Stevens, Wesley Elizabeth

Assistant Professor

Stevens employs critical pedagogical practices in the classroom, adopting an intersectional perspective in the creation of her syllabi and through class discussions and assignments. She is invested in bridging the gap between theory and practice by utilizing both academic texts and the business practices of media industries in her course reading lists. Her students’ final projects prioritize making what they have learned accessible to popular audiences by creatively leveraging digital platforms.

Biographical Profile

College
College of Information & Comm.
Department
Journalism & Mass Comm.
Tenure Status
Tenure Track

Interest Background

Personal Focus Areas
regulation of Black identity and its commodification through neoliberal discourses, examines the practice of blackfishing on Instagram, how Black influencers navigate the highly competitive and commercialized field of influencing
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