DrTisha Dejmanee
Senior Lecturer
Discipline of Digital and Social Media
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- Senior LecturerDiscipline of Digital and Social Media
BIO
Dr. Tisha Dejmanee is a Senior Lecturer in Digital and Social Media at the School of Communication.
Tisha’s research interests include gender, race and activism on digital and social media with a recent focus on Asian Australian studies, influencers, social media, postfeminism, postrace, food blogs, hashtag activism, and feminist media studies.
Her most recent book, Postfeminism, Postrace and Digital Politics in Asian American Food Blogs (Routledge, 2023) focusses on how influencers negotiate race and gender identity on food blogs. She is currently working on projects around how Asian Australians articulate their identities and experiences in various digital cultures, which is funded by a UTS MCR Capability Development Initiative.
Tisha's work has been published in journals including International Journal of Communication, Television and New Media, European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Australian Feminist Studies.
Tisha received her PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining UTS she was an Associate Professor of Communication at Central Michigan University.
Tisha’s research interests include gender, race and activism on digital and social media with a recent focus on Asian Australian studies, influencers, social media, postfeminism, postrace, food blogs, hashtag activism, and feminist media studies.
Her most recent book, Postfeminism, Postrace and Digital Politics in Asian American Food Blogs (Routledge, 2023) focusses on how influencers negotiate race and gender identity on food blogs. She is currently working on projects around how Asian Australians articulate their identities and experiences in various digital cultures, which is funded by a UTS MCR Capability Development Initiative.
Tisha's work has been published in journals including International Journal of Communication, Television and New Media, European Journal of Cultural Studies, and Australian Feminist Studies.
Tisha received her PhD in Communication from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining UTS she was an Associate Professor of Communication at Central Michigan University.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Head of Discipline, Digital and Social MediaUniversity of Technology Sydney, Australia15 Jun 2023 - present
- Senior LecturerUniversity of Technology Sydney, Australia23 Jan 2023 - present
- Lecturer, Digital and Social MediaUniversity of Technology Sydney, Digital and Social Media, Sydney, Australia15 Apr 2020 - 23 Jan 2023
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Professor in CommunicationCentral Michigan University, United States27 Aug 2019 - 14 Apr 2020
- Assistant Professor in CommunicationCentral Michigan University, United States15 Aug 2016 - 15 Aug 2019
DEGREES
- PhD in CommunicationUniversity of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University MedalUNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic