CJ Reynolds is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, supervised by Nicholas John.

CJ is currently on the job market for postdocs and tenure-track positions that start Fall 2025, with interests in:

• Platform governance

• Institutions, trust and accountability

• User agency and activism

• Political economy of digital media

• Internet history

CJ’s research has appeared in New Media & Society, Internet Policy Review, Cultural Studies, and Television & New Media. CJ has received a top paper award from the International Communication Association and the Stuart Hall Foundation x Cultural Studies award for early career researchers. CJ is also a former PhD Research Intern with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research.