Faculty Profile
Jennifer Forestal
Title/s: Assistant Professor
Specialty Area: Political Theory
Office #: Coffey Hall 328
Phone: 773.508.3055
Email: jforestal@luc.edu
CV Link: Forestal CV
External Webpage: http://www.jenniferforestal.com
About
Professor Forestal’s research and teaching interests are in the area of political theory. Her research focuses on questions of social media platform design and governance, digital culture, and democratic theory. She has published a book, Designing for Democracy: How to Build Community in Digital Environments (Oxford, 2022), on the role of design in building more democratic social media platforms, and her work has appeared in outlets like the American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Hypatia, and The Washington Post.
Degrees
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2015