Participants
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___ | N. Katherine Hayles, Chemist Distinguished Research Professor of English University of California, Los Angeles James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Literature Duke University American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member Academia Europaea, Member National Endowment for the Humanities, Fellow |
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___ | Colin Koopman, Professor and Associate Head Department of Philosophy Center for Cyber Security and Privacy, Member Digital Humanities Program, Advisory Board Member New Media & Culture Program, Director Office of Vice Provost of Research & Innovation, Review Council Member University of Oregon Critical Genealogies Workshop, Founding Co-Director |
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| PLENARIES | ||
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Adell Amos, Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law Environmental and Natural Resources Law Environment Initiative, Executive Director Environmental Studies Program, Faculty Herman Faculty Achievement Award, Recipient University of Oregon Open Rivers Fund, Advisory Board Member |
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Daniel Kreiss, Edgar Thomas Cato Distinguished Professor Political Communication Certificate, Director Hussman School of Journalism and Media Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life, Director University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Information Society Project, Yale Law School, Affiliated Fellow Yale University |
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___ | Jakki Bailey, Assistant Professor of Media Studies Immersive Media Communication Master’s Program Oregon Reality Lab, Core Faculty Member School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon Portland Immersive Human Development Group, Founder |
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___ | Victor Pickard, C. Edwin Baker Professor of Media Policy & Political Economy Media, Inequality & Change Center, Co-Director Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania Nieman Lab, Predictions for Journalism, Contributor Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University C. Edwin Baker Award from ICA, 2025 Recipient |
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___ | Ashley Cordes, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies Environmental Studies Program, College of Arts and Sciences Data Science Major, School of Computer and Data Sciences Indigenous Data Sovereignty Research Center, Co-Director Center for Environmental Futures, Steering Committee Member University of Oregon Tribal Resilience Taskforce, Member Coquille (Kōkwel) Nation |
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___ | Bernd Reiter, Professor of Luso-Latin American Studies Department of Classical and Modern Languages & Literatures The Humanities Center, Alumni College Fellow Texas Tech University Afro-Latin American Research Institute, Former Associate Researcher Harvard University Fulbright Program, Distinguished Chair in Public Policy (2021–2022) |
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Vera Keller, Professor and Norman Brown Faculty Fellow Department of History European Studies, Affliliated Faculty University of Oregon John Simon Guggenheim Fellow in Intellectual and Cultural History Leo Gershoy Award, American Historical Association, Prizewinner Renaissance Society of America, Board Member |
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___ | Tibor Solymosi, Assistant Teaching Professor Department of Philosophy Villanova University Embodied Education Research Unit, Member International Conference on Embodied Education, Scientific Commitee Danish School of Education Aarhus University, Denmark |
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Kate Mondloch, Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory Department of the History of Art and Architecture, College of Design Clark Honors College, Core Faculty Center for Environmental Futures, Steering Committee Member Center for the Science and Practice of Well-Being, Advisory Board Member University of Oregon MEDIA : ART : WRITE : NOW, Advisory Board Member |
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Mark A. Bedau, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities Philosophy Department Reed College Systems Science Program, Supporting Faculty Portland State University Special Issue: Open-Ended Evolution, Artificial Life, Co-Editor International Society for Artificial Life, Past Board Member |
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| SPECIAL SESSION | SOJC DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNIVERSARY | |
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___ | Ivy Fofie, Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Loyola Marymount University ICA Feminist Scholarship, International Liaison Organization for the Study of Communication, Language & Gender, Board Member |
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___ | Micky Lee, Associate Dean of Core Experience Communication, Journalism & Media Department, Professor Asian Studies Program, Director Creativity and Innovation Program, Co-director Suffolk University IAMCR Political Economy Section, Vice-Chair |
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Erik Palmer, Professor Media Innovation, Program Coordinator Communication, Media & Cinema Distinguished Teaching Award, 2024-2025 Recipient Southern Oregon University University of Ghana, Fulbright U.S. Scholar (2019-2020) Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, Former Fellow |
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Raul Reis, Dean John T. Kerr Distinguished Professor Hussman School of Journalism and Media University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, Past President Televisão Pública de Angola, Contributing Commentator & Political Analyst |
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