Show and Tell - Library's special collection
Presenters-only event
Welcome Reception
Everyone is welcome
Free pizza provided
Registration and Coffee
Opening Remarks
Session 1
Writing for Participant Communities: Empowerment Through Co-Creation
Ashley Fitzpatrick, Purdue University
Technocracy and Empire: Engineering Narratives
Kelsey Biscocho, Purdue University
The Religion of Objectivity: How Scientific Legitimacy Becomes Epistemic Hierarchy
Samina Rose, San Diego State University Alumni
You Might Die in The Hospital, But You’ll Be Remembered at Home: An Anthropological Consideration of American Deathwork(s)
Taylor Symone Borgelt, Purdue University
Supernatural Futures: The Scientific and the Marvelous in Saad Z. Hossain's Djinn City (2017) and Kundo Wakes Up (2022)
Rida Altaf, Purdue University
Annie Bot: AI, Robot Sex Dolls, and the Cultural Zeitgeist
Mary T. Moore, Ohio University
Under the Eye of the Big Bird — A Study of Biopolitics, Memory, and Posthuman Survival
Bayan Konysbekkyzy, Purdue University
Sexualized Cyborgs and the Uncanny Double: Objectification and Psychoanalysis in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Lauren Fitch, Ohio University
Session 2
Her Directive: Evolving Dimensions of A.I. Female Autonomy in a Cinematic Decade (2015-2025)
Victoria Valle Remond, San Diego State University
Connected to the Grid: Extending Baudrillard’s Simulacra and Simulation to Online Media Platforms
Loizos Bitsikokos, Purdue University
Star Wars, Gödel’s Theorem, and the Limits of Science Fiction
Tyler Lutz, University of Chicago
Building Information Modeling and Conditional Probability Reconstruction Cost Analysis for conflicts in Speculative Fiction alternative Film universes
John Richardson, San Diego State University
Literary Pedagogy and AI as ?: Reflections of a Former High School Teacher
Kyle Robert Alvey, Purdue University
AI for Ethnic Languages: Can Artificial Intelligence Help Preserve and Reanimate Marginalized Identities?
Md Mozaffor Hossain, Ohio University
AI-Mediated Conversation in Online Japanese Courses: Early Pedagogical Insights and Learner Perceptions
Akari Osumi & Samet Baydar, Purdue University
Geographic Variation in Code-Switching Among Latino Spanish Heritage Speakers in the United States: Chicago, Illinois vs Cincinnati, Ohio
Jaylene Canales, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Session 3
Improvised Pedagogical Metatheatre: An Experiment in AI as Prop/Player in Dynamic Learning
Evan D. Shulman, San Diego State University & Claude, Anthropic
Evaluating the Impact of Assistive Technology on Reading Abilities in Individuals with Disabilities: A Quality Review of Literature
Bara'ah Bsharat & Jennifer Smith, Purdue University
Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices of Multiliteracies for Elementary Students with Significant Support Needs
Yilin Shen, Purdue University
What systemic gaps in preparedness contributed to the severe impact of COVID on the Navajo Nation, and how could they have been addressed?
Mark Freeland, San Diego State University
Closing Remarks