Karrmen Crey

Karrmen Crey is Sto:lo and a member of the Cheam Band. She serves as an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on the rise of Indigenous media in Canada, institutions of media culture, Indigenous film festivals, and digital media including virtual/augmented reality.

• Education: PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from University of California, Los Angeles (2016)
• Currently Teaching: CMNS 893 MA Project (Summer 2025), CMNS 315 Topics in Media (Fall 2025), CMNS 424/824 Colonialism, Culture, and Identity (Fall 2025)

Research Interests: Indigenous film/television/digital media, Indigenous social movements, state theory, transnational Indigenous theory, and institutional analysis.

Awards: Received SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2023) alongside Professors Siyuan Yin and Svitlana Matviyenko.