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Greater Seattle Area United States

Feminist Media Scholar

Education

My research interrogates the cultural production, representation, and reception of the active body in popular media. In particular, I leverage feminist media studies and physical cultural studies to critically analyze the intersecting discourses of gender, race, and/or sexuality surrounding the physicality of female athletes, fighters, action heroes, etc. My teaching broadens beyond the active body and examines various articulations of difference in popular television, film, and new media. In addition to my formal work in the department, I am currently a member of the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity and its affiliated Communication and Difference Research Group, a fello...