Keisha Bruce

About Me

keisha is an anti-disciplinary researcher completing their PhD in Black Studies at the University of Nottingham. They are funded by a Midlands3Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC) until 2022. Their research project is titled "Black Women and the Curation of Digital Diasporic Intimacy" and within it she analyses intersections of visuality, race, and gender, as it relates to identity formation and diasporic community building on social media.

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keisha has worked on projects that relate to race and gender inequality, sovereignty and justice, archival histories, and representation in screen media. They are a co-founder of Anticipating Black Futures, a learning initiative and network for emerging Black Studies researchers in Britain. They are available for talks, workshops, and collaborations that are around their areas of interests.

Research Interests

Black Girlhood & Womanhood

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Popular Culture

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Black Diaspora 

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Digital Media

Black Feminist theory

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Visual Culture

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