Program
Communication (PhD)Office
ANN 414JOffice Hours
On research leave 2019-2020More Christina
Expertise
Brand-new book!! Hacking Diversity: The Politics of Inclusion in Open Technology Cultures (Princeton U. Press, 2020)
**On research leave as Berggruen Fellow, 2019-2020**
Professor Dunbar-Hester is an ethnographer with expertise in the politics of technology.
Her first book was Low Power to the People: Pirates, Protest, and Politics in FM Radio Activism (MIT Press, 2014). This book examines activism to promote local community radio even in a "digital" age. It was selected as the co-winner of the 2014 McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Technology Research.
In addition to activism in technical communities, Professor Dunbar-Hester's research interests include in natureculture, environmental studies, animal studies, and interspecies communication/sensing. She is interested in supervising research on social and cultural aspects of science and technology.
Dunbar-Hester holds a Ph.D. in Science & Technology Studies from Cornell University. Prior to joining USC Annenberg, she taught in Journalism & Media Studies at Rutgers University, where she was also affiliated faculty in Women's & Gender Studies. Her research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Berggruen Institute, the Andrew J. Mellon Humanities Project, the Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Institute for Advanced Studies on Science, Technology & Society.
Many of her publications can be found as PDF's here.
You can view a write-up of her doctoral course on Science & Technology Studies for Communication and Media Studies online at The Atlantic's Technology Channel. An updated version of this course is offered regularly. She also teaches a doctoral course on ethnography.