Faculty Profile for Dr. Nicole Stewart
Dr. Nicole Stewart
Assistant Professor — School of Jrnlism & Mass Comm
OM 306
phone: (512) 245-2656
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Dr. Nicole K. Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Director of the Digital Media and Everyday Life Lab at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In Canada, she earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in Communication from Simon Fraser University, a B.A. in Professional Communication from Royal Roads University, and an Advanced Diploma in Marketing from The Art Institutes. Her research focuses on the social formations that emerge with the assemblage of publics and platforms across various institutions and empirical sites.In 2021, Dr. Strewart taught the first higher education class on audio social media (i.e., Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces), and in 2022, taught the first university class in Canada to be taught completely inside virtual reality. At SJMC, she teaches MC 5323 (Cultural Industries of Virtual Reality), MC 4328 (Digital Media Innovation Capstone), MC 3116 (AI Communicators for Culture Industries), and MC 4326 (Advanced Social Media & Analytics). Social Media Shows for MC4326 are currently livestreaming to LinkedIn, Twitch, and YouTube.
Before academia, Dr. Stewart worked as an industry professional in public relations, social media, branding, and marketing. She was the principal of a public relations firm and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of GLOSS Magazine, which was featured in The New York Times in 2008 for its innovation in digital publishing.
Dr. Stewart's Office: 306 OM
Digital Media & Everyday Life Lab: 106A OM
Research Interests
platform studies, communication technologies, digital media and culturesSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Stewart, N. K. B. (2025). ‘It felt like the digital hands were my hands’: Spotlines and rhythm in the habituation of virtual reality and meta-spaces. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies.
- Keshavarzian, H., & Stewart, N. K. B. (2025). “Make Iran Great Again”: Apolitical Influencers and the Revival of a Romantic Patriarchal Nationalism in Iran. Communication, Culture and Critique.
- Al-Rawi, A., Celestini, C., Stewart, N. K. B., Nicolai, J., & Worku, N. (2024). The Canadian Far-Right and Conspiracy Theories. Routledge.
- Lesage, F., Stewart, N. K. B., & Tang, S. (2023). Finding a rhythm: The mediality of researching digital skill as process. New Media & Society, 1–21. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231192966
- Stewart, N. K. B., Al-Rawi, A., Celestini, C., & Worku, N. (2023). Hate Influencers’ Mediation of Hate on Telegram: “We Declare War Against the Anti-White System.” Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051231177915