{"665630":{"#nid":"665630","#data":{"type":"news","title":"DM PhD Student Terra Gasque awarded SFRA grant","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe are excited to announce that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ACoAAARMyEwBIyAWq6gLA85VL3FcxUQAMgyOAes\u0022\u003ETerra Gasque\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(Digital Media PhD student)\u0026nbsp;has been awarded the Support a New Scholar grant from the Science Fiction Research Association.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETerra is a neuroqueer researcher investigating how the experiences from living outside the \u0026ldquo;norm\u0026rdquo; of society results in queer and neurodivergent individuals creating unique metaphors and storytelling techniques that often differ from traditional narratives. Her current research attempts to expand digital narrative designs to include concepts like Queer Failure so that neuroqueer stories might be understood within and more widely studied by the academic community. To accomplish this Terra synthesizes theoretical elements from Queer Theory, Digital Media, and Science Fiction Studies in addition to\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ndesigning and building media experiences across a wide range of technologies and mediums.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sfra.org\/2023-2024-track-a-support-a-new-scholar-awardee-terra-gasque\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/sfra.org\/2023-2024-track-a-support-a-new-scholar-awardee-terra-gasque\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sfra.org\/2023-2024-track-a-support-a-new-scholar-awardee-terra-gasque\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sfra.org\/support-a-new-scholar\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/sfra.org\/support-a-new-scholar\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/sfra.org\/support-a-new-scholar\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"DM PhD student Terra Gasque has been awarded the Support a New Scholar grant from the Science Fiction Research Association"}],"uid":"36428","created_gmt":"2023-02-08 23:17:32","changed_gmt":"2023-02-08 23:17:32","author":"smilkes3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-02-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"665624":{"id":"665624","type":"image","title":"Terra Gasque Headshot","body":null,"created":"1675896720","gmt_created":"2023-02-08 22:52:00","changed":"1675896720","gmt_changed":"2023-02-08 22:52:00","alt":"","file":{"fid":"251729","name":"Screen Shot 2023-02-08 at 5.18.17 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-08%20at%205.18.17%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-08%20at%205.18.17%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":689586,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-08%20at%205.18.17%20PM.png?itok=SCUVl8cE"}}},"media_ids":["665624"],"groups":[{"id":"275211","name":"Digital Media Program of the School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}