Katie Gach, PhD

Qual UXR. PhD in death + technology from @CUBoulder Identity Lab. Exvangelical, ice-cream maker, death doula.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

My doctoral dissertation, "How to Delete the Dead", is now publicly available: https://t.co/B8fKKqGJ2p

I cover everything from pre-planning discussions about social media memorials, to the limitations of the 1-person:1-profile model of identity that manifest after a death.

[Hi, I am Daniel @bigbroncosfan]

@mitchellbyars Rules? We need donuts. Not rules.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@tamigraph Goodness I wish I could attend this!

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@anamatics So bummed that I can't make it to CHI this year :( Your creative labor paper looks so good!

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@jonathanstegall I hope I'm a decent ambassador for the place 😬

[Sarah Lane Ritchie @slaneritchie]

For those interested in science & religion, what’s your favorite film reflecting on these themes? (I stand by my endlessly controversial pick of Contact and will not be dissuaded ;)

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@slaneritchie Contact would also be my first pick, but Sunshine (Danny Boyle, 2007) is in second place.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@danieljonce Hi Dan, I'm on the team at Meta that handles memorial accounts. Please feel free to reach out to me if this continues to be a problem.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

My intro to philosophy class in undergrad was Nietzche and St. Augustine. That's it. I learned everything else from The Good Place.

[Jake 🌊🐢 @waveturtlejake]

Sorry to keep God’s Not Dead posting but this is such an insane outline for an Intro to Philosophy class.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@tamigraph Sucks so much, Tamara. I'll keep an eye out for things that might be a good fit for your significant skill and expertise.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

(To be clear, "colleague" here refers to people in my academic and publishing circles. I never worked at Twitter.)

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

This shit again.
Fun fact: my research colleagues at Twitter who were familiar with the needs and best practices for dead people's accounts? They were among the first people to be let go.
@whatknows commented on this in 2019. Nothing was done. https://t.co/vegvCVQnEA

[Julian Gough @juliangough]

Hmmm. I just had a bizarre experience, involving a global news organisation and a trillion dollar corporation. (I got caught in the middle, so... owch.)
It’s not the sort of experience the people involved usually talk about in public… so I think I’ll talk about it in public.
🧵

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@melissaanelli Thank you 💛

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@_danielrosado I'm going to guess "Tiffany" fits that description.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

@PeterWarrenUCF @NicoleNuckolls There is a large grad family housing complex in Boulder. The wait list is about 2 years.

[Katie Gach, PhD @kzgach]

The “free speech is under attack” narrative overlooks the bigger problems that content moderation are constantly fighting: violence/terrorism and exploitation of the most vulnerable. Our most basic safety is at risk.

[Andrew Kaczynski @KFILE]

When my daughter died and we posted her obituary people donated more than $600,000 for Dana-Farber — so much money (now almost $3 million) they started a new program for infants with brain tumors at the top cancer center in the world. https://t.co/zRZ5jRjDia

[melissa is going to spa gp ²³ ⁴⁴ @pretty_pebbles4]

@FOS @TedLasso @USMNT Except when they’re from smaller towns. Then they’re on barns lol