Mona Kasra is a new media artist, designer, interdisciplinary scholar, and Associate Professor of Digital Media Design in the Departments of Drama and Art at the University of Virginia. Her research investigates the political and theoretical implications of visual media technologies within our culture and cross-culturally. Her creative practice experiments with the affordances of media technologies within artistic forms and in a variety of improvisational framings. 

Kasra frequently collaborates with artists, musicians, choreographers, and theater-makers to investigate the intersections of performance and new media—particularly the aesthetic possibilities that enrich narrative and deepen audience immersion in live events. She has received two Helen Hayes Award nominations in the category of Outstanding Media/Projection Design. Her artwork has been widely exhibited in galleries and film festivals across the United States and internationally, and she has served as juror, curator, and programmer for numerous exhibitions, festivals, and conferences.

Her scholarship has appeared in journals such as New Media & Society, The Communication Review, Journal of Dance Education, and Media and Communication. She holds a Ph.D. in Arts & Technology from the University of Texas at Dallas, an M.F.A. in Video/Digital Art from California State University, Northridge. More information at www.monakasra.com