Chelsey Smith

Ph.D. Student

Chelsey is interested in social justice, and especially Mexican street performance as a medium of protest and memory. During her MA, Chelsey’s research centered around street performance and its digital representation in reaction to the forced disappearance in Ayotzinapa. The injustices uncovered in this research inspired her to take a more feminist approach in her doctoral work, where she looks forward to working with feminist performances, with a particular interest in reaction to femicides. She is also looking to explore similar areas in the Chican@ realm, along with branching further into Digital Humanities and affect theory.