User:Brixnni

I am a PhD Candidate in Art and Technology and Instructor of Emerging Media and Communication at the University of Texas at Dallas. I have a Masters in Emerging Media and Communication and a Bachelors in English Literature. My primary interests examine how underrepresented individuals and groups gain access to privileged information and experiences in networked environments. As a 2012 HASTAC Scholar, my research dissected the intersection of race, sexuality, and music, in order to find quantitative ways to measure qualitative definitions of sexual explicitness. Currently, I am exploring the relationship between colorblind/post-racial politics and humor in meme culture on short-form video sharing platforms, such as Vine and SnapChat.