix Goes Mainstream? In Eduardo Navas, Owen Gallagher and xtine burrough The Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities, New York: Routledge.
Rosa, F. R.; Dias; M. C. N. (in memoriam) (2021) Letramento digital: significados existentes e a proposição de um conceito. In: Pereira Neto, A.; Flynn, M. (orgs.). Internet e Saúde no Brasil: Desafios e Tendências. 1 ed. São Paulo: Cultura Acadêmica/UNESP.
Rosa, F. R. (2020) Infrastructure as 'public good': The Limits of Local Governance in a Global Internet. In Critical Digital Sovereignties. Philadelphia: CARGC Press

Invited Lectures

“Quem Infraestrutura a Internet?,” Federal University of Amazonas, Brazil, 2019
“M&E in Mobile Learning Policies: lessons from Brazil” Mobile Learning Week, Plenary Speaker, UNESCO, Paris, France, 2016
“Code Ethnography,” Northwestern University, Center for Latinx Digital Media, 2022

Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC), University of Pennsylvania, 2019-2021
Google Policy Fellowship, Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales, Mexico, 2017
Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and Carnegie Corporation of New York Research Internet Governance Award, 2017

International Engagement

Roundtable Speaker, “Novos desafios da Internet e seus impactos geopolíticos,” Ciclo de Debates, School of Internet Governance and Anatel (Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency), Brazil, 2021
Guest Teaching, “Etnografia do Código,” Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Brazil, 2020
Guest Teaching, “Etnografia do Código,” Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política (FESP), Brazil, 2020
Podcast Interviewee, “Internet e Concentração de Poder,” Tecnopolítica, Brazil, 2019
Roundtable Speaker, “Internet Governance and Network Infrastructure,” Communication and Democracy Seminar, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, 2018