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
Inoxity Presented at SANS 2026
Rachael Kee presented Inoxity: A Modular iOS Platform for High-Throughput Data Collection at the Annual Meeting of the Social and Affective Neuroscience Society (SANS 2026) in S...
Selected as Top 10 Finalist at the UC Davis Grad Slam 2026
Rachael Kee was selected as one of the Top 10 Finalists at the UC Davis Grad Slam 2026, UC Davis’s annual three-minute thesis competition. She presented a talk on her research e...
Inoxity Receives Best AI Innovation Award at the Computational Social Science Escape 2026
Rachael Kee presented A Year in the Making: Introducing Inoxity at the Computational Social Science Escape 2026 in Davis, CA. The presentation showcased the development of an ea...