Some life updates!
1) I defended my dissertation and became Dr. Megu Itoh at the end of March! I then packed up and…
2) Starting April, I began a new chapter as Assistant Professor in the College of Intercultural Communication at Rikkyo University in Tokyo!
and…(cont.)
New publication: "Shutting down the Crossfire: lessons on digitality from the short history of Apple AirDrop," w/ co-author Damien Pfister. For folks interested in refracted & digital publics, censorship, big tech overreach! ~50 free, or DM/email me: https://t.co/FohPNeb8Gl
A digital humanities project from my Social Justice & Civic Engagement course: a "Civic Engagement Timeline," in which students collaborated on a class definition of civic engagement and researched specific examples! So proud of all their hard work! https://t.co/GidPIiYX3r
I am proud to have this article published in @commedjournal and that @DrewA_K invited me to collaborate on it back in 2021. We conducted a longitudinal survey across two semesters and collected data from 2,523 public speaking students.
https://t.co/qo1i6NiU1e
Brought magazines to my Gender & Comm class today! Students used feminist theory to conduct visual analysis, each marking noteworthy sections with a sticky-note. Key terms from our discussion included reclamation of femininity, girlhood, and the female gaze.
Some life updates!
1) I defended my dissertation and became Dr. Megu Itoh at the end of March! I then packed up and…
2) Starting April, I began a new chapter as Assistant Professor in the College of Intercultural Communication at Rikkyo University in Tokyo!
and…(cont.)
Finally found the “spark” again as I hit summer break here in Japan! Reading and writing new things after a whirlwind five months (diss defense, moving, starting new job) truly feels lovely
Professor Shinsuke Eguchi and I collaborated on curating a special issue for QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, titled "Re-Examining Communication and Media Practices in/across Queer Asia." I invite you to explore this invaluable issue!
#queerasia#QED
https://t.co/uGowcRWSxh