Kara Van Cleaf
Phd in Sociology from The Graduate Center of the CIty University of New York
MA in Sociology from University of Kansas
BA in Psychology and Anthropology, University of Kansas
Biography and Research Interests
Dr. Van Cleaf studies the ways in which digital technologies transform our relationships to society, each other and ourselves. She is interested in motherhood, fashion, feminism, and pays particular attention to the ways digital technologies impact structural inequalities. Her recent work examines second hand clothing markets and digital labor.
2021 “The #Boho Hustle: Domesticating Digital Media, Liquidating the Closet, and Disrupting Luxury Fashion.” In The Fashion Studies Journal, http://www.fashionstudiesjournal.org/
2020 “The Pleasure of Connectivity: Media, Motherhood, and the Digital Maternal Gaze.” Communication, Culture and Critique. URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcz045.
2015 “Of Woman Born to Mommy Blogged: The Journey From The Personal As Political to the Personal as A Commodity.” Women’s Studies Quarterly, 43, 3 & 4, 247-264.
NMDD 1001 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN
DTEM 1401 INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES AND EMERGING MEDIA
DTEM 1402 DIGITAL CULTURES
DTEM 2443 FASHION AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
DTEM 3444 NERDS, GEEKS AND BROS