Vision

Stimulate intellectually invigorating and provocative discussions about implications of AI technologies and data science for the future of communication/media/journalism education, liberal arts education, and global AI research and development (R&D) communities.

Foster intellectual discussions to examine the impact of AI technologies and data science on digital platform design, digital media content production, journalism, strategic communication, creative writing, and creative media industries.

Invite interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary conversations about Humane AI, Socially Responsible AI, ethical data science, and sustainable AI-empowered future.

Mission

Cultivate an inclusive and collaborative ecosystem for R&D on Humane AI, Socially Responsible AI, ethical data science, human-centered metaverse, and sustainable AI-empowered future.

Conduct impactful research on AI-empowered media, AI-empowered metaverse, and AI-VR convergence.

Advance human-AI interaction theory and practice

Founder

DEAN AND CEO

Marwan M. Kraidy

Marwan M. Kraidy is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture, and politics. An award-winning author and Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Kraidy’s research centers around the relationship between culture and geopolitics, theories of identity and modernity, and global media systems and industries. He is also an expert on the Middle East and fluent in Arabic.

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Founding Director

S. Venus Jin

S. Venus Jin has served as Professor-in-Residence of the Communication Program since 2019, and as Director of the Communication Program from 2022 until 2023. Since 2024, she has served as Associate Dean for Education and Founding Director of Artificial Intelligence and Media (AIM) Lab.

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Faculty

George Anghelcev

George Anghelcev

Professor in Residence

 

Spencer Striker

Spencer StrikeR

Professor in Residence

Sam Meekings

Sam Meekings

Associate Professor in Residence

Claudia Kozman

Claudia Kozman

Associate Professor in Residence

Wajdi Zaghouani

Wajdi Zaghouani

Associate Professor in Residence

Marc Owen Jones

Marc Owen Jones

Associate Professor in Residence

 Zaid Almahmoud

Zaid Almahmoud

Postdoctoral Scholar

International Call for Applications

The Inaugural Postdoctoral Scholar in “Artificial Intelligence and Media”

Advanced