Dr. Bernadette "bird" Bowen
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My interests intersect the broad fields of critical and feminist theories, with an eye towards the ideological struggle between institutions, gender, and media ecology.
Alongside a handful of colleagues since 2019, I have helped spearhead a critical feminist wave of media ecology that incorporates cultural studies. I further exemplify my personal critical media ecological framework in my dissertation and publications since finishing my PhD. I am also a content creator and have written a memoir series about mass neuroqueer self-realizations happening in the algorithmic envirusment (environment + virus). On January 19th, 2025, I updated and expanded my dissertation into my book We Are F**king Machines: Why We Are Like This and What We Can Do About It.
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Education
2015
Sociology, B.A.
Purdue University Calumet
2018
Communication, M.A.
Purdue University Northwest
2021
Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies Certficate
Bowling Green State University
2022
Media & Communication, PhD
Bowling Green State University
Minor, Communication.
Communication. Focus on rhetoric, interpersonal communication, critical media and cultural studies.
Advisor: Dr. Lee Artz. Graduate Committee: Drs. Catherine M. Gillotti & Thomas J. Roach
Capstone Advisor: Dr. Sandra Faulkner
Emphasis Critical Media Studies & Rhetoric. Focuses: critical feminist rhetoric, intercultural communication, media and cultural studies, media
ecology, and arts-based qualitative research methods.
Advisor: Dr. Ellen Gorsevski. Dissertation Committee: Drs. Terry L. Rentner, Lara Martin Lengel, & Kristina Nell LaVenia. Dissertation Title: From the Boardroom to the Bedroom: Sexual Ecologies in the Algorithmic Age.