Research Overview
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Exploring the Intersection of Technology, Blackness, and Identity​
My research investigates the intersections of race, identity, culture, and technology. I am particularly focused on how Blackness is constructed, perceived, and performed within digital spaces, exploring the complex relationship between digital identity development, meaning-making processes, and the affective experiences of Black users. My work critically examines how these experiences unfold against the historical and social foundations of inequality in the U.S.
Current Intellectual Curiosity
What does it mean to exist, to be alive, and to be Black in our current world? This question drives my intellectual curiosity. I am deeply interested in how meaning-making and world-building practices manifest in the everyday and how technology intersects with these inquiries. These explorations have led me down fascinating paths I am eager to pursue further.
Research Interests
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Black Digital Culture
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Investigating how Black individuals engage with digital spaces to create, consume, and share culture.
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Examining the affective and social experiences of Black digital identity development and performance.
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Exploring how historical and moral frameworks shape the perception of Blackness in the digital.
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Online Dating and Technology
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Analyzing Black women's experiences with dating apps, focusing on their approaches to developing profiles, navigating compatibility, and confronting racism and sexism in digital dating spaces.
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Understanding the broader cultural, relational, and historical influences that shape dating discourses and experiences in the digital realm.
Philosophical Foundations of Technology
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Exploring the ethical implications and epistemological frameworks surrounding artificial intelligence and its interaction with race and identity.
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Critically analyzing how technological advancements impact marginalized communities.
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Qualitative Methodologies
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Prioritizing qualitative approaches to center individual and collective lived experiences.
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Engaging in theory development to deepen understanding of technology’s role in shaping identity and culture.
Future Directions
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My broad inquiries into identity, technology, and culture continue to evolve, and I am excited to explore how these intersections will shape the future of our society.
As my career progresses, I am committed to examining the ways technology impacts everyday life, from the mundane to the transformative, and how it shapes what it means to be alive and Black today, and what that means for me as I navigate my own life, meaning making processes and identities.