Katherine Furl
- Assistant Professor, Sociology
Contact Info
- Email: katherine.furl@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.2159
Office Address
Sociology
Gillette Hall Room 206
225 Centennial Drive Stop 7136
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7136
Websites
Biography
Katherine's research employs qualitative methods to understand how digital media influence social inequalities linked to race, gender, and class. She completed her PhD in sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where she served as a research affiliate with the Center for Information Technology and Public Life (CITAP).
Katherine's work benefits from engagement with scholars in communication and science and technology studies, as well as collaboration with both undergraduate and graduate students.
SOC 110: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 250: Diversity in American Society
SOC 460/SOC 560: Technology and Society
SOC 512: Advanced Sociological Theory
Popular Culture; Communication and Media Sociology; Science, Knowledge, and Technology; Social Stratification; Race, Class, and Gender
Ph.D. Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2025
M.A. Sociology, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2020
M.A. Social Science, The University of Chicago, 2017
B.S. Psychology, Allegheny College, 2016
Furl, Katherine, Addison Lewis, Hinal Patel, and Siya Patel. 2026. “Parasocial Paternalism and Embodied Advice: How Cosmetic Medicine Interventions are Marketed on TikTok.” SSM - Qualitative Research in Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2026.100730
Vo, Austin, Katherine Furl, Todd Lu and Neal Caren. 2026. “Perceiving Protest: How Publics View the Disruptiveness and Effectiveness of Protest.” The Sociological Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/00380253.2025.2604526
Marwick, Alice, Courtlyn Pippert, Katherine Furl and Elaine Schnabel. 2025. “Shapeshifters & Starseeds: Populist Knowledge Production, Generous Epistemology and Disinformation on US Conspiracy TikTok.” Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251357483
Marwick, Alice, and Katherine Furl. 2025. “Mountains of Evidence: Processual ‘Redpilling’ as a
Sociotechnical Effect of Disinformation.” International Journal of Communication. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/21934
Furl, Katherine. 2025. “Paradoxical Anonymity, Power Relations, and Appearance Policing on
R/Instagramreality.” Sociological Forum. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.13058
Pippert, Courtlyn, Katherine Furl and Alice Marwick. 2025. “True Believers, Entertainers, and
Skeptical Scholars: Claims and Frames on Conspiracy TikTok.” Journal of Information Technology & Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2025.2458025
Furl, Katherine, Todd Lu, Austin Hoang-Nam Vo and Neal Caren. 2023. “Comparing Perceived Disruptiveness and Effectiveness of Protest Tactics.” Socius. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231231212374
Furl, Katherine. 2022. “Denigrating Women, Venerating “Chad”: In-Group and Out-Group Evaluations among Male Supremacists on Reddit.” Social Psychology Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/01902725221090907
Marwick, Alice, Benjamin Clancy and Katherine Furl. 2021. “Far Right Online Radicalization: A Review of the Literature.” The Bulletin of Technology and Public Life. https://doi.org/10.21428/bfcb0bff.e9492a11
Marwick, Alice and Katherine Furl. 2021. “Taking the Redpill: Talking about Extremism.” AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2021i0.12207