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Benjamin Williams

Ph.D. Student

Area of Study

PhD in Literary and Cultural Studies

Bio

My research focuses on 20th and 21st-century media, visual culture, and literature in the Americas with attention to conceptions of race and mobility. In my dissertation, “Mediating Documentation: Race, Affective Governance, and the US-Mexico Border,” I examine how various forms of media—film, photography, and art—shape our understanding of the border’s infrastructure.

Education

• B.A. in Philosophy, University of Texas at El Paso
• M.A. in English and American Literature, University of Texas at El Paso

Research

Media, Critical Border Studies, Migration, Visual Culture

Publications

• 
  ASAP/Journal, vol. 8 no. 1, 2023, p. 93-118. doi:10.1353/asa.2023.0004.
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  Cultural Critique, vol. 119, 2023, p. 167-194. doi:10.1353/cul.2023.0017.