Northeastern University Communication Studies / Media & Screen Studies

We're thrilled to announce our new name: the Center for Transformative Media! The new name is more than just a title—it's a powerful declaration of our research mission and vision.? The word "transformative" speaks to both the pro-social potential of media and the cutting-edge technological innovations that drive our work. It represents our commitment to understanding and creating media that doesn't just communicate, but fundamentally changes how we connect, learn, and grow. We look forward to continuing our research and events under this new banner with our brilliant team: Adriana de Souza e Silva Caleb Gayle Evelyn O'Donoghue Claire O. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e43hQj4s Sign up for the newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eWQpHMUq

In good company with Ashleigh Shields, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth Glowacki, sharing our thoughts on the proposed cancer warning labels for alcoholic drinks in today’s Northeastern Global News: https://lnkd.in/ePiyAP29

?? Some good news to start off the new year: I'm delighted to share that my The MIT Press book, "Kids Across the Spectrums: Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age," has been named a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association and CHOICE: Start With Better Options! The honor signifies that the book is among the top ten percent of some 5,000 works reviewed annually in?Choice. More on the Choice Awards: https://lnkd.in/eYAkyVam "Kids Across the Spectrums" at MIT Press: https://lnkd.in/eywxSwFS Open Access Version of "Kids Across the Spectrums": https://lnkd.in/dDcr6Uxj

Don't miss our simulcast of a recent fireside conversation hosted by Northeastern University’s Public Engagement with Science Hub (PESH) where Dean Mariette DiChristina shared some insights into the upcoming Graduate Certificate in Civic Science Communication at Boston University. https://lnkd.in/eYyDApvf About PESH: https://lnkd.in/eTPihHti About the certificate: https://lnkd.in/e_xVsnaF Great questions from Maria Elena Villar, Daniel Pomeroy and several others.

?? We're Hiring! Northeastern University is seeking two open-ranked (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor) tenure-track faculty for XR/AI/Design! Join us to lead innovation in immersive tech, gaming, and virtual worlds research and shape the future with us! https://lnkd.in/esUdMqv3 https://lnkd.in/ePu3i8ax Complete applications received on or before December 6, 2024 will be receive full consideration. #Hiring #tenuretrack #tenured #XR #VR #AR #AI #design #ExtendedReality #FacultyJobs #AcademicJobs #Innovation #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #ImmersiveTech #NortheasternUniversity #CAMD #HigherEd #UniversityJobs #TechJobs

An ENORMOUS congratulations to Amy Shirong Lu for receiving the Gerald M. Phillips Award for Distinguished Applied Communication Scholarship at the National Communication Association Conference last month! We are so proud of you! :)

Proud to share that Rising Tides, Raising Voices, the film I directed and produced on climate change and disability in the Pacific, was screened today in both Paris and Rome in recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities. In Paris, the film was part of UNESCO's inaugural Festival of Short Films on Disability Inclusion. In Rome, I joined a panel discussion and screening hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) to discuss the themes and insights from the film. You can watch the fully accessible film here: https://lnkd.in/dyQV3sGe ID: Screenshot from my virtual participation on Zoom in Rome. The screen shows a clip from the film, with the caption "wind whistling through the trees." Above that are thumbnails of the participants, including mine.

SciCommBites, part of the ScienceBites galaxy of blogs, is looking for folks interested in summarizing recent science communication and public engagement research papers. All early career science communicators are encouraged to apply; i.e., you needn’t be studying science communication to write and edit for SciCommBites. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/ghHnf-bj And if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. I’m currently part of the SciCommBites admin team.

?? Speaker announcement for the Feminist AI Symposium on November 19th! In her keynote talk Laura Forlano, Ph.D., Professor, College of Art, Media and Design (CAMD), Northeastern University, will draw on her new book, Cyborg (MIT Press), co-authored with Danya Glabau. She examines the question of whether 21st century technologies—from smartphones to medical devices to the commonplace use of artificial intelligence—have made cyborgs of us all? The book takes feminist cyborg theory as their starting point to explore the myriad ways that technology traverses our daily lives and practices and to ask: how do social and cultural factors—from gender to race, class to ability—affect how technologies are imagined, developed, put to use, and, crucially, resisted? Forlano and Glabau present an approach called "critical cyborg literacy" that brings together insights from critical feminist, race, and disability thinkers in an effort to reframe popular and scholarly conversations around the affordances of cyborg theory and to reimagine the cyborg in light of emerging technologies like automation and AI. Feminist Generative AI lab hosted at Mondai | House of AI, Next Delft Building. Convergence | TU Delft-Erasmus MC-EUR TU Delft | AI, Convergence AI, Data & Digitalisation, Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus MC #AI #feministAI #datafeminism #ResponsibleAI #EthicalAI #Inclusive ? Francisca Grommé, Sara Colombo, Alessandro Bozzon, Claartje ter Hoeven