Fall 2019 Courses

TRUTH AND LIES IN A DIGITAL WORLD 50:209:110 TTH 11:00-12:30PM Brown This course addresses the problem of misinformation, propaganda, “fake news,” and the verification of truth in digital environments. It introduces students to how multiple fields and disciplines approach these questions, the historical roots of these problems, the unique challenges…

Fall 2018 DS Courses

…method for doing media design and art.” Following Parikka’s final notion, the course will predominantly concentrate on creating video essays, using old or “dead” video tools, to address current issues in media archaeology, the video image, as well as how one negotiates the use of new media in contemporary life….

2016-2017 Fellows

…Curiosities in Harper Lee’s Novel (University of Tennessee Press, 2011), The Myth of Persephone in Girls’ Fantasy Literature (Routledge, 2011), and edited volume 100 Years of Anne with an ‘e’: The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables (University of Calgary, 2009). Her forthcoming monograph titled Alice to Algernon: Child…

2018-2019 Fellows

Natalie Mesnard   Natalie Mesnard is a writer and game designer currently teaching in the Pratt Institute Game Design & Interactive Media program. Literary publication credits include poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, appearing or forthcoming in places such as Blackbird, Kenyon Review Online, The Gettysburg Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere….

Major & Minor

…to explore digital worlds, such as the digital worlds that make up popular online games. It can also refer to using digital tools, such as audiovisual equipment and smart phones, to do research in offline settings, such as hospitals and classrooms. Students read and discuss examples of both kinds of…