Dr. Reginold Royston is a media anthropologist and digital humanities researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, jointly-appointed in the School of Information and the Department of African Cultural Studies. He coordinates the Black Arts + Data Futures group through the Borghesi-Mellon Interdisciplinary Workshop in the Humanities at the UW-Madison Center for Humanities.

His research interests include New Media and innovation in the African Diaspora, and does ethnographic research in Ghana, the U.S., and the Netherlands, examining Ghana’s digital diaspora. He is currently working on a book manuscript titled Reassembling Ghana: Digital Diaspora and Hacking for Development. He has produced and designed dozens of new media apps and campaigns with students and collaborators. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Royston worked for 15 years as a reporter, graphics designer, and cultural critic.

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