AYMAR JEAN CHRISTIAN ajchristian.org | weareo.tv OTV Lab: 710 N. Lake Shore Drive, 17th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611 OTV Studio: 2557 W. North Ave, Chicago IL 60647 Faculty Office: 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 EMPLOYMENT Associate Professor, Communication Studies 2019— Northwestern University Assistant Professor, Communication Studies 2013-2019 Northwestern University EDUCATION Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication 2012 Certificate, Cinema Studies M.A. University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communication 2009 B.A. University of Michigan, American Culture 2006 BOOKS Open Platforms: Developing Culture in the Age of Big Data in progress Open TV: Innovation Beyond Hollywood and the Rise of Web Television. NYU Press. 2018 Reviews: Journal of Communication PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES Christian, A.J., Platforming Intersectionality: Networked Social Media & Society 2020 Díaz, M., Day, F., Solidarity and the Limits of Platform Power. & Peterson- Salahuddin, C. Christian, A.J. Organic Representation as Cultural Reparation. Journal of Cinema and 2020 & White, K.W. Media Studies Christian, A.J. Expanding Production Value: the culture and Critical Studies in 2019 scale of television and new media. Television 14(2), 255–267. Christian, A.J. Beyond Branding: The Value of Intersectionality Television & New Media 2019 in Networked TV Distribution. Day, F., Locating Black Queer TV: Fans, Producers, and Transformative Works 2017 & Christian A.J. Networked Publics on YouTube. and Cultures, 24. Christian, A.J. The Value of Representation: Toward a Critique International Journal of 2017 of Networked Television Performance. Communication. 11, 1552–1574. Christian, A.J. Web TV Networks Challenge Linear Business Carsey-Wolf Media 2015 Models. Industries Project Christian, A.J. The Web As Television Reimagined? Online Journal of Communication 2012 Networks and the Pursuit of Legacy Media. Inquiry 36(4): 340-356. Christian, A.J. Beyond Big Video: The Instability of Continuum: Journal of 2012 Independent Distribution in a New Media Media & Cultural Market. Studies 26 (1): 73-87. Christian, A.J. Fandom as Industrial Response: Producing Transformative Works & 2011 Identity in an Independent Web Series. Cultures, 8. Christian, A.J. Joe Swanberg, Intimacy and the Digital Cinema Journal 2011 Aesthetic. 50 (4): 117-135. Christian, A.J. Camp 2.0: A Queer Performance of the Communication, Culture 2010 Personal. and Critique, 13(3): 352–376 Christian, A.J. Real Vlogs: The rules and meanings of personal First Monday 2009 online videos. 14 (11) BOOK CHAPTERS Christian, A.J. Intersectional Distribution. Studying Race & Media. L. Lopez, ed. 2020 NYU Press. Christian, A.J. The Art of Queer Drama. Racism Post-Race. S. Banet-Weiser, H. 2019 Gray, & R. Mukherjee, eds. Duke University Press. Christian, A.J. Off the Line: Expanding Routledge Companion to Global Television. 2019 Creativity in the Production and S. Shimpach, ed. Routledge. Distribution of Web Series. Christian, A.J. High Maintenance and The How to Watch Television. Jason Mittell 2019 Misadventures of Awkward Black and E. Thompson, eds. NYUPress. Girl: The Art of Indie TV. Christian, A.J. Open TV (beta): The From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to 2018 Development Process. Changing Channels. D. Johnson, ed. Routledge. Christian, A.J. Futurewomen: Developing Ma(s)king Her: Black Feminist Futures. 2017 Alternate Reality Television. Candor Arts. Christian, A.J. & One Man Hollywood: The From Madea to Media Mogul: Critical 2016 White, K. Decline of Black Creative Perspectives on Tyler Perry. T. Russworm, Production in Post-Network S. Sheppard, K. Bowdre, eds. Television. University Press of Mississippi. Christian, A.J. Video Stars: Marketing Queer Intersectional Internet: Race, Sex, and 2016 Performance in Networked Culture Online. A. Brock, S.U. Noble, B. Television Tynes, eds. Peter Lang. Christian, A.J. Indie TV: Innovation in Series Media Independence: working with freedom or 2014 Development. working for free?. J. Bennett & N. Strange, eds. Routledge. Christian, A.J. Not TV, Not the Web: Mobile Mobile Media Reader. N. Arceneaux, ed. 2012 Video Between Openness and Bruges, Belgium: College of Europe. Control. OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS Christian, A.J. [book review] Algorithms of Oppression: How International Journal of 2019 search engines reinforce racism. Communication. Christian, A.J. Technology Shapes Black TV Representation. MediaCommons. 2018 April 14. Christian, A.J. How YouTube Blew It (book excerpt). Los Angeles Review of 2018 Books. January 19. Henderson, L; A Dossier on Making & Doing. International 2018 Hogan, M; Communication Association Christian, A.J.; 2017 Theme Book. Erni, J. Christian, A.J. Nupita Obama: The Value and Method of No More Potlucks. 