June Macon
Doctoral Candidate
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About
June Mia is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with a specialization in Public Relations and a minor in Spanish, from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, she completed a Master of Arts in Adult Education and Training at the University of Phoenix and an Master of Science in Public Communication and Technology from the Department of Journalism at Colorado State University.
In 2021, she published her first book chapter, titled “DJ’s Gig: Affective Hip Hop Culture and Affordances of Participatory Platforms during a Global Pandemic,” featured in Sustaining Black Music and Culture during COVID-19 #Verzuz and Club Quarantine, edited by Dr. Niya Pickett Miller.
June is an active member of the DISCO Network through the Humanity and Technoscience Lab at Northwestern University, where she collaborates as a Graduate Student with Dr. Rayvon Fouché. Her teaching portfolio includes public speaking at the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as communication courses at Loyola University Chicago, North Park University, DePaul University, Aims Community College, and Colorado State University.
Her research interests encompass streaming and social networking platforms, participatory media, and intersections of gender, race, and policy. Her dissertation critically examines the affordances of Twitch.tv, with a focus on Hip Hop DJs’ technoculture, performance, participation, and labor.
Education
M.S. in Public Communication and Technology, Department of Journalism, Colorado State University
B.A. in Journalism and Public Relations, Department of Journalism, Indiana University of Pennsylvania