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Margitte KristjanssonMargitte Kristjansson

Email Address: mkristja@ucsd.edu

Website: Margitte's Blog

Education

  • Ph.D Student, Communication, University of California-San Diego
  • University of Washington, Seattle, WA 
        B.A., Magna Cum Laude, with College Honors in Communication, June 2009 
        Phi Beta Kappa

Research Interests

In May 2009 I completed my undergraduate honors thesis, titled: "The Fat Suit: Ridicule as Entertainment in Stereotyping, Stigmatizing, and Oppressing the Fat Body."

My current research is primarily concerned with uncovering anti-fat biases in media representations of the fat body and examining the many intersectionalities of fat identity. I am also interested in research on fat activism, the histories of body regulation, articulating fat culture, and politics of fat fashion.