Her overarching research interests encompass historical and theoretical analyses of digital aesthetics, with recent publications appearing in Parallax, Digital Culture & Society and the Routledge Companion to Photography Theory. Dr. Scarlett's current research project explores the histories and contemporary realities of artist residency programming associated with techno-industrial contexts. One of the theoretical tangents of this project calls for a reexamination of classical affordance theory to better account for the phenomenological complexity and political ramifications of algorithmic affordances.