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Seyram Avle [/ˈsɛi.rɑːm /ˈɑːv.lɛ] is Associate Professor of Global Digital Media in the Department of Communication at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where she is also an affiliate faculty in the Data Analytics and Computational Social Sciences program and a co-founder of the Global Technology for Social Justice Lab (GloTech). 

Dr Avle’s research is on digital technology cultures and innovation across parts of Africa, China, and the United States. This work primarily takes a critical approach towards understanding how digital technologies are made and used, as well as their implications for issues of labor, identity, and futures. 

She has been a visiting fellow at several institutions, including, most recently, the University of the West Indies, the Swedish Collegium of Advanced Study, and the Harvard University Center for African Studies.