Dr Kishonna Gray--Gaming By Another Name: Black Experiences in Digital Spaces

Dr. Kishonna Gray, is the author of “Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming” and Associate Professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital Studies at the University of Kentucky. She previously served as the MLK Scholar and Visiting Professor at MIT. Her work is grounded in critical race theory and feminist approaches to knowledge production. She interrogates the impact that technology has on culture and how Black users, in particular, influence the creation of technological products and the dissemination of digital artifacts. Her current research interrogates the possibilities and potentials of what that technology can afford Black communities who are traditionally excluded from public spaces, including digital ones.