Jessica Murray is a doctoral student in Human Development at The Graduate Center, CUNY and a Digital Fellow for the Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center. Her interests include mobilities, transportation, technology, disability studies, accessibility, and disability rights. She earned a BFA in Design from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003 and worked as a graphic designer in a variety of media before coming to The Graduate Center in 2012. She completed an MA in Liberal Studies, on the Psychology of Work and Family track in 2014. Her thesis topic was Work-Life Experiences for People with Mobility Disabilities Living in New York City, which examined the myriad issues that impact the daily lives of adults with physical disabilities.
Murray also worked as a digital fellow for the Narrating Change, Changing Narratives research group of the Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research.