This project centers on the lived experiences of Harlem’s Black youth during the Civil Rights Movement to demonstrate an alternative way of thinking about children in historical research.
Cultural Studies
The Limits of Black Nationalism: The Nation of Islam (1930-75) as a Case Study
My project focuses on how imagery of domestic Black women is used to convey strength of a Black nation.
Selective Sympathy: American Media and the Politics of Resistance in the Late 1990s and Early 2000s
Selective Sympathy examines how the New York Times framed Irish and Palestinian resistance differently from 1996-2005, revealing how media language shapes if political violence is read as resistance or terrorism.
“You’re Chopped” — The Circulation of Slang on TikTok & Adolescent Perceptions of Beauty Standards
Is saying and seeing “chopped” on TikTok simply “not that serious?” Or does it have deeper effects than we realize?
