Hadera McKay
Pronouns: she/her
Hadera’s research works to identify and explore the relationship between Black feminist digital memory-making practices and conceptions of collective public memory across digital platforms.
Hadera McKay is a writer and researcher from Austin, TX. She completed her BA and accelerated MA in Writing, Literature, and Publishing at Emerson College before beginning her PhD in Media Studies at UVA.
Hadera’s previous work spanned the representation of Black normalcy by Black women television creatives, Black BookTok, and 90’s rom-coms. Her current research interests focus on Black women’s digital archival practices (particularly through self-documentary and humor) and their effect on collective public memory online.
Research areas: digital Black feminist praxis, platformization, affect theory, Black memory-making, digital collective public memory
Education:
BA, Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 2024
MA, Publishing, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 2025