Rachael Kee
PhD Candidate in Communication · UC Davis
Rachael Kee is a PhD candidate in the Department of Communication at University of California, Davis and member of the Cognitive Communication Science Lab. Her research examines how sleep, media use, and neurobiological processes interact to shape human behavior and well-being across time. Broadly, she is interested in developing computational and high-throughput approaches to studying communication as it naturally unfolds in everyday life.
Her work integrates methods from communication science, neuroscience, and computational social science, including electroencephalography (EEG), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), wearable and mobile sensing technologies, ecological momentary assessment (EMA), longitudinal modeling, and lab-based experiments. She is particularly interested in scalable approaches for capturing dynamic behavioral, physiological, and psychological processes in naturalistic settings.
- Ph.D., Communication, University of California, Davis (expected June 2028) Designated Emphasis: Computational Social Science
- M.A., Psychology, California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt, 2023
- B.A., Psychology & Communication, California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt, 2023
Recent News
Presenting "Beyond the Laboratory: Introducing High-Throughput Communication Science" at ICA 2026
Rachael Kee presented her work, Beyond the Laboratory: Introducing High-Throughput Communication Science, at the 76th Annual Conference of the International Communication Associ...
Building a Research Collaborator Matching App at the ICA 2026 Hackathon
Rachael Kee took part in the ICA Pre-Conference Hackathon (#HACKICA26), held June 3–4, 2026 at the SU School for Data Science and Computational Thinking, Stellenbosch University...
So You Designed An App… Now What? Guest Lecture for CMN 178: Persuasive Technologies
Rachael Kee gave an invited guest lecture for CMN 178: Persuasive Technologies at the University of California, Davis. The talk, So You Designed An App… Now What?, used Inoxity,...