Tara Fickle
Associate Professor of Asian American Studies
Tara Fickle's research interests include Asian/American Gaming, Comics, Literature, and Digital Culture. She is the author of The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities.
Her first book, The Race Card: From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities, (NYU Press, 2019, winner of Before Columbus Foundation’s American Book Award), explores how games have been used to establish and combat Asian and Asian American racial stereotypes. Fickle’s current research projects include the racialized dimensions of esports, virtual currency harvesting in video games, and a digital archive of the canonical Asian American anthology, Aiiieeeee! She teaches courses on Asian American culture, gaming, comics, and the digital humanities. More information can be found at tarafickle.com.