Start the Faculty Research Forum with a casual gathering over pizza. Connect with colleagues, meet fellow researchers, and get ready for an afternoon of insightful discussions and presentations.

Participants: Jan Fernback, Andrew Iliadis, Larisa Mann, Clemencia Rodriguez
Moderator: Clemencia Rodriguez

Based on their current research, Klein professors will discuss urgent questions around surveillance technology, identity authentication, algorithmic discrimination, and the need to develop strong governance frameworks to regulate the digital. How do emerging technologies—such as surveillance or identity authentication—disrupt everyday life? How does algorithmic discrimination impact certain communities more than others? Are surveillance technologies making our communities safer? Who designs these technologies and for what purposes? The panel will also consider current global attempts to re-think the governance, architecture, design, and applications of digital communication technologies.

Participants: Jill Bauer-Reese, Bruce Hardy, Lauren Kogen, Jennifer Midberry, Taxa Pixley
Moderator: Osei Alleyne

This informal roundtable discussion will focus on key issues surrounding the design and practice of community-engaged research. Participants will describe some of the community-engaged projects taking place within the Klein community, address the ethical and practical challenges and concerns that arise in the development and implementation of community-engaged work and offer suggestions for best practices.

Take a break, grab a coffee and continue the conversation with colleagues.

Participants: Sherri Hope Culver, Jessica Castonguay, Meghnaa Tallapragada, Laura Zaylea
Moderator: Deborah Cai

This panel brings together faculty address key issues in the evolving field of children’s media. Presentations will discuss the complexities of producing a web series with child actors, including ethical considerations, and the unique challenges of working with young talent; global research highlighting the importance of high-quality content in children’s media, emphasizing its role in cognitive and emotional development; and the impact of social media on the mental health of teens. Together, these presentations will provide insights on how academic and industry practices intersect in shaping content for young audiences.

Participants: Geoff Baym, Carolyn Kitch and Linn Washington
Moderator: Fab Darling-Wolf

This panel will feature the current projects of Klein faculty conducting historical research. Dr. Baym will share his deep dive into an old family story involving the radical Yiddish language press in Philadelphia and NYC and his great-grandparents' year-long odyssey through revolutionary Russia. Dr. Kitch will discuss the problems and possibilities of “ephemera,” seemingly miscellaneous media culture from the past, as well as archival evidence that doesn’t seem to make sense where it is. Drawing from examples she has encountered in her research, she will consider how such discoveries might invite us to rethink our assumptions about how we categorize and evaluate evidence in ways that shape, and limit, the story of media history. Finally, Professor Washington will draw from his decades-long investigative work on the 1985 MOVE bombing, to reflect on the lessons to be learned from the tragic event and its media coverage.