Hi I’m Grant.

 

I’m a PhD student and interdisciplinary social scientist researching the intersection of technology and culture. 

 

At this broad juncture, my current research falls into four areas: urban infrastructures amid climate change; digital technology and cultural production; temporality and social life; and media and mobility. 

 

I use qualitative and mixed methods, and draw from science and technology studies (STS), sociology, cultural studies, and semiotics. I study primarily in the United States. Across all my projects, I examine how meaning, lived experiences, discourses, ideologies, norms, and rhythms — whole ways of contemporary life — are co-constructed with large scale technological systems.

 

I am currently a second year PhD student of Communication, Information, & Media at Rutgers University New Brunswick. Prior to beginning doctoral school, I received an MA in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University, where I held research appointments in the Civics Education Research Lab and Digital Health and Happiness Lab. Prior to that, I studied theater and sociology at Texas Christian University, graduating with honors.

 

I write a mean grant. Throughout my journey in and out of academia, I launched a freelance grants/technical writing service through which I have secured over $6.5 million USD in funding for various community health and sustainability mobility initiatives.

 

Thanks for your interest in my website, and please do reach out! I'd love to talk to you. 

 

Grant Lattanzi

January 2026

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