Alisa Hardy is an Assistant Professor of Communication. Her research integrates the study of critical-cultural rhetoric, digital media and technology studies, and Black feminism. Hardy’s scholarship examines how Black women use emerging technologies to engage in practices of resistance and remembrance. She explores how the public memory of Black women is expressed across digital and physical spaces. Her research appears in journals such as Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, Rhetoric Society Quarterly, and Critical Studies in Media Communication.

Hardy teaches courses on digital culture, leadership and rhetorical theory including her signature course Leadership in the Digital Age. This course examines how communicative practices and platforms form contemporary leadership and activism.

Race and Ethinicity

Gender

Social Movements

African American Studies

Digital Studies

Media Studies

Critical Cultural Studies

Leadership in the Digital Age