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Category Archives: Higher Education

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Cornel West to speak April 12 at Purdue

April 3, 2013by Andrew Iliadis Leave a comment

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cornel West, author, professor and activist, will speak on April 12 at Purdue University. West’s talk, titled “Does Race Still Matter? And Why?” is at 4 […]

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Academia, Education, Higher Education, Philosophy
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Interview with John Thelin

March 24, 2013by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

© John Thelin and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. Thelin was interviewed by Angelo Letizia on March 25th, 2013 John Thelin is a University Research Professor at the University of Kentucky. His teaching and research interests […]

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Academia, Academic Journalism, Education, Higher Education, Scholarly Interviews
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Convention for Higher Education

March 5, 2013by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics (CAPPE), University of Brighton University of Brighton Friday 24 & Saturday 25 May 2013 Organised by the Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics and Ethics […]

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Academia, Education, Higher Education
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Interview with Robert McChesney

February 25, 2013by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

© Robert McChesney and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. McChesney was interviewed by Justin Dowdall on February 25th, 2013 Robert McChesney is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois […]

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Online and Distance Education, Sociology of Knowledge, Structuralism
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Interview with Alexandra Juhasz

February 11, 2013by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

© Alexandra Juhasz and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. Juhasz was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on February 11th, 2013 Dr. Alexandra Juhasz is a Professor of Media Studies at Pitzer College, where she teaches media production, […]

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Educational Technology, Media literacy, Media studies, Online and Distance Education
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Interview with Miriam Posner

October 9, 2012by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

© Miriam Posner and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. Posner was interviewed by Justin Dowdall on October 8th, 2012 Dr. Posner coordinates and teaches in the Digital Humanities program at the University of California, Los Angeles. […]

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Academia, Academic Journalism, Academic Tenure, CMNS, Higher Education, Media studies, Scholarly Interviews
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STS Seminar Series 2012-13

September 28, 2012by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

STS Seminar Series 2012-13 Department of Science and Technology Studies University College London All seminars are free and open to the public Monday 8 October 2012 5.30pm Venue: Chadwick G08 […]

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Academia, CMNS, Higher Education, Media studies, Philosophy of Information, Philosophy of technology, Technology and Innovation
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Interview with Henry Jenkins

September 28, 2012by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

© Henry Jenkins and Figure/Ground Communication Dr. Jenkins was interviewed by Justin Dowdall on September 27th, 2012 Dr. Henry Jenkins is an American media scholar and currently a Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, and […]

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Academia, Academic Journalism, Academic Tenure, CMNS, Higher Education, Media studies, Scholarly Interviews
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Body and Technology: Instruments of Somaesthetics

September 22, 2012by Laureano Ralon Leave a comment

The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture invites proposals for papers to be presented at a 3-day conference, January 24-26, 2013, at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton. The human body […]

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Academia, CMNS, Higher Education, Media studies, Philosophy

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