Jasmine C. Foriest
Jasmine C. Foriest
Jay Foriest (pronounced For-rEEst) is currently a 3rd year PhD student in Human-Centered Computing at Georgia Institute of Technology in the Social Dynamics and Wellbeing Lab. She studies digital muting of non-dominant groups, as a form of technology-mediated violence, in health and justice settings, and the implications for knowledge creation and social outcomes. Jay’s research utilizes mixed methods to study technology’s mediation of direct and structural violence.
Jay holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Southern California, a Master of Science in Technology Leadership and Management from Agnes Scott College, and a Bachelor of Science in Health Science. She has nearly 10 years of experience developing programming and research in injury and violence prevention through translation of the Cardiff Model for Violence Prevention, Grady's Trauma Recorvery Center, and Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programs.