Hibby Thach (they/she) is a PhD student at the University of Michigan’s School of Information, studying trans people of color’s online experiences with platforms and technologies.

Their work covers various topics such as communal forms of content moderation, creative labor, and online embodiment.

She has published in Press Start, New Media and Society, and at ACM CHI. They are also a co-founder of both D/ARC, the Discord Academic Research Community, and TRiP, Tabletop Research in Practice.

She is a member of Oliver Haimson’s CRITLab, Michaelanne Thomas’ AnthroTechLab, and Matthew Bui’s RADLab.