Media Studies

Projects

Reflection of trees and a mountain in lake

Media Conditioning: A Research Cluster on Media Philosophy

Media Studies
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Digital Border Technologies and Media

Human Rights, Immigration, Media Studies, Science & Technology Studies, Visual Culture

People

Melinda Cohoon looks into the camera while standing in front of a dark background.

Melinda Cohoon (she/her/hers)

Melinda Cohoon researches Iranian and Iranian-American gamers using virtual ethnographic methods.

Human Rights, Media Studies, Middle East, Technology
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Meshell Sturgis (she/her/hers)

Meshell Sturgis is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication, where she studies Black feminism, critical-cultural media studies, and public scholarship.

Black Studies, Feminisms, Media Studies, Public Scholarship
Diana Flores Ruíz

Diana Flores Ruíz (she/her/hers)

Diana Flores Ruíz is a feminist media scholar researching the sociotechnical media infrastructures of the US-Mexico border.

Gender and Sexuality Studies, Media Studies, Race, Science & Technology Studies, Visual Culture
Zhifan Sheng

Zhifan Sheng

Zhifan Sheng is a PhD candidate in Chinese and is also pursuing a graduate certificate in Cinema and Media Studies. His broad academic interests include modern Chinese literature and film, media studies, feminist and queer theory, and digital humanities.

China, Digital and Data Humanities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Language and Literature, Media Studies, Queer Studies
Martin Schwartz

Martin Schwartz (he/him/his)

Martin Schwartz is a PhD candidate in German Studies, earning a certificate in Cinema and Media Studies. He received his M.A. from University of Chicago and is a published playwright. 

Cinema Studies, German Studies, Jewish Studies, Media Studies, Performance Studies