Joshua Miner
- Affiliate Faculty, Indigenous Studies
- Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Film & Media Studies
Contact Info
Summerfield Hall, Room 118C
Lawrence
1300 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Lawrence
1300 Sunnyside Ave.
Lawrence, KS 66045
Biography —
Joshua Miner is an associate professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies. He specializes in sound design, music, and writing for animation, as well as Indigenous film and media theory. As a filmmaker and composer, he uses speculative storytelling and textural sound processing as methods for exploring the entanglement of technology and our environment. His scholarship in sound studies, Indigenous aesthetics and digital media has appeared in Animation, Games and Culture, Screen Bodies, and many other journals and collections.
Education —
Ph.D. in English, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
M.A. in Linguistics, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Research —
Research interests:
- Native U.S./Canadian Film & Digital Media
- Indigenous Media Theory
- Tactical & Activist Media
- Digital Aesthetics
- Computational Media & Design
- Transmedia Studies
- Social & Participatory Media
- Critical Health Studies
Teaching —
Teaching interests:
- Global Indigenous Film & Media
- Activist Media Studies
- Digital Media & Culture
- Transmedia Studies
- Documentary Film & Media
- Video Game Studies
- Emerging Cinema