Ashleigh Wade

Ashleigh Wade is an Assistant Professor of Digital Studies with a joint appointment in Media Studies and African American Studies at the University of Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in Women’s and Gender Studies from Rutgers University and is affiliated with the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies Fellowship Program. Currently on leave during Spring 2025, her research focuses on Black girlhood studies, digital media practices, and Black Feminist theory.

Her work explores how Black girls use digital platforms to document and preserve everyday life, with a particular emphasis on agency and cultural discourse. Key publications include Black Girl Autopoetics: Agency and Possibility in Everyday Digital Practice (Duke University Press, forthcoming) and articles in journals like Camera Obscura and Women, Gender, and Families of Color.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided materials. Her advising and grant activities remain unspecified. Her research intersects with digital humanities and visual media studies, emphasizing intersectional feminist methodologies.