Amanda D. Phillips

Amanda D. Phillips is an Associate Professor of English, Film and Media Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and American Studies at Georgetown University’s College. Their work bridges feminist, queer, and digital media studies, focusing on video games, gender, and critical humanities. Previously, they held the IMMERSe Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC Davis’s ModLab and led initiatives in digital humanities through the #transformDH Collective.

• Education:
• Ph.D., English, University of California, Santa Barbara (with Feminist Studies certificate)
• M.A., English, University of California, Santa Barbara
• B.A., English, Rice University

Research interests include digital media’s intersections with feminist and queer theories, critical game studies, and the politics of representation in video games. Notable projects include Gamer Trouble: Feminist Confrontations in Digital Culture and co-editing the Queer/Trans/Digital book series. Awards include the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship.

Awards:

• Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellow

Advising/Grants: No specific advisees or grants listed in available texts. Active in collaborative digital humanities projects and academic caucuses like the American Studies Association Digital Humanities Caucus.

Labs/Teams: Former affiliation with the ModLab at UC Davis and involvement with interdisciplinary collectives like #transformDH.