News
The latest news from Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT.
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Congratulations to the class of 2021!
It’s been a bizarre year-plus. But the twenty three of you made it! You’re still standing.
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Andrea Kim, ’21, awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Kim’s Fulbright research in South Korea will investigate how virtual reality can facilitate cross-cultural learning and live performance art.
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CMS/W Head Professor Eric Klopfer to serve as a co-director of Responsible A.I. for Social Engagement
“We want to make sure that all people are empowered to use A.I. in constructive, creative, and beneficial ways”
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The 2021 Karmel Writing Prizes Winners
Working in every genre, from fiction to technical writing, more than four dozen pieces were prize winners this year.
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Start-up funding news: Faculty and alum secure combined $2.25 million
Professor Ian Condry and CMS alum Han Su recently announced funding rounds for their respective start-ups.
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Three Job Openings for Teacher Education Research Roles
The opportunities include a postdoc and two positions with a focus on A.I.
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‘Healing’ Anime in a Pandemic
Join CMS/W professors Paul Roquet and Ian Condry on Monday, May 3, as they discuss “healing-style” anime, centered on the film A Whisker Away.
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Pondering the Unknowable
Alan Lightman’s new book explores the riddles of origins, infinities, and other bafflements brought to us by modern science.
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WCC Blog: Like It Or Not, Writing Is
The “Like It Or Not, Writing Is” blog uses analogies to help you hone your writing and speaking skills.
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Video: “Reworking the Archive: The Southeast Chicago Archive and Storytelling Project”
What are some unexplored ways that online environments can help us rethink “the archive”?
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Indigenous knowledge and technology at MIT: “Is it wise?”
A week of workshops, lab visits, and pairings matched Indigenous delegates with relevant labs and researchers across MIT.
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Faculty opening: Assistant or Associate Professor, Media Studies, with focus on civic media
The application deadline is January 4, 2021, and start date as early as July 1. Apply at academicjobsonline.org.
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Taper #5
Edited by CMS/W Professor Nick Montfort, it’s journal of computational poetry, with this issue being on the theme of “fiveness and times of confinement”.
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Video, Jing Wang: “Walking Around Obstacles: Nonconfrontational Activists in Gray China”
Is there digital activism in China? What is it like to be an activist running a grassroots NGO in a land of censors?
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Video: Justin Reich, “Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education”
Justin Reich explores the recent history of large scale learning technologies to explain why technology provides such uneven support to students.
