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Nicole B. Ellison is the Karl E. Weick Collegiate Professor of Information in the School of Information at the University of Michigan and is the editor-in-chief of theÌýJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication. She received her PhD in communication theory and research from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication.Ìý Ellison's research has explored social and interpersonal aspects of online technologies and computer-mediated communication, including research on self-presentational strategies used by online dating participants; the role of social media in reshaping college access patterns for low-income and first-generation college students; and the ways in which users employ the communication affordances of Facebook to receive and give social and informational support to members of their network. Her current work explores the role of AI and algorithms in shaping fundamental human communication processes. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the National Academies of Science.