Interactive History: About Julia
I came to NYU (via Zoom) in the Fall of 2020 as someone with no previous film experience other than a fascination with all things movies and an unfortunate turn as the star of a high school film project (which my mother threatens to show any of my friends who visit her home). I hold a B.A. in Communications from Whitworth University and spent the last several years working in digital marketing before starting my own business in 2018 helping female entrepreneurs use social media to grow their brand and business.
While I widely enjoy most genres of film, my areas of interest lie particularly in the way horror is used to examine female grief (objects of study include Hereditary (2018), It Follows (2014), Don’t Look Now (1973), The Babadook (2014), and more).
I have over eight years experience working as a social media strategist, manager, and content creator for businesses and nonprofits, and this experience has made me acutely aware of unique cultural landscapes of digital platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and TikTok, and the ways in which individuals form and are shaped by their online identities (which inevitably become less distinguishable from a “real world” identity). I am taking Interactive History because I am fascinated by the philosophical, ethical, and psychological ramifications of these digital cultures and identities on an individual’s sense of self and personal perceived role in collective movements. While I do not have a specific area of theory I am looking to explore, I am interested in how shared social histories are formed online (memes, digital platform colloquialisms, cancel culture, etc.) and the ways in which these shared histories are performed by individuals on different social media platforms (social expectations of different digital communities, video and visual communication, and the making/expectations of an individual’s personal “brand”).
Experience with Canva, Squarespace, and photo/video editing apps such as InShot, VSCO, Afterlight, Lifelapse, Filmm, and more.