Fashioning Circuits is a scholarly site created by a team of researchers in Critical Media Studies in the Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication program at the University of Texas, Dallas.
Current Team
Kim Brillante Knight, PhD
- Project leader, Editor, Site administrator; Co-PI of The Migrant Steps Project
- Associate Professor in Critical Media Studies in ATEC
- 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
- Twitter: purplekimchi; Websites: kimknight.com
Atanur Andic
- Former Research Assistant; General Collaborator; Co-lead of the Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
- Ph.D. Candidate in ATEC; expected 2023
- Research interests: Critical media studies, visual culture & design, Interface studies, digital archives, heritage studies
- Website: Atanur Andic
Olivia Banner, PhD
- General Collaborator
- Associate Professor in ATEC
- 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
Nusrat Zahan Chowdhury
- General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
- Ph.D. Student in ATEC; expected 2024
- 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
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
Fiona Haborak
- General Collaborator; Coffee Gremlin; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
- Ph.D. Student in ATEC; expected 2024
- 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; expected 2026
Cameron Irby
- General Collaborator; General of Support
- Ph.D. Candidate in ATEC; expected 2023
- Research interests: Narrative media; Fandom; Queer theory
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
Haden “Bucky” Lemons
- Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
- MA Student in Literature, expected 2024
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
Josef Nguyen, PhD
- General Collaborator; Server of Lewks
- Associate Professor in Critical Media Studies
- 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
Saipriya Nimmagadda
- Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
- Masters Student in Computer Science; expected 2023
Mohammed M. Rashid
- General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team Lead
- Ph.D. Candidate in ATEC; expected in 2023
- 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
Kasif Rahman
- General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
- PhD Student in ATEC; expected 2025
Maruf Rahman
- General Collaborator; Migrant Steps Project Humanities Team
- PhD Student in ATEC; expected 2026
Lauren Shafer
- Logo and banner designer
- EMAC BA, Spring 2013
- http://vonshafer.com/
Nishanshi Shukla
- General Collaborator; Co-lead of the Migrant Steps Project Design and Technical Team
- PhD Candidate in ATEC; Expected 2024
Kathryn Whitlock
- General Collaborator, Lepidoptera lover
- PhD Student in ATEC, 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; expected 2024
- 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
- 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
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
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
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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