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Official account for the American University School of Communication PhD and MA programs in Media, Technology, & Democracy.

On behalf of the SOC PhD Program, please join us for our SOC Brown Bag event on Building Your Academic CV with Dr. Rohan Grover (@rohangrover)

šŸ—“ Wednesday, February 18
ā° 1:00 PM
šŸ“ MCK 101

An informal, relaxed conversation on academic and professional development. Bring your lunch and join us!

@rohangrover presented a paper on "Epistemic Standards in Privacy Tech Software" and co-chaired/co-organized two panels on "Power, Responsibility and Expertise at the Expanding Table(s) of AI Design and Governanceā€ at the 4S, Society for Social Studies of Science Conference this past weekend.
@paufder was interviewed for her newest book Kartemquin Films: Documentaries on the Frontlines of Democracy for the New Books Network podcast. Congratulations!
@paufder published ā€œThe Challenge of establishing and maintain ethical norms in US documentary productionā€ in A. Pietrowska, ed., The Ethics of Documentary Film: New Approaches (Edinburgh University Press), pp. 156-72.
Fear of ā€˜Black crime’ is one of America’s oldest political dog whistles. Natalie Hopkinson & Suzanne Goodney Lea break it down in the @ChicagoSunTimes, ā€œNational Guard Deployments, threats stem from vilifying people of colorā€

Huge welcome to our newest faculty member @rohangrover. Dr. Grover explores the politics of technology policy, with a particular focus on the ethical and political dynamics of implementing data privacy law, and we are delighted to have him join us.

www.rohangrover.org

Our PhD students presented great research at the 2025 Tri-School PhD Conference at American University! From examining digital platforms to the political economy of media, they joined peers from the School of International Service & Public Affairs in shaping future discourse.

#PhDConference #DigitalDemocracy #CommunicationResearch

Georgetown hosted the Music Sustainability Forum, co-organized by SOC Professor @aram (Aram Sinnreich). The event brought together 60 leaders in cultural policy from government, industry, CSOs & academia. Students in Prof. Sinnreich’s Media Law & Policy class attended and engaged in high-level discussions.

#CulturalPolicy #MusicSustainability #AUStudents #MediaLaw #SOCFaculty