Position Title
Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Studies with D.E. in Feminist Theory and Research & Science and Technology Studies
Position Title
Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Studies with D.E. in Feminist Theory and Research & Science and Technology Studies
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Bio
Jake Knight (he/they) is a PhD candidate in Cultural Studies with designated emphases in Feminist Theory and Research and Science and Technology Studies. Jake teaches across interdisciplinary programs including Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, Cinema and Digital Media Studies, American Studies, and Science and Technology Studies. Their research examines the intersections of trans studies, digital media histories, and feminist porn studies, with a focus on moral panics, erotic labor, and visual and material culture. Jake’s current work is particularly interested in censorship, archival practices and aesthetics of digital ephemera, zines, comix, and DIY distribution networks.
Research Interests & Expertise
- Queer and Trans Studies, Platform Studies, Feminist Labor Studies, Visual Culture, Film and Media History, and Critical Porn Studies.
Publications
- Knight, Jake E. (2026). "Rogue Archives of Care: Screenshot Practices and Transfeminist Media Infrastructures" in Queer Digital Lives: LGBTQ Realities and Resistance under Platform Capitalism (1st ed.). Paromita Pain (Ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003740919