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Moderator: Rachel Stevens, Brown University |
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Rachel Stevens is a visiting assistant professor of Modern Culture and
Media, and Digital Media Production at Brown University. She is an
interdisciplinary artist and was recently associate curator at Creative
Time, a non-profit, adventurous public arts presenter in New York City. All
her practices explore the intersections of media, art, and technology.
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Moderator: Caleb Waldorf, Brown University |
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Caleb Waldorf works in the Events Department at
the Watson Institute and is a production assistant
for InfoTechWarPeace. He received his BA from
the University of Pittsburgh in art history and religious studies in 2001.
Waldorf's primary interests are in experimental music/film, transgressive
art, and new media. His recent work, Operation:
Iraqi Freedom Mediated,
Variation 1.1, is a compilation of news images relating to Operation: Iraqi
Freedom
gathered between March 19th and May 1st, 2003. |
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Thomas R. Lansner, Columbia University |
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Thomas R. Lansner teaches at Columbia University's School of International
and Public Affairs. He instructs on international media and policy and
writes regularly on international affairs. Lansner has been a consultant on
media, human rights, and democratization issues to numerous nongovernmental
organizations and political parties. For ten years, Lansner was a
correspondent in Africa and Asia for the London Observer, Guardian, Far
Eastern Economic Review, and other publications.
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Mohammed el-Nawawy, Stonehill College |
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Mohammed el-Nawawy is an assistant professor of communication at Stonehill
College in Easton, Massachusetts. El-Nawawy is author of two books, The
Israeli-Egyptian Peace Process in the Reporting of Western Journalists and
Al-Jazeera: How the Free Arab News Network Scooped the World and Changed the
Middle East (coauthor with Adel Iskandar). Prior to pursuing an academic
career, he was a journalist both in the Middle East and the United States. |
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Col. Mike Turner, USAF (Ret.), SynerG |
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Col. Mike Turner, USAF (Retired) is a former command pilot, who received the
Bronze Star for service on Operation Desert Storm's Central Command staff.
Later in his career, Turner transferred to the Pentagon and became a policy
planner for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, first as a Middle East planner and
then as the Africa Branch Chief. In this capacity, he authored a concept
paper proposing the development of an all-African peacekeeping force. In
2001, he founded The SynerG Group, which provides speakers and trainers to
organizations throughout the country. |
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