𝕕𝕣. 𝕜𝕣𝕪𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟 (𝕤𝕙𝕖/𝕙𝕖𝕣)
@krystenstein.bsky.social
#firstgen phd
👩🏼🏫asst prof @ uc blue ash
📺🤳digital + popular culture
representation + identity
💰production + political economy
🧠mental health + wellness
https://krystenstein.com/
👩🏼🏫asst prof @ uc blue ash
📺🤳digital + popular culture
representation + identity
💰production + political economy
🧠mental health + wellness
https://krystenstein.com/
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. 💜
nothing like blending fangirl joy with teaching practice—when your syllabus meets your soundtrack. 💜
September 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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. 💜
nothing like blending fangirl joy with teaching practice—when your syllabus meets your soundtrack. 💜
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! 🥂
August 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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! 🥂
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.
August 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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.
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.
August 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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.
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:
August 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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:
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
July 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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
🎓⚰️ 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.
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.
June 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🎓⚰️ 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.
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.
#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.
June 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#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.
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.
our presentation focuses on how the label “too descriptive” is often used to delegitimize interpretive, critical, and community-based research in communication studies.
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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.
our presentation focuses on how the label “too descriptive” is often used to delegitimize interpretive, critical, and community-based research in communication studies.
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.
June 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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.
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
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
June 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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
I feel incredibly lucky and honored that @michellelipinski.bsky.social reached out after encountering my dissertation—we immediately
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. 💥📚
Here’s to a future where no one has to go through this just to access education and possibility. 💥📚
May 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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. 💥📚
Here’s to a future where no one has to go through this just to access education and possibility. 💥📚
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.
To care like it’s revolutionary.
To build what we have not yet seen.
🖤 Stay tuned.
May 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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.
To care like it’s revolutionary.
To build what we have not yet seen.
🖤 Stay tuned.
