Dr. Candice D. Roberts, PhD is Associate Professor of Communication and the Director for the LGBTQ+ Center at St. John’s University in New York. While completing their doctoral research at Drexel University, they developed the concept of the hybrid collective and studied CouchSurfing across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Broadly their work examines cultural narrative and identity in popular media and consumer culture, and they use critical queer theory to interrogate archetypes, sociality, and themes of class, sexuality, and space/place. They currently serve as LGBTQ Studies Area Chair for the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association and as Television Area Chair for the Popular Culture Association. Recent publications include articles in Screen Bodies, Journalism Practice, Journal for Cultural Research and in Film, Fashion & Consumption as well as an edited volume entitled Consumer Identities: Agency, Media and Digital Culture.
Prof Dr. Candice D. Roberts
Presentation Title: Queering Community: Space, Place, and Face-to-Face in the Artificial Era
New York University, United States
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