[Draft Bio]

Mona Kasra, Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design, Department of Drama, is a new media artist and interdisciplinary scholar. Her research focus involves exploring the confluence of media technologies, art, and culture, reflecting on the impact of emerging media on personal, political, and creative expression, and experimenting with the affordances of such media for artistic and performative practices. Committed to transdisciplinary and collaborative modes of scholarship, she's currently researching representational, affective, and creative possibilities of immersive media and designing experimental and performative environments in Virtual Reality.