Dorothy R. Santos

Dorothy R. Santos

Assistant Professor of Teaching in Santa Cruz County, she/they

About

Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. (she/they) is a Filipino American storyteller, poet, artist, and scholar. She earned her Ph.D. in Film and Digital Media with a designated emphasis in Computational Media from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Projects

Ongoing
Infrastructure of Feeling

Supported by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Just Tech Fellowship

Ongoing

Supported by the Mozilla Foundation's Creative Media Award

2019

In collaboration with Lauren Lee McCarthy

2016

In collaboration with Surabhi Saraf

Exhibitions

2022
2021
The Hague, Netherlands
2022
Virtual

In Conversation with Marceline Donaldson of IBM Black Workers Alliance

2022
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2021
Virtual

Conversation with K Allado MacDowell moderated by writer Elvia Wilk

Writing

2024

Contributed essay on artist Chelsea Thompto's work "Landmarks"

2023

Interview ~ Eileen Isagon Skyers and Dorothy Santos: On Open Source Software as Ideology

Work Experience

2023 — Now
2022 — Now
Collective Member at Biolectics
🌍

Creative research collective with artists Lee Blalock and Heather Dewey-Hagborg

2019 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area

Five and Nine is a podcast newsletter at the intersection of magic, career and economic justice. We publish “moonthly” —every new moon 🌚 and full moon 🌝 — , and we provide an an ongoing critical discussion through readings, reflections and debate.

Education

2017 — 2023
Santa Cruz, CA

Designated Emphasis in Computational Media

2012 — 2014
MA in Visual and Critical Studies at California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
1996 — 2000
BA Philosophy and Psychology at University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA