Fostering innovative and open methods and tools in the classroom and beyond.
Expanding the scope and impact of traditional and digital humanities for the contemporary world.
Thinking critically about the role and design of technology, data and the social sciences in our lives and learning.
Promoting openness, access, and diversity in technology, and education in service of an equitable society.
Promoting change in schools, museums, libraries, and other organizations.
Advocating for new forms of scholarly communications, including blogging, multimedia, open publishing, and academic journals and presses.
An Sasala (they/them) studies the mutual shaping and maintenance of technology and embodiment/embodied identities. Their work uses transgender/non-binary identities, perspectives, and theory to challenge scientific and anatomical authorities. Additionally, An's work explores technological agency and autonomy, artificial intelligence, and the integration of digital humanities into trans*feminist pedagogy. Their article "Panic! Humanity's Cis-Heteronormative Fear of the Transgender Android" is forthcoming in Somatechnics.
INTERESTS:
Digital Pedagogy
Feminist & Trans* Inclusive Pedagogy
Critical & Pedagogical Game Studies and Design
Feminist Science & Technology Studies
Media Archeology
Collage and Assemblage
