Meshell Sturgis
Assistant Professor
Profile
Dr. Meshell L. Sturgis conducts a fun mixture of critical cultural media studies and community engaged research using research creation methods. She received her B.A. in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2013, and her M.A. in Cultural Studies from the University of Washington, Bothell. She completed her Ph.D. in Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle in 2024. As her dissertation explored the political aesthetics of Black Girl Magic and self-representation in alternative media, Black feminism and Queer theorizing are central to her work, which you can find published in the Journal for Women’s Studies in Communication, QED, Somatechnics, Lateral, and Souls. Her critical arts writing practice has led to publications in Art Practical, A Year in Black Art, and New Archives. She enjoys teaching classes on race, gender, and sexuality in the media and encourages students to think beyond the binary.
