Tressie McMillan Cottom named 2020 MacArthur Fellow
CITAP Senior Faculty Researcher Tressie McMillan Cottom was one of 21 fellows announced today by the MacArthur Foundation. In the fellowship citation, MacArthur recognized Dr. McMillan Cottom for “shaping discourse on highly topical issues at the confluence of race, gender, education, and digital technology for broad audiences.” Play Video See the current fellowship cohort…
CITAP announces 2020-21 community
The Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) welcomes new faculty research fellows, faculty affiliates, and graduate students who will take part in our community this academic year. The CITAP affiliates bring expertise in communications, sociology, law, information science. Together with CITAP faculty, staff, and returning affiliates, the incoming cohort will collaborate and research…
Shannon McGregor receives Facebook Research Award
Dr. McGregor’s proposal “Political Identity Ownership” was selected as one of the winners of the Facebook Foundational Integrity Research: Misinformation and Polarization research awards. The project stems from McGregor’s recent work on the role of identity in electoral communication with Daniel Kreiss and Regina Lawrence. Examining the types of appeals candidates make in the course…