The TRIADS Speaker Series is co-sponsored by the Digital Intelligence & Innovation Accelerator.

Catherine Knight Steele’s talk is co-sponsored by the Center for Empirical Research in the Law.

Bio:

Catherine Knight Steele is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland – College Park where she directs the Black Communication and Technology lab (BCaT) as a part of the Digital Inquiry, Speculation, Collaboration, & Optimism (DISCO) Network funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. 

Her research focuses on race, gender, and media, with a specific emphasis on Black culture and discourse and digital communication. She examines representations of marginalized communities in the media and how groups resist oppression and practice joy using online technology to create spaces of community.