Amy Mazowita

PhD Candidate/Doctoral Researcher, Concordia University

mental health advocacy, social media, comics and graphic narratives, mental health representation, self care, community-based care, mental health communities on social media, mental health communities on Instagram, mental health resources

Media

Biography

Amy Mazowita is a PhD Candidate in Communication Studies researching Instagram-based mental health communities. She studies how platform users engage with digital mental health comics and how these images are being used as resources for self and collective care.

Expertise

  • mental health advocacy
  • social media
  • comics and graphic narratives
  • mental health representation
  • self care
  • community-based care
  • mental health communities on social media
  • mental health communities on Instagram
  • mental health resources