Yuya KiuchiKiuchi portrait

Areas of Interest

  • Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • Gender and Identity
  • Community building via media and technology

Biography

I obtained my BA in Area Studies at Sophia University in Japan, MA in American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. I am currently working on my dissertation examining the history of cable television in African American communities in Boston and Detroit. My work looks at cable television not only as a precursor to the Internet as a narrowcasting media technology but also as an inter- and intra-racial community building and self-empowerment tool. More in general, I am interested in ethnic, racial, and gender identity formation and community building via media and technology.