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Fashioning Circuits Team

Fashioning Circuits is a scholarly site created by an interdisciplinary team of researchers and critical makers at multiple universities. The Fashioning Circuits headquarters is located in the Department of Humanities at San José State University.

Current Team

Kim Brillante Knight, PhD

  • Project leader, Editor, Site administrator; Co-PI of The Migrant Steps Project
  • Associate Professor of Digital Humanities at San José State University
  • Research interests: Computational Craft; Critical Design; Critical Theory; Cultural Studies; Data Visualization; Digital Humanities; Domestic Technologies; Health and Medicine; Intersectional Identities; Media Studies; Participatory cultures; Race, Class, Gender; Representations of digital culture in film and literature; STEAM; Wearables
  • Bluesky: purplekimchi; Websites: kimknight.com

Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, PhD

  • General Collaborator; Official Hand Model; Co-PI on The Migrant Steps Project
  • Assistant Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at University of Pennsylvania
  • Research interests: border studies; global media; Latin American studies; critical race studies; feminist theory
  • Twitter: llamasjr

Atanur Andic, PhD

  • Former Research Assistant; General Collaborator; Co-lead of the Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
  • Assistant Professor of Architecture and Design at Özyeğin University
  • Research interests: Critical media studies, visual culture & design, Interface studies, digital archives, heritage studies
  • Website: Atanur Andic

Olivia Banner, PhD

  • General Collaborator
  • Associate Professor; CREATE Director of Strategy and Operations at University of Washington
  • Research interests: Popular Culture, Critical Theory, Media Studies, Intersectional Identities, Cultural Studies, Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, Disability Studies, Labor Studies, Health and Medicine, Surveillance Studies, Science & Technology Studies

Nhi Bui

  • General Collaborator; Research Assistant, Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • BA student in English Literature and Asian-American Studies at San José State University, expected 2026.

Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury

  • General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • Ph.D. Candidate in ATEC; expected 2025
  • Research interests: Critical media studies; Teaching and pedagogy; Feminist theories; Eco-criticism, eco-feminism, eco-linguistics; Children’s media technologies, children’s literature 
  • Twitter: ZahanChowdhury

Fiona Haborak

  • General Collaborator; Coffee Gremlin; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • Ph.D. Student in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2025
  • Research interests: Cosplay, performativity, dramaturgical theories, sociology, microcelebrity, fan studies, DIY praxis, social media

Luke Hernandez

  • General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • PhD Student in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2026

Cameron Irby, PhD

  • General Collaborator; General of Support
  • Ph.D. Candidate in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2024
  • Research interests: Narrative media; Fandom; Queer theory

Haden “Bucky” Lemons

  • Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • MA Student in Literature at UT Dallas, expected 2024

Josef Nguyen, PhD

  • General Collaborator; Server of Lewks
  • Associate Professor in Critical Media Studies at UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Creative labor and the creative economy; DIY, craft, and maker cultures; Digital technologies and consent; Feminist and queer game studies; Fan media and fandom practices
  • Website: josef nguyen

Avi Rakholia

  • Research Assistant, Migrant Steps Project Design & Tech Team
  • BA in Computer Science at San José State University, expected 2026

Mohammed M. Rashid, PhD

  • General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team Lead
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Center on Digital Culture and Society, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania;
  • Research interests: Critical media literacies and pedagogies; Critical making; Queer theory; Cultural studies; South-Asian queer histories; Socially engaged art and participatory media; Critical play; Platform studies
  • Twitter: TrueIcaRash; Website: mohammedrashid.net

Kasif Rahman

  • General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • PhD Student in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2025

Maruf Rahman

  • General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
  • PhD Student in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2026

Lauren Shafer

Nishanshi Shukla

  • General Collaborator; Co-lead of the Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
  • PhD Candidate in ATEC at UT Dallas; Expected 2025

Lilou Sicard-Noel

  • Research Assistant, Migrant Steps Project Design & Technical Team
  • M.S. in Computer Science at San José State University, expected 2025.

Kathryn Whitlock

  • General Collaborator, Lepidoptera lover
  • PhD Student in ATEC at UT Dallas, expected 2025
  • Research interests: Borders, surveillance studies; Eco-Marxism, eco-feminism, eco-criticism; Labor studies; Animal studies

Sammi Welwood

  • Former research assistant and site administrator; 18 PT. Heavy
  • Ph.D. Student in ATEC at UT Dallas; expected 2025
  • Research interests: Type design; Typography; Feminist theories; Body politics; Fat politics; Body positivity; Semiotics of Typography; Graphic design; Critical media studies
  • Linkedin: Sam F. Welwood; Website: sam flora

Hong-An Wu, PhD

  • General Collaborator
  • Assistant Professor in Critical Media Studies at UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Critical Media Studies; Animation & Games; Critical pedagogy, game & play studies, feminist science and technology studies, and new media arts education

Yvonne Yu

  • General Collaborator
  • BA student in ATEC

Retired Collaborators

Firenmisoul

  • General editor: Spring 2014
  • Undergraduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.

