Sammy Roth
Counter Fellow, Taft Research Center
Transmediating White American Femininity: The Politics of Dancer-Influencers in 21st Century Media
Using digital network mapping to trace social, political, and economic connections, this project examines professionalization pipelines from adolescent competition dance to social media influencing, reality and scripted television, and movies, underscoring their implications within regressive movements in the United States.