Call for Proposals for the Identity and Social Media Symposium: Bridging the Gaps between Computational Methods and Critical/Cultural Perspectives
Symposium Information & Call for Proposal Details
Symposium dates: 28-29 September 2023
Symposium location: Salt Lake City, UT
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
Submissions close 12 May 2023
The Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute at the University of Utah invites
proposals from advanced doctoral students who are studying the intersections of identity
and social media. In this symposium, 12-15 doctoral students from communication and
related disciplines will have the opportunity to present their work in progress to
one another and to a panel of distinguished faculty mentors from around the country.
Each student will present their research on a panel with 3-4 other students. Each
panel will be overseen by two faculty mentors who research issues related to identity
and social media, one with critical/cultural expertise and one with computational
social science expertise. Faculty mentors will provide detailed feedback and lead
panel discussions on their student panelists' work. Mentors will include Prof. Deen
Freelon (UNC Chapel Hill), Prof. Jo Lukito (UT Austin), Prof. Rachel Griffin (University
of Utah), Prof. Shannon McGregor (UNC Chapel Hill), and Prof. Avery Holton (University
of Utah).
There are growing bodies of excellent research on problems related to identity and
social media from scholars taking both critical/cultural and computation social science
approaches. Unfortunately, these scholars are often not in conversation with one another.
Our goal with the symposium is to help bridge the gap among different approaches and
traditions of communication research by creating a setting where those trained in
different approaches can think together about this year's symposium theme. Specifically,
we hope to provide an opportunity for emerging scholars to present and get feedback
on their work from established scholars who approach our theme from both critical/cultural
and computational perspectives.
Short proposals of 500 words are invited for work-in-progress papers of roughly 3,000-4,000
words. Accepted participants will turn in their completed draft ahead of the symposium
for mentors and other participants to read in advance. This is to facilitate productive
discussion and feedback on each participant's paper.
Submission Information
All proposals are due 12 May 2023, with decisions about acceptance expected by 9 June 2023.
More information about the Edna Anderson-Taylor Communication Institute can be found
at https://institute.communication.utah.edu/
Modest stipends will be available to help offset travel costs for a limited number
of accepted participants with a demonstrated need for assistance.