Azsaneé Truss, PhD

A digital event flyer titled “Reflections of Home.” At the top, the header reads “Media, Culture Work, & Diasporic Knowledge-Making.” Below is the event title repeated in stylized text. The description explains that sisters Lunise and Talie Cerin will host a screening and conversation about MIWA, a documentary film and immersive installation exploring Haiti and the Haitian diaspora through film, spatial design, and sound. Event details list: Wednesday, February 25, 6:00–7:00 PM, Annenberg Room 225, 3620 Walnut Street. On the right side of the flyer is a small square promotional image (partially abstract) associated with the event.

Don't miss next Wednesday's event with Talie Cerin on global journalism & Haiti - from founding bilingual publication, Woy Magazine, to challenging US practices of parachuting in foreign corespondents @asc.upenn.edu @azsaneet.bsky.social

Rest in Power, Shirley “Ms. Shirley” Raines, along with a photo

beauty2thestreetz Statement from Beauty 2 The Streetz It is with profound sorrow and heavy hearts that Beauty 2 The Streetz announces the passing of our beloved CEO and founder, Shirley Raines, affectionately known to so many as Ms. Shirley. Ms. Shirley dedicated her life to serving others and made an immeasurable impact on homeless communities throughout Los Angeles and Nevada. Through her tireless advocacy, deep compassion, and unwavering commitment, she used her powerful media platform to amplify the voices of those in need and to bring dignity, resources, and hope to some of the most underserved populations. This loss is devastating to the entire Beauty 2 The Streetz team, the communities we serve, and the countless individuals whose lives were forever changed by Ms. Shirley's love, generosity, and selfless service. Her legacy will continue to live on through the work she started and the hearts she touched. We humbly ask that you keep Ms. Shirley's family, loved ones, and the Beauty 2 The Streetz family in your prayers during this incredibly difficult time. Further information will be shared as it becomes available.

A photo of Ms Shirley and a person sitting down

Shirley Raines, founder of Beauty 2 The Streetz and known for her volunteer work serving homeless communities in Los Angeles and Nevada, has died

Promotional poster for the "Beyond Endurance: Reimagining Media Praxis" annual symposium, hosted by the Center for Media at Risk at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication, scheduled for December 4–5. The design features a stylized vintage computer monitor with red tiles dispersing from the screen, symbolizing digital media. The poster highlights keynote speaker André de Quadros on December 4 and interactive panels with artists, journalists, and scholars on December 5. Names of participants and a registration link are included.

There is hope, and we must use it! Join us at our annual symposium next month to envision new possibilities for media research and practice at this time of profound upheaval. Register here: bit.ly/JournalistsUnderFire @asc.upenn.edu

NYC friends! Come through next Friday!

We are excited to reconvene Center alums: @hannamorris.bsky.social, @muira.bsky.social, @richardstupart.com @drjennhenrichsen.bsky.social @cratebeats.bsky.social @azsaneet.bsky.social @sristovska.bsky.social @rouxpz.bsky.social & more! We hope you can join us! Register here: bit.ly/42NTpii

Congratulations to Annenberg’s 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. Graduates

🎓 🎉 Congratulations to our 2025 Ph.D. and M.A. graduates!! www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...

A photo of me flanked by three new WOC PhD graduates in their blue and red regalia and 8 sided caps. We are all grinning.

Helped make a few more PhDs this year and yep this is one of the absolute best part
Congrats to Drs @arlenefernandez.bsky.social, Dr. @azsaneet.bsky.social, and Dr. Staci Jones

#PhDone 👩🏾‍🎓

a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt holds something in his hands ALT: a man wearing sunglasses and a white shirt holds something in his hands

Now that I’ve defended, the way I sprinkle a lil “Dr.” or “PhD” on EVERYTHING. Email signature, bio, plane ticket, packages. If it has my name on it, there’s a prefix or suffix now

Thank you!!

(Re)Search For Solutions

Research for Solutions brings together voices of researchers, community org partners, & members of impacted communities to discuss interventions to firearm related violence. Hosted by @sonalirajan.bsky.social; S1 produced by @azsaneet.bsky.social & @jriinaferrie.bsky.social
researchforsolutions.com

Groovin Griot | Media | Digital Futures Institute (DFI) | Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College Digital Futures Institute (DFI) is an interdisciplinary hub for digital innovation, with a mission to advance more just social futures that is driven by research, pedagogy, and public...

Groovin’ Griot is a podcast about how we use dance to tell stories. Hosts @azsaneet.bsky.social & OreOluwa Badaki talk with researchers and dancers to help unpack the role of dance in research; In their conversations, they talk roots, rhythm, community, & more.

www.tc.columbia.edu/digitalfutur...

Thanks Nathan!!!

🎉 Congratulations to our newest Ph.D. Dr. @azsaneet.bsky.social who successfully defended her dissertation, “Conspi(racism): Subversive Ideas in Black American Art & Media," last Friday!

I did a thing!

Feminism and the Far-Right A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

I'll be speaking at an incredible symposium, Feminism and the Far Right, at Goldsmiths on June 6th! It'll be early on the east coast but worth setting your alarm for ⏰ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

Three Annenberg Doctoral Candidates Receive 2025 Sachs Program Grants

🎉Congrats to Annenberg doctoral candidates Lucila Rozas Urrunaga, Farrah Rahaman, and Azsaneé Truss for receiving 2025 Sachs Program Grants, which will fund their creative projects. Learn about their projects here:

Charles Mills hive, wya!?

I’m done drafting all of my dissertation chapters & this weekend I have nothing to do because I’m waiting on feedback. I’ve been twiddling my thumbs all day — I literally do not know what to do with free time any more 🙃

You gotta get on tiktok to see all the theories folks have. It’s borderline unhinged but it’s so much fun

Azsaneé Truss considers how #conspiracy theorizing among #Black #Americans draws on "critical (more honest) histories" that the dominant public often ignores. mediatheoryjournal.org/2024/12/26/a...

This is the 3rd week in a row I’m listening to The Read & it’s nothing but Target ads for the first 10 mins smh

Philly-area lawmakers walk out of meeting with Penn president over DEI cuts A Pennsylvania state senator and state representative left the meeting after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”

NEW: Two Philly-area lawmakers walked out of a meeting with the @upenn.edu president on Tuesday after they say a university administrator referred to diversity as a “lightning rod.”

One state senator called the meeting “bullshit.” @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/pen...

what if we just *didn't* write conclusion paragraphs? what if we all just agreed to stop... amirite?

I know there are bigger things happening in the world. But today I just can’t believe i keep having to do dishes. Every day. Washing dishes. It never ends

As expected smh

Some Schools Act After Trump’s D.E.I. Orders. Others Say They’ll Resist. Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.

“It’s meant to create chaos in higher education, and in that it’s been successful. The responses are all over the map.”
– Todd Wolfson, AAUP President on Trump's attempts to end D.E.I. activity on campuses.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

Putting this on a t-shirt.

As an avid childhood reader of Captain Underpants, I would argue that the nutritional value of those books was very high & therefore this entire list needs to be thrown out. Gonna go dig up my old collection while I listen to this week’s Pop Off!