University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography Expertise & Activities I am a Ph.D. candidate in Communication Science, working with Professor Catalina Toma. My research investigates the intrapersonal consequences of emerging communication technologies, focusing on how interactions with AI and algorithmically mediated environments shape the way people think, feel, and perceive themselves. My primary line of research focuses on human-AI communication, …
Biography Steph is a MA/PhD student in Film. She was born and raised in the Bay Area, and went to the University of Chicago where she received BAs in Sociology and Cinema and Media Studies. Steph is primarily interested in the formal construction and representation of sexual violence in film, along with spectatorial experience, affect …
Biography Ika Dai is a graduate student under the mentorship of Professor Lyn van Swol. Her research interests include the role of artificial intelligence in creativity and innovation and environmental communication.
Biography Research Interests Ben is a Ph.D. student in Media and Cultural Studies. His research interests are within and intersect (1) men and masculinity studies; (2) studies of competitive cultures, primarily games and sports subcultures; and (3) rural media and technocultures with a focus on the midwestern United States. Ben’s work is informed by theoretical …
Biography Research Interests Linwei Ding is a Ph.D. student in Media and Cultural Studies. Her research interests focus on the intersection of mediated music and sound studies, digital platforms studies, and feminist media studies. Education M.A. Theory of Art & Culture – Artistic Communication concentration, Nanjing University, 2025 B.A. Musicology and Accounting, Xiamen University, 2022 …
Biography My research interests include queer cinema, cognitive film theory, parametric form in film, and French cinema. Currently, I am researching to what extent queer studies and cognitive film theory might be meaningfully brought into conversation with each other. I draw upon cognitive approaches of neoformalism and queer formalism in literary studies, examining the cinema …
Biography Lily Ferris is a PhD student in the Department of Communication Arts. Lily holds a Bachelors in English from Carleton College and a Masters in Intercultural Communication from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Her research considers sports fandom, sports industries, and the relationship between sports media and athlete health.
Biography Sabrina Finke received a bachelor’s in creative writing with an emphasis in nonfiction from the University of California, Riverside and her master’s in media and public communication from the University of Denver. Sabrina wrote her master’s thesis about the advice- and information-seeking methods used on the subreddit r/Keto and how those methods affected engagement …