Kishonna L. Gray is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. She is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University.

Dr. Gray is the author/co-editor of Intersectional Tech, Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live, Woke Gaming and Feminism in Play. She also has a book currently under contract titled Black Game Studies. 

Dr. Gray is a highly sought-after speaker and regularly addresses both academic and industry audiences such as at the Game Developers Conference. She is the winner of a number of awards over the years, including The Evelyn Gilbert Unsung Hero Award and the Blacks in Gaming Educator Award.

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Pronouns

she/her/hers

Areas of interest

Black cyberfeminism; online gaming; digital ethnography; Black Digital Studies; Black Game Studies

Honors & Awards

Educator of the Year Award, Black in Gaming Foundation, 6th Annual BIG Awards, March 23, 2023 

Xbox MVP Award, Microsoft Xbox Live, August 17, 2021

Woke Gaming, 2019 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine 

The Evelyn Gilbert Unsung Hero Award, The Minorities and Women Section, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, March 29, 2019 

Faculty Achievement and Book Celebration (Woke Gaming), Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP), University of Illinois – Chicago, February 27, 2019 

Woke Gaming, The Guardians 2018 Best Books About Gaming List, December 19, 2018 

The New Scholar Award, Division on People of Color and Crime, American Society of Criminology, November 17, 2016

Education

Ph.D. Justice Studies, School of Social Transformation, May 2011 
Concentration: Media, Technology, & Culture