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Maya Wiley is a University Professor and faculty member at the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment. Before joining the New School faculty, Wiley served as counsel to New […]
Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media theorist, poet, and software designer. He is interested in developing intriguing new forms of expression by working on conceptual, critical, creative and technical levels […]
Black women have historically used unconventional, everyday spaces as sites of Black feminist intellectual production. Today, one of the most common spaces in which Black women produce intellectual thought is […]
By Chelsea Peterson-SalahuddinThis article illustrates how racial capitalism can enhance understandings of data, capital, and inequality through an in-depth study of digital platforms used for intervening in gender-based violence. Specifically, we examine […]
By Kathryn Henne, Renee Shelby, and Jenna HarbApryl Williams received her PhD in Sociology from Texas A&M University in 2017 with a designated focus in race, media, and culture. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department […]
Jessica Marie Johnson is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University and a fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies […]
Charlton McIlwain is the Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development at New York University. In this role, he advances NYU’s academic excellence by supporting faculty recruitment, retention, and career […]
Dr. Michelle Ferrier is the founder of TrollBusters.com, a just-in-time service that helps journalists fight online abuse, and has advocated on behalf of journalists worldwide at the United Nations, SXSW, […]
Nikki Usher, Ph.D. is an associate professor at The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the College of Media’s Journalism Department (with affiliate appointments in the Communication and Political Science). Her […]
Catherine Knight Steele is an educator, researcher, award-winning author, and sought-after speaker specializing in race and media, with a particular emphasis on Black discourse, culture, technology, and social media. As […]
Allissa Richardson complicates our understanding of Black mobile journalism as a great equalizer — pushing us to consider also what we lose when we lean too heavily on video testimony as a liberatory tool amid an era of growing surveillance capitalism.