iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

for my media literacy students, we’re digging into her song “fuel”—breaking down how it critiques cultural power, consumerism, and the systems that decide what counts as “good” art. 🎶📚 nothing like blending fangirl joy with teaching practice—when your syllabus meets your soundtrack. 💜

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I’m so stoked to join the incredible folks in the lab and continue building knowledge, community, and care together. Cheers to what’s ahead! 🥂

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

one student told me he loved and appreciated that i asked them and included them in creating this. 💬 that reminder—that learning is co-created—was the best teaching moment of all.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

today was my first day of year 14 teaching 🖤 with everything going on federally and here in ohio with sb1, it feels really difficult to show up. but i’m grounding myself in community and care, and doing the best i can for my students and those around me.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Excited to share that I got to chat with @nbcnews.com about the rise of man-on-the-street interviews and their transformation into a popular social media trend. The segment went live this summer—check it out here:

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

she got me through the dissertation, so it’s only fitting she’s curled up next to me as i write this book. my forever writing buddy. love my grl 😻📚🖊️ #AcademicCat #WritingWithCats #BookInProgress

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

🎓⚰️ Calling all in Cincinnati: Join us for a Funeral for Academic Freedom ⚰️🎓 On June 24 at 8:00 AM, we’ll gather outside the UC Board of Trustees meeting to mourn what SB1 has killed and stand united for higher ed and academic freedom.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

#ICA25 dump 2 💥 Even when senior male scholars act wildly inappropriate, we band together and care for one another. A necessary reminder: associations and institutions will never save us—but community will.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

come chat with us about communication research today! our presentation focuses on how the label “too descriptive” is often used to delegitimize interpretive, critical, and community-based research in communication studies.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

shit is fucked. so much pain, grief, and injustice everywhere you look. holding all of that while also sharing this little #ICA25 dump no. 1: good people, good convo, big feelings. grateful and gutted all at once.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Now that the ink is dry, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve officially signed the contract for my first academic book with University of California Press! I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If you’ve worked in the public sector, if you’ve been underpaid and overworked, if you’ve been caught in the maze of student debt—I see you. And I’m hoping we all find our way to freedom, too. Here’s to a future where no one has to go through this just to access education and possibility. 💥📚

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

This is a call to teach like it matters. To care like it’s revolutionary. To build what we have not yet seen. 🖤 Stay tuned.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I am honored to join the Center on Digital Culture and Society at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania as a Research Affiliate.

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Honored and excited to be accepted to Console-ing Passions 2025! I am stoked to present alongside some amazing friends and colleagues. Looking forward to seeing everyone in ATL! #FeministMediaStudies #ConsoleingPassions2025

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

excited to present my ongoing work about theratainment — esp digital mental health at the ICA 2025 pre-con: debating creator culture in Boulder, CO in June! 🌞 @weareccsn.bsky.social

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

“Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.” —bell hooks 🍓❤️

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Next can’t live here if education dies here! (Oh, and I also got my hair done… I guess it’s all about balance?)

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

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Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

everything is fuct, but here’s a teaching #OOTD

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