Maedeh Asgharpour

  • Collaborator
  • MFA (Creative Practice) in ATEC 2021
  • Research interests: Visual art, illustration, printmaking; Experimental animation
  • Website: Maedeh Asgharpour

Diamond Beverly

  • Collaborator
  • MFA (Creative Practice) in ATEC 2022
  • Research interests: Intersectional identities; Narrative games; Critical race theory; Cultural studies; Class, gender, sexuality studies; Experimental games
  • Website: DIAMOND BEVERLY

Meet Chancad

  • Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
  • Masters Student in Computer Science; expected 2023

Michelle Del Angel

  • Collaborator; Memeologist
  • BA (Design and Production) in ATEC 2022
  • Research interests: Wearable technology; Techwear; Product design; Future fashion; Packaging design

Emma Delight

  • Collaborator
  • BA (Design and Production) Student in ATEC 2021
  • Research interests: LGBTQ+ issues and representation; Video game design; Storytelling

Talia Devanadero

  • General Collaborator; Fanfic connoisseur; Retired Co-lead of Migrant Steps Project Technical Team
  • BS Student in Computer Science; expected 2024
  • Research interests: Interactive fiction; Human-centered design; Distributed systems; Transformative works

Savyasachi Gupta

  • Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
  • Masters Student in Computer Science; expected 2024

Rashundra Harvey

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • Graduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.

Lesley Henderson

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • Graduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.

Britanny Hernandez

  • Collaborator; Lab Rat
  • BS (Electrical Engineering) Student in Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science; expected Fall 2022
  • Research interests: Feminism and STEM, Indigenous STEM Education and Outreach, Renewable Energy, Soft Circuits, Wearable Technology, 3-D Printed Garments

Desiree Jacob

  • General editor: Spring 2012
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.

Twinkle Lam

  • General editor: Spring 2014
  • Undergraduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas

Yueh-Jung Lee

  • Former research assistant and site administrator; Dinosaur hatcher
  • Ph.D. Student in ATEC; expected 2024
  • Research interests: Smart technologies, smart culture, cyborg technologies; Human-computer interaction/relationship; Science and technology studies; Critical cultural studies in digital technologies
  • Linkedin: Yueh-Jung Lee; Twitter: YuehJungLee

Vinchenzo Locascio

  • General editor: Spring 2014
  • Undergraduate student, Business Administration, UT Dallas

Tonya McMillion

  • General editor: Spring 2014
  • PhD student, Arts and Technology, UT Dallas

Max Mechanic

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas

Patti McLetchie

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • BA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Body image issues as they relate to our culture and media, fashion’s role on an individuals identity, encouraging young women to get into the STEM fields
  • Twitter: pattimick88

Janet Montealvo

  • General editor: Spring 2012
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: New media in fashion, fashion journalism, identity and social media
  • Twitter: janetmtweets

Brianni Nelson

  • General editor: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Race, class, and identity in new media / viral media / remediation and copyright
  • Twitter: brianninelson; Website: Sense and Accessibility

Tước Kim Nguyễn

  • Collaborator; Sassy Blossom
  • MFA (Animation) ATEC 2021
  • Research interests: Self-development through Selflessness
  • Website: tu0c.space

Saipriya Nimmagadda

  • Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
  • Masters Student in Computer Science, UT Dallas 2023

Michelle Ofiwe

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • Undergraduate student, UT Dallas

Tiffany Page Carter

  • Collaborator; TI Founders Leadership Fellow
  • BA (Critical Media Studies) Student in ATEC; expected 2021
  • Research interests: Representation of persons with severe autism in media, disability studies, Access and Disparities in Access to Health Care
  • Linkedin: Tiffany Page Carter

Cinthya Parreno

  • Collaborator; Undercover ATEC student
  • BA Student in Human Resource Management; expected 2021
  • Research interests: Data visualization
  • Website: Cinthya Parreno

Elisa Pequini

  • General editor: Fall 2011
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Fashion in new media/ identity in new media
  • Twitter: lipequini

Amy Pickup

  • Banner designer, banner in use Sept 2011–June 2015
  • General editor: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.
  • Research interests: Mobile Technology, Web development and UXD, Identity, Copyright/Intellectual Property law with regards to new media
  • Twitter: amypickup

Tameka Reeves

  • General editor: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
  • MA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Race, class, and identity in emerging media; Digital media for and by Women; Marketing and digital rhetoric; Fashion (and other representations of the self) in emerging media
  • Twitter: ohsomeka

Susan E. Riveter

  • General editor: Spring 2014
  • Graduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas

Mary E. Skinner

  • General editor: Spring 2012
  • Graduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas.
  • Research interests: Social media for the greater good, marketing, fashion and identity
  • Twitter: maryeskinner

 Mattie Tanner

  • Banner designer, banner in use Sept 2011 – June 2015
  • General editor: Fall 2011, Spring 2012
  • Graduate student, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas
  • Research interests: Media’s effect on reality and media’s representations of it, remediation, copyright and remixing, fandom communities, online vs. real-life identity
  • Twitter: missnesbitpro

Virginia Tellez

  • Research and creative team 2018-19
  • EMAC major, BA expected in Fall 2019
  • Instagram: @lofi.underdog
  • Interesting fact: webcomic addict

Chelsea Upton

  • General editor: Spring 2013
  • BA, Emerging Media and Communication, UT Dallas

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