MA in American Studies @ cOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Research focus:

History of game production, sociology of gaming communities, media theory in the context of esports, gender representation in gaming, internet subcultures

Coursework:

  • Intro to American Studies

  • Methods in American Studies

  • Info-Computing-Infrastructure

  • Hegel, Information, AI

  • Representing Law: Film and Performance

  • Contemporary Sociological Theory

  • Aesthetics and Politics

  • Supervised Individual Research (Thesis)

Thesis:

Spectatorship of Professional Gamers: The Making of a New Masculinity Through Esports