{"615592":{"#nid":"615592","#data":{"type":"news","title":"DM Alumna Nettrice Gaskins Joins LMC Advisory Board","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Nettrice Gaskins has joined the Advisory Board for the School of Literature, Media, and Communications (LMC). Gaskins received a PhD in LMC\u0026rsquo;s Digital Media program in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHer model for \u0026lsquo;techno-vernacular creativity\u0026rsquo; is an area of practice that investigates the characteristics of this production and its application in STEAM.\u0026nbsp;Gaskins wants people of color to be able to see themselves in computing and digital media fields. She is known for her STEAM work, arguing that adding Art to the traditional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education will open more opportunity for students of color. She believes that STEM has always existed within groups that are not traditionally part of the mainstream discourse, and through the arts (like hip-hop, film, dance, theater, video games and visual art) people may be realize that these groups were always part of the conversation. Gaskins\u0026rsquo; areas of expertise are STEAM education, art, and digital fabrication, which include computation, 2D and 3D design, machine learning, and culturally relevant pedagogy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGaskins blogs for Art21, the producer of the Peabody award-winning PBS series, Art in the Twenty-First Century, and published in several journals and books including \u003Cem\u003EDeep Sea Dwellers: Drexciya and the Sonic Third Space\u003C\/em\u003E (Shima), \u003Cem\u003EAfrican Cosmogram Matrix in Contemporary Art and Culture\u003C\/em\u003E (Black Theology), \u003Cem\u003EMeet Me at the Fair: A World\u0026#39;s Fair Reader \u003C\/em\u003E(ETC Press), \u003Cem\u003EFuture Texts: Subversive Performance and Feminist Bodies\u003C\/em\u003E (Parlor Press) and \u003Cem\u003EAfrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness\u003C\/em\u003E (Lexington Books). The MIT Press has slated her book tentatively titled, \u003Cem\u003ETechno-Vernacular Creativity and Innovation\u003C\/em\u003E, for publication in 2020. She was the director of the STEAM Lab at Boston Arts Academy and lectures internationally. She is currently a program manager at the Fab Foundation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGaskins has a special interest in supporting students who are from groups that are underrepresented in STEM and STEAM fields, including African American, Latino and Indigenous communities. She seeks to create more opportunities for students who have an entrepreneurial spirit.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlumnus Nettrice Gaskins has joined the Advisory Board for the School of Literature, Media, and Communications (LMC). Gaskins received a PhD in LMC\u0026rsquo;s Digital Media program in 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Nettrice Gaskins (PhD DM 2014) has joined the Advisory Board for the School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2018-12-18 20:46:50","changed_gmt":"2018-12-18 20:53:13","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"615591":{"id":"615591","type":"image","title":"Nettrice Gaskins","body":null,"created":"1545165809","gmt_created":"2018-12-18 20:43:29","changed":"1545165809","gmt_changed":"2018-12-18 20:43:29","alt":"Dr. Nettrice Gaskins, alumna of Georgia Tech Graduate Program in Digital Media","file":{"fid":"234381","name":"gaskins_headshot_lmc.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gaskins_headshot_lmc.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gaskins_headshot_lmc.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":241178,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gaskins_headshot_lmc.jpg?itok=Ti3EaPhl"}}},"media_ids":["615591"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n404.538.6846\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}