Nicolette Little, PhD

Contact

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts - Media Tech Studies (MTS)

Email: nklittle@ualberta.ca

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Arts - Media Tech Studies (MTS)

Email: nklittle@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

feminist media studies gender-based violence activism social media manosphere memory

About

Dr. Nicolette Little (Ph.D., University of Calgary) teaches with the University of Alberta’s Media and Technology Studies program. Her research interests include contemporary media culture and digital activisms, feminist media interventions in gender-based violence (GBV), tech-facilitated violence, and mediated cultural memory. She advises the Canadian federal government, media, policing services, and non-profits regarding media and GBV. Her recent publications include “Social Media Ghosts: How Facebook (Meta) Memories Complicates Healing for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence” (Feminist Media Studies, 2023) and “Memorial-tweeting Ontario’s femicides: The use of Twitter (X) in gender-based violence-related activism and commemoration” (Canadian Journal of Communication, 2024). Her full-length work, Memory Stones, Corpse Art, and Digital Media Activism: Multimedia Projects to Address Gender-Based Violence in Canada, is currently under contract by University of British Columbia Press.

Courses

COMM 501 - Applied Research in Communications and Technology

Introduction to quantitative and qualitative approaches for conducting research into technology-mediated communications. Guides students in their topic selection and development for their culminating project. Restricted to MACT students, normally in the second year. Students may not receive credit for both EXT 501 and COMM 501. Prerequisite: COMM 502 and COMM 503 or consent of the Department.

Spring Term 2025