PhD Candidate (ABD)
About
Ta'les Love received her B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was a Ronald E. McNair Scholar. Prior to coming to Michigan, Ta'les worked as a news producer and earned her Master's degree in Communication from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her Master's thesis examined how notions of Black womanhood are articulated and rearticulated on social media platforms.
Ta'les' current research interests are situated at the intersections of race, digital platforms and digital labor. Her dissertation analyzes colorism and the digital beauty community and their roles in user-perception, digital labor, and beauty discourse. When Ta'les is not researching she enjoys listening to Hip-Hop, spending time with her family, and watching everything Netflix has to offer.
Courses Taught
- COMM 404 - Minorities, Representation, & The Media
- COMM 101 - Introduction the Mass Media
- COMM 305 - Whiteness and the Media
- AAS 254 - The Evolution and History of Hip-Hop
Field(s) of Study
- Critical Digital Media Studies
- Algorithmic Culture
- Television Studies
- Cultural Studies
- African-American Studies
- Black Popular Culture