44. 2016 Queer Pilot Development. Christian, A.J. How Web TV Brought Cultural Innovation to Doing Innovation. 2015 Television. November 13. Christian, A.J. Open TV: Rescue Pilots from Development Flow. 18(8). 2013 Hell. Christian, A.J. The Black TV Crisis and the Next Generation. Flow. 18(5). 2013 Christian, A.J. Zombies Beat Humans on Television. Flow. 18(2). 2013 Christian, A.J. Valuing Post-Network Television. Flow. 17(11). 2013 Christian, A.J. Outsiders After Viral Video. Hacktivision.. 2012 Christian, A.J. [book review] Christopher Pullen: Gay Identity Communication, Culture 2011 and New Storytelling. and Critique, 4 (1): 118–120. Christian, A.J. The Problem of YouTube. Flow 2011 Christian, A.J. Paying With Bagels: The Labor of Web Video In Media Res. 2011 Production. Christian, A.J. From Four to Ten: A New Lens for Scripted In Media Res. 2010 TV. FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS Peabody Awards Board of Jurors, Digital Storytelling 2020 Pop Culture Collaborative Program Grantee 2019-2020 Impact Guild Fellow 2020 Field & MacArthur Foundations Leader for a New Chicago 2019 Field Foundation Arts Programming Grant 2019 Northwestern University School Clarence Simon Teaching Award 2019 of Communication Peabody Awards / Media Center Faculty Fellow 2017-2019 Northwestern University Kaplan Institute for the Humanities Fellowship 2015-2016 Northwestern University Searle Fellowship in Teaching & Learning 2014-2015 Hyde Park Arts Center 3rd Language Workshop, Community Arts & 2014 Technology Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, Honorable Mention 2012 University of Pennsylvania Fontaine Society Fellow 2007-2012 University of Pennsylvania Mellon Graduate Research Fellowship 2009-2010 Phi Beta Kappa Honoree 2006 GRANTS & AWARDS Pop Culture Collaborative Program Grant $150,000 2018-2020 Northwestern Undergraduate Program Grant $17,000 2014-2020 Research Program Margeurite Casey Foundation Project Grant $10,000 2019 MacArthur Foundation Project Grant $90,000 2019 Nathan Cummings Foundation Program Grant $5,000 2019 Surdna Foundation Program Grant $175,000 2019 Field/MacArthur Foundation Award $50,000 2019 Field Fundation Arts Program Grant $35,000 2019 Voqal Fund & Chicago Production Funding: The $101,000 2015-19 Filmmakers T, HIVE, Right Swipe, Brujos, Brown Girls, You’re So Talented Sexualities Project at Research Grant $34,629 2015-2019 Northwestern Museum of Contemporary Art Program Grant $1,000 2017-19 Chicago Propeller Fund, via Threewalls Production Grant $6,000 2017-2018 Duke University & University of Distribution Deal $50,000 2018 North Carolina Northwestern University Provost Grant for Faculty $18,000 2017-2018 Innovation in Diversity and Equity Center for Interdisciplinary Program Grant $3,000 2018 Research in the Arts, Northwestern Joyce Foundation & 3Arts Production Grant $6,112 2017 Black Arts Initiative, Program Grant $1,000 2017 Northwestern City of Chicago, Department of Exhibition Grant $7,700 2016-2017 Cultural Affairs and Special Events Northwestern School of Faculty Innovation Award $4,600 2015-16 Communication University of Chicago Arts + Residency Stipend $2,000 2015-2016 Public Life INVITED TALKS Open Platforms: Developing Invited Talk. Western University, 2020. Culture in the Age of Big Data. January 23. Ontario, Canada. MacArthur Foundation Journalism Keynote Panel. Sundance Film Festival. 2020 & Media Rountable. January 26. Transforming Social Impact. Invited Talk. MacArthur Foundation, 2019 October 15. Chicago, IL. How To Develop An Indie TV Invited Talk, Sundance New Voices 2019 Show June 22 Lab, Los Angeles, CA Diversity Is Trending: Invited Talk. Michigan State 2019 Understanding Social Media through April 19. University. Lansing, MI. Indie TV. Chicago Black Arts Movement: Keynote panel. South Side Community 2018 History and Moving Forward. December 15. Art Center. Chicago, IL. International Black Writer’s Invited Talk. Parkway Ballroom. 2018 Conference, Revisited. November 10. Chicago, IL. Praxis in Practice: Featured Invited panelist. University of Texas— 2018 Roundtable. September 28. Austin, TX. Developing Intersectional Artists Keynote Talk. Princeton University. 2018 and Community Through TV. September 22. Princeton, NJ. Intersectionality Has Value in Local, Invited Talk. Microsoft Research. 2018 Global, and Networked Exhibition. September 20. Cambridge, MA. The Queer Art of Scale: Production Invited Talk. Tufts University. Boston, 2018 Value in Networked Television. September 20. MA. Scaling Development and the Value Invited Talk. Boston College. Boston, 2018 of Interesectionality. September 19. MA. Lessons from ’68: Soul!, Open Invited Talk. District Berlin. Berlin, 2018 Television, and Queer Black TV. June 2. Germany. Scaling Development: Local Value Invited Panel. ICA Annual Pre- 2018