Hello, I’m Skyler!

I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at McGill University. I received my PhD in Sociology from UC Berkeley and was previously an AI Sociologist at the Foundational AI Research (FAIR) lab at Meta.

Broadly, I investigate whether socio-technical & AI systems designed to improve our day-to-day lives meet their moral and social commitments. My empirical work examines how digital platforms (e.g., network hospitality, online dating, AI companions, etc.) shape modern intimacies and relationships. My applied AI research focuses on alleviating language accessibility issues by developing socially and ethically grounded multimodal translation systems for those who communicate with underserved languages.

My research has been featured in journals such as Nature, Big Data & Society, PLOS One, Sex Roles, Archives of Sexual Behavior, and Sociological Perspectives, HCI & machine learning proceedings such as CSCW and ACL, and media outlets such as TIME, CNN, NPR, WIRED, Reuters, The Verge, Vox, Quartz, and GQ.