I am a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Michigan’s School of Information (UMSI), where I’m advised by Assistant Professor Julie Hui, Ph.D. and part of the Socio-Technical Equity in Practice (STEP) lab. I explore how social media platforms may shape and be used for career development in a changing world of work. I am particularly interested in how people discuss their careers on social media and how these discussions may affect young adults’ perceptions of the working world and their career aspirations. A subset of my research examines social media influencers and their impact on aspiring entrepreneurs. I mainly rely on interpretivist approaches to qualitative data, such as semi-structured interviews, surveys, and content analysis. My work is situated in the fields of social computing/human-computer interaction, communication and media, and psychology.
✏️ Working on: dissertation proposal
👥 Current affiliations: STEP lab and the i3 program
📧 Contact: scorvite@umich.edu / shanleycorvite@gmail.com
🔗 Links: curriculum vitae / google scholar / twitter/x
Ongoing research
📌 Career messages in social media (Nov 2024-present)
How people discuss their careers on social media can contribute to broader societal narratives and perceptions around the working world. As part of my dissertation research, I am examining the potential career messages and narratives that are displayed in social media content.
📌 Influencers and self-employment (Nov 2023-present)
Statistics suggest that a growing number of children and young adults are interested in becoming influencers, and many U.S. workers engage in self-employed forms of work in creative industries. This project aims to understand the ways influencers may be relevant or impactful to people’s self-employment interests and aspirations.
📌 Lettersmith (Jan 2023-present)
Professional writing tools such as Lettersmith can be beneficial for aiding job seekers and students in their job search and application process. This research project is dedicated to understanding how to better support job seekers with their written communication skills and online self-presentation in the job search process.
Selected publications
Corvite, S., & Hui, J. (2024). Social Media as a Lens into Careers During a Changing World of Work. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW2), 1-27.
[pdf] [link]Corvite, S.*, Roemmich, K.*, Rosenberg, T., & Andalibi, N. (2023). Data Subjects’ Perspectives on Emotion Artificial Intelligence Use in the Workplace: A Relational Ethics Lens. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 7(CSCW1), 1-38.
[pdf] [link] (Received Best Paper award)Corvite, S., Zhang, B. Z., & Haimson, O. L. (2022). Social Media's Role During Identity Changes Related to Major Life Events. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), 1-22.
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About Shanley
Shanley was born in Malolos, a city in the province of Bulacan in the Philippines, and raised in the south side of Chicago, Illinois. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Information at the University of Michigan’s School of Information (UMSI) with a focus on User Experience Design. She is now a Ph.D. candidate at UMSI. When she’s not working on research, she’s at the gym or bothering her pet bunny, Tater Tot.
News
CAI Research & Analytics showcase
Ann Arbor, MI
April 30, 2025
I will be giving a Lightning Talk and presenting a poster on the efficacy of Lettersmith–a digital writing support tool–at the Center for Academic Innovation’s Research and Analytics showcase.
CSCW 2024
San Jose, Costa Rica
November 9-14, 2024
I will be attending CSCW 2024 and presenting my pre-candidacy research, "Social Media as a Lens into Careers During a Changing World of Work.” This paper is co-authored with my advisor Dr. Julie Hui.
Passed field preliminary milestone
Ann Arbor, MI
August 16, 2024
I successfully passed the second major milestone of the UMSI Ph.D program, the field preliminary 🎉 In my field prelim, I synthesize literature to examine how user-generated content on social media may affect emerging adults’ career awareness and aspirations.
LaunchX Guest Speaker
Ann Arbor, MI
July 16, 2024
I will be presenting my research on social media and career development to high school students who are part of the LaunchX program for aspiring entrepreneurs.
CSCW 2024
April 18, 2024
My pre-candidacy paper was accepted to CSCW 2024, with the help of my awesome co-author and advisor, Dr. Julie Hui! 📝
CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women
Minneapolis, MN
April 11-13, 2024
I have been selected to participate in the 2024 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women.
Passed pre-candidacy milestone
Ann Arbor, MI
December 11, 2023
I successfully defended and passed my pre-candidacy milestone, the first milestone of my doctoral program 🎉
CSCW 2023
Minneapolis, MN
October 14-18, 2023
I will be attending CSCW 2023 in-person! A paper I co-first-authored and received a Best Paper Award will be presented by my co-author Kat Roemmich.
Pre-candidacy proposal approved
Ann Arbor, MI
April 21, 2023
My pre-candidacy proposal was approved by my advisors! 📝 I will be conducting interviews throughout the summer to talk with social media users about their experiences with and perceptions of career-related social media content.
CSCW 2022
Virtual
November 8-11, 20221
I will be attending CSCW 2022 virtually! A video recording of my first first-author paper (co-authored with Ben Zhang and Dr. Oliver Haimson) will be shown on Friday, the 11th.
i3 2019 Concluding Institute
Austin, TX
July 13-16, 2022
After a two-year break due to the pandemic, I will be returning to the iSchool Inclusion Institute (now at the University of Texas-Austin) for the 2019 cohort’s Concluding Institute 💚
Graduated from UMSI with a BS in Information
Ann Arbor, MI
May 1, 2022
I graduated from the University of Michigan’s School of Information with a Bachelor of Science in Information and a focus on User Experience (UX) design 🎓
Ph.D. offer accepted!
Ann Arbor, MI
February 2, 2022
I accepted my offer to the Ph.D in Information program at the University of Michigan’s School of Information!
Finalist for Outstanding Undergrad Researcher Award
Ann Arbor, MI
December 22, 2021
I am a finalist for the 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for the Computing Research Association (CRA)!
Theresa Noel Urban Blaurock Research Award
Ann Arbor, MI
May 10, 2021
I received the UMSI Theresa Noel Urban Blaurock Research Award which recognizes my research accomplishments during the 2020-21 academic year!
Honorable Mention for Faculty Choice Award
Ann Arbor, MI
April 27, 2021
I received the Honorable mention for the Faculty Choice Award for my presentation in the 2021 Spring Student Project Exposition! I presented the project, “Major Life Transitions, Identity Change, and Social Media.”
UMSI Spring 2021 Virtual Exposition
Virtual
April 16, 2021
I will be presenting the “Major Life Transitions, Identity Change, and Social Media” project.
iConference 2020
November 19, 2019
Our paper, “Exploring the perceptions of race on video game covers” was accepted to iConference 2020. This paper is a result of the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) program.
i3 Inclusion Institute (i3) program
April 29, 2019
I was accepted to the 2019 i3 cohort which will take place at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’ll be spending four weeks learning about the information sciences and developing my leadership and research skills.
UROP 2019 Spring Symposia
Ann Arbor, MI
March 21, 2019
I presented the Major Life Transitions project, led by Dr. Oliver Haimson and received a Best Poster award.