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Ashleigh Cassemere-Stanfield

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Ashleigh Cassemere-Stanfield

Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies

Department/Office Information

Film and Media Studies
311 Bernstein Hall
  • MW 11:30am - 1:00pm (311 Bernstein Hall)

Ashleigh Cassemere-Stanfield is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at 51³Ô¹ÏÍø. They work at the intersection of Black Studies, Videogame Studies, Queer Theory, Media Theory, and New Materialism. Their research examines the imaginary that subtends artificial intelligence. Specifically, it explores how the abrasive generativity of AI rhymes with a similar generativity within blackness and queerness. Their teaching combines speculative design and critical theory in order to teach students to thoughtfully engage with, remix, and reimagine the media objects and environments that constitute their lives.

PhD, The University of Chicago, English Language and Literature, 2023

MA, The Graduate Center CUNY, Liberal Studies, 2017

BA, Hunter College CUNY, Creative Writing and Studio Art, 2010

 (Dissertation)

FMST200: Introduction to Film and Media
FMST390A: Black Digital Media 
FMST390A: Desiring Machines: AI and Race in Contemporary Media