Ashley Shea

she/her

Graduate Student, Department of Communication

About

Education

M.S., Library & Information Science, Syracuse University
B.S., Communication; Development Sociology, Cornell University

Interests

Critical information literacy, instruction interventions and behavioral change, global open knowledge networks, information discovery on social media

Contact Information

ald52 [at] cornell.edu

Ashley in the news

COMM UPDATES from the Department of Communication

News

March 11, 2026

COMM Updates - 3/11/2026

March 11, 2026 Community Outreach The Social Media Lab (SML) has been engaging in community outreach lately. SML Manager Isabelle McLeod Daphnis, with former SML Postdoctoral Associate Ellen Zou, participated in the Adult Training & Development...

News

September 15, 2025

Moral appeals trump hate in tamping down online vitriol

In two recent papers, Cornell researchers identified seven distinct strategies commenters employ when objecting to content online, noting that reputational attacks are most common but that moral appeals are viewed more favorably.

Communication