Karina Fitzgerald

Program Coordinator, Sr. ,

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Other ASU affiliations

Instructional Professional, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Mail code: 4402

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Karina Fitzgerald is an ASU Alumni from the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. She graduated in 2020 with a Master's in Communications, focusing heavily on critical and cultural studies. Karina is also a Faculty Associate for the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the ASU West Campus.

Her thesis, "Hanging by a [Reddit] thread: An analysis of gamer identity discourse in an online forum" (link) investigates how identity is shaped in a digital space along lines of race, gender, sexuality, and ability.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Gaming, Video Games, Critical Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Queer Studies, Technology and Race, Technology and Gender, Digital Humanities

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
COM 100	Intro to Human Communication

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
COM 100	Intro to Human Communication

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
COM 100	Intro to Human Communication