Institute of Communications Research
Ph.D.'s on the market
Ted Gournelos
Contact: ttg@akastatistic.org
Dissertation Title: "The Tao of South Park: Dissonant Visual Culture and the Future of Politics"
Dissertation Chair: Kent Ono
Areas of Interest: Visual Culture (aesthetics, television studies, film studies, animation); New Media (web 2.0, viral media, network models); Oppositional Culture (humor, culture jamming, irony, institutionalized opposition); Alternative Paradigms (trauma, public sphere, complex systems and game theories); Cultural Studies (neoliberalism, neoconservatism, cultural imperialism)
Shoshana Magnet
Contact: magnet@uiuc.edu
Dissertation Title: "Encoding the Body: Critically Assessing the Collection and Uses of Biometric Information"
Dissertation Chairs: Paula Treichler and Kent Ono
Areas of Interest: Communication and Information Technologies, Surveillance Studies, Science in the Media, Communication Theory, History of Science and Technology, Border Theory, Cultural Studies, Canadian Studies, Gender and Feminist Studies, Criminalization of Poverty and Video Production