Rianna Walcott
Education
Ph.D., Digital Humanities, King's College London
Research Expertise
Diaspora
Digital Cultures
Digital Humanities
Race and Ethnicity
Rianna Walcott is an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland, Associate Director of the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab, and a former DISCO Network Postdoctoral Fellow. An alumna of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), Dr. Walcott earned her PhD in Digital Humanities at King's College London for her research on Black Black (and specifically Black British) communication practices across social media platforms, locating the evolution of a hybrid ‘Black British’ identity against the wider Black diaspora.