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Nicole Starosielski is an American author, researcher, and professor. Her research is centered around media infrastructure, particularly underwater infrastructure. Her first book The Undersea Network and online project Surfacing both describe the evolution of underwater cable networks. She also wrote the book Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures.

Academic Career
In 2005, Starosielski graduated from the University of Southern California with Bachelor's Degrees in Cinema Television and English. She continued her education at University of California, Santa Barbara, earning both a Master's Degree and PhD in Film and Media Studies. After completing her degrees, Starosielski became an Assistant Professor of Communication at Miami University for one year. Following this, she began a career as an Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at at New York University Steinhardt where she has taught since 2012.

The Undersea Network and Surfacing
The Undersea Network is a book documenting and examining the underwater cable infrastructure that allows the intnernet to operate. Starosielski discusses the history of these cables, as well as the geography of the underwater network. In addition, the book discusses the cultural, political, and environmental implications of underwater cable infrastructure. Within The Undersea Network, Starosielski argues that the undersea network and, by extension, the internet are able to function because of a combination of the cultural, political, environmental, geographic, and technological aspects and implications of the underwater network. The Undersea Network is an analysis and a resource for students and scholars to study the contingencies of the internet as well as information network myths and challenges.

Surfacing is a website designed as a companion to Starosielski's book The Undersea Network. The project was developed by Nicole Starosielski, Erik Loyer, and Shane Brennan, with additional writing from Jessica Feldman and Anne Pasek. The website shows non-lineal archival photographs along with text and information about various areas and countries that are connected through the Pacific's underwater cable network. Surfacing also discusses the history of the underwater cable network and some of the modern day challenges of the system.

Other Works

 * “Things & Movies: DVD Store Culture in Fiji.” (2010)
 * “‘Movements that are Drawn’: A History of Environmental Animation from The Lorax to FernGully to Avatar.” (2011)
 * “Beaches, Fields, and other Network Environments.” (2011)
 * “Critical Nodes, Cultural Networks: Re-mapping Guam’s Cable Infrastructure.” (2012)
 * "Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility of Critical Infrastructures." (2012)
 * “Beyond Fluidity: A Cultural History of Cinema under Water.” (2012)
 * "Network Archaeology" with Braxton Soderman and Cris Cheek. (2013)
 * “Signal Tracks.” (2014)
 * “The Materiality of Media Heat.” (2014)
 * Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures (2015)
 * "In our Wi-Fi world, the internet still depends on undersea cables." (2019)