Krysten S.
Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College
- Role
- Assistant Professor of Communication at Uc Blue Ash College
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Krysten S.
I’m Krysten Stein, PhD (she/her), a digital governance and platform researcher and qualitative scholar studying how media systems shape care, identity, labor, and everyday life.My research examines digital platforms and media industries, including reality television and creator economies, as sites where mental health discourse, gendered and emotional labor, and participation are produced and governed. I focus on how platform rules, metrics, and monetization structures shape visibility, credibility, and responsibility, and on what I call theratainment: when care is transformed into content, entertainment, and cultural labor. Grounded in feminist media studies, I use qualitative and ethnographic methods to translate lived experience into insights that inform research, education, policy, and public understanding.My work has appeared in Feminist Media Studies, Gender & Society, and International Journal of Communication, among others. My first book, And How Does That Make You Feel? Theratainment and the Digital Commodification of Mental Health (University of California Press, under contract), theorizes mental health content as a media genre and examines how platform power and emotional labor reshape care into cultural production.Beyond academia, I collaborate with journalists and organizations on questions of platform accountability, digital labor, and care ethics. My work has been featured in NBC News, The Guardian, Business Insider, and CNN. I am a Research Affiliate with the Intersectional Technology Lab at the University of Michigan and the Center on Digital Culture and Society at the University of Pennsylvania, serve as Social Media Editor for Feminist Media Studies, and co-founded the Content Creator Scholars Network.I am currently an Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College. Across my work, I am guided by care-centered, justice-oriented, and evidence-based approaches to understanding and reshaping contemporary media and platform systems.
Experience
Assistant Professor of Communication
Aug 2024 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US
Education
University of Cincinnati
Master of Arts - MA, Communication
2010 — 2012
University of Cincinnati
Graduate Certificate, Film & Media Studies
2015 — 2016
University of Cincinnati
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communication. Double Minor: Psychology and Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
2007 — 2011
University of Illinois Chicago
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Communication & Media Studies, Graduate Concentrations in Gender & Women's Studies & Black Studies
2019 — 2024
Skills
- Writing
- Editing
- Web Content Management
- Higher Education Leadership
- Nonprofits
- Public Speaking
- Admissions
- Non-Profits
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Public Relations
- Media Relations
- Public Engagement
- Intercultural Communication
- Publications
- Photography
- Web Content
- Strategic Communications
- Newsletters
- Event Planning
- Social Media
- Education
- Critical Theory
- Marketing
- Higher Education
- Wordpress
- Mentoring
- Customer Service
- Community Outreach
- Community Development
- Blogging
- Research
- Web Content Writing
- Press Releases
- Student Counseling
- Teaching
- Time Management
- Fundraising
- Pedagogy
- Marketing Communications
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