ABOUT
Academic Appointments
2018 - present
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2015 - 2018
Research Fellow & Investigator
School of Information
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Education
2008 - 2014
PhD, Communication Studies
University of Michigan
2003 - 2007
BA, Economics & English
Literature
Brandeis University
Contact
Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-1100
Email: savle [at] umass [dot] edu
Recent Media:
Huawei rides security concerns (African Business Magazine)
Inside Shenzhen's race to outdo Silicon Valley (MIT Tech Review)
The rise of Chinese tech in Africa (The China-Africa Project)
Rethinking innovation (Citi Trends)
Some Audio/Videos:
Harvard University Center for African Studies: Designing the south
SAIS-CARI: Reorienting tech transfer
Distribution Matters: Radio via mobiles in Ghana
CHI 2016 talk: Design(ing) here and there