Justina Tran
Hi! My name is Justina and I am Media and Communication major with a Concentration in both Multimedia Publishing and Screen Media. I use she/her pronouns and I am originally from Upper Darby but now currently live in King of Prussia PA.
I love creating art and stories through video which is why I decided to study media and want to learn more about the growing field. My dream is to write scripts and work on anything production related on a movie or TV set so hopefully one day, I get to live out that dream.
I’d like to think I am a woman of many hobbies but in my free time I like to watch the latest series and movies on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, WowPresentsPlus and any other subscription site that exists. I also crochet for fun and am obsessed with musicals and RuPaul’s Drag Race!!
I take pride in being a Student Ambassador at Arcadia as well as the Secretary for the Society for Castle Restoration on campus but I LOVE being on stage crew for theatrical productions which is where I think I got my love of production from.
Race & Media Thesis Papers
Group One: Race and Media Antonio Brown - Stuart Hall and the Evolution of Minorities in Mass Media Bug Gadson - Art Imitates Life: The Representation (Or Lack Thereof) of Black Women in Video Games Alex Kang - Orientalism and the Evolution of Asian Roles in American...
Justina Tran: Orientalism, Power of Identity and the Spectacle Derived from Meme Culture
This is a blog dedicated to my written thesis composed in Fall 2021. My written thesis was about how memes built their popularity and circulation off of stereotypes, racism and discrimination. In the first half of my paper, I combined three theorists’ works to...
Justina Tran: Final Creative Thesis
Thesis is Here!!! The day has come! Thesis presentations are officially over and finished with and I just gotta say I am super proud of myself and everything I’ve accomplished this past semester. The beginning of Spring 2022 was rough because I had such a slow...
Justina Tran: Progress and Regress
Firstly, I promised Alan this blog would be handed in on time… I lied… Secondly, shooting has been going really well! Since coming back from spring break, I’ve compiled a series of more individuals to edit in the coming weeks. It looks like I will have...
Justina Tran: We’re Getting Somewhere
We’re Getting Somewhere After much consideration, I decided to change my creative thesis a while ago. Instead of doing video Haikus, I am compiling a series of video profiles of people in my life who I associate with a feeling or a color or a trait of theirs. If...
Justina Tran: Still Going Through It
Hi! Second blog here! Alan gave me a camera that I can use for the remainder of the semester so we are in good shape to begin filming! I did capture a couple of nature shots that can be use anywhere but I still need to buy a hard drive to store all of my videos...
Justina Tran: Title: I’m Going Through It Not Gonna Lie (First Blog)
My first blog is a little overdue because, not gonna lie, I’ve been going through it these past couple of weeks and I’m just trying to get myself on a schedule to balance all the things I need to accomplish this semester. Speaking of this semester, Creative...