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  • Kate Eichhorn

    Professor and Chair of Culture and Media

    Email
    eichhorc@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    B - 65 West 11th Street

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    Kate Eichhorn

    Profile

    Working at the intersection of cultural studies and media studies, Kate has authored multiple books, including The End of Forgetting (Harvard University Press, 2019), Content (The MIT Press, 2022), and School Yearbook: The Untold Story of a Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife (University of Chicago Press, 2025). Her writing on technology, youth cultures, and education has also appeared in publications such as MIT Technology Review, WIRED, Literary Hub, and Times Higher Education.

    In addition to her research and teaching, Kate has held academic leadership positions at the department chair, associate dean, and dean levels. She also maintains an active consulting practice, partnering with organizations and leaders across technology, media, and design to conduct consumer and cultural research, inform strategic decisions, and develop research-driven communications.


    Degrees Held

    PhD, York University 

    MA, Simon Fraser University

    BA, Trent University 


    Recent Publications

    Influence without Power (The MIT Press, forthcoming)

    School Yearbook: The Untold Story of a Cringey Tradition and Its Digital Afterlife (University of Chicago Press, 2025)

    Content (MIT Press, 2022) 

    The End of Forgetting: Growing Up with Social Media (Harvard University Press, 2019).

    Adjusted Margin: Xerography, Art, and Activism in the Late Twentieth Century (The MIT Press, 2016)

    The Archival Turn in Feminism (Temple University Press, 2013)

    Selected Essays and Reviews - Wired, The MIT Technology Review, Science, Literary Hub, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and The Times Higher Education Supplement.  

    Series Editor  - Page and Screen, a book and media studies series published by the University of Massachusetts Press

     


    Current Courses

    Digital Addiction
    LCST 2067, Fall 2026

    First Year Seminar
    LNGC 1400, Fall 2026

    Independent Senior Project
    LCST 4990, Fall 2026

    Independent Study
    LCST 3950, Fall 2026

    Media and Memory
    LCST 2053, Fall 2026

    Future Courses

    Independent Senior Project
    LCST 4990, Spring 2027

    Independent Study
    LCST 3950, Spring 2027

    Introduction to Media Studies
    NCOM 3000, Spring 2027

    Past Courses

    Independent Study
    LCST 3950, Spring 2026

    Media and Memory
    LCST 2053, Spring 2026

    Media Studies Research Lab
    LCST 3370, Spring 2026

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