Krysten Stein is a first-generation Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication and a Graduate Concentrator in both Gender and Women’s Studies and Black Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with a double minor in Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, a Master of Arts in Communication, and a graduate certificate in Film and Media Studies from the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include Popular Culture, Television Studies, Critical / Cultural Theory, Intersectionality, Representation, and Communication Pedagogy.
