Research & Academic Work
Graduate
“Redefining the Chocolate City: Washington, DC and its Black Urban Futures”
Graduate research project dissecting Washington, DC's Black histories of spatial segregation and reimagining the District's potential futures while centering the voices of local residents. Supervisor: Dr. Paroma Wagle.
“The Urban Gentry: White Temple, Black Philadelphia, and the Hypocrisy of the University”
Graduate thesis paper (Master's Report) revisiting the histories, present-day challenges, and future possibilities of Black urban communities in the United States, with particular focus on the urban renewal controversies of Temple University and its surrounding majority-Black neighborhoods in the 20th century. Supervisor: Dr. Lauren Gutterman.
“We End as and Beyond Where We Began: Understanding the Evolution of Blackness”
Conference paper for the Cultural Studies Association, June 2023.
“Cybernetics, Humanity, and the Bar in The Red Strings Club”
Conference paper for the Popular Culture Association, April 2023.
Undergraduate
The Bodies Politic (Fall 2021 - Spring 2022)
American Studies undergraduate honors project studying the intersections of sex, oppression, and liberation, focusing on how sex is used as a tool for both enforcing and breaking down social hierarchies among different demographics in the digital age. Projects composed of a formal research thesis and an ethnographic/oral history component. Awarded "Honors" by committee.
To be conducted under the advisory of Prof. Leisa Meyer.
Project overview via GiveCampus
Independent Identity (Spring 2021)
Film & Media Studies independent study analyzing how indie video games tell narratives centered around those of marginalized identities, and how such research is essential to the future of art, game studies, and the digital humanities.
Being completed with Prof. Elizabeth Losh.
Black Rainbow (Summer 2019)
Digital ethnographic project researching Black Queer communities and icons on Twitter. Focus on interactions between influencers and their audiences (through lenses of vulnerability), as well as political activism (with particular attention paid to the intersectionalities of race, sexuality, and mental health).
Completed with the Equality Lab under the guidance of Prof. Elizabeth Losh.
