NandiÌýPointer
- PhD Student, Department of Media Studies, College of Communication, Media, Design and Information (CMDI)
- 2024-2025 CAAAS Alice Cleora Reeves Endowed Dissertation Awardee
- CAAAS GRADUATE FELLOWS
- CAAAS DOCTORAL FELLOWS
Nandi Pointer is a PhD Candidate in Media Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. A former journalist and TV producer, Pointer studies questions about media, race, and identity. Incorporating writing and documentary filmmaking, her dissertation examines how and why Black men leave the U.S. to teach English in Southeast Asia and the Middle East and what their experiences illuminate about the global dynamics of race and racism. A recipient of the 2025 IAMCR Stuart Hall Award and the 2025 Dissertation Completion Fellowship from the ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder’s Center for Humanities and the Arts (CHA), Pointer sits on the steering committee of the Visual Evidence Lab. She has produced content for Netflix, MTV, Fox, and TV One. Her written work has been published both in academic journals like Jump Cut and news magazines like The San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, and Upscale.ÌýIn spring 2026, Pointer will be a visiting fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Experimental Ethnography.