Tom MacDonald

Background

About Tom MacDonald

I hold a PhD in Sociology from Queen’s University ('25) in Kingston, Canada. Drawing from Economic Sociology and Science and Technology Studies, my research seeks to understand the social and technical dimensions of the digital economy. Drawing on the case of the influencer marketing industry, my doctoral thesis aims to understand how technical infrastructures and devices like platforms and algorithms shape online creative work, how workers navigate these infrastructures and make sense of this emerging form of on-demand creative work. I hold a Master of Arts Degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Concordia University ('18), as well as a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Majoring in Anthropology and minoring in History, Science and Technology Studies, and Forensic Anthropology from St. Thomas University ('15). I am a enthusiastic instructor with a passion for helping students see the value of a sociological imagination for understanding their everyday lives and challenging key social issues of our time. I have over seven years experience in various roles in the classroom including as a Graduate Teaching Assistant facilitating class discussions and marking assignments, a Graduate Teaching Fellow designing innovative podcast-based distance courses, and as a Sessional Instructor designing courses in Introductory Sociology and Social Theory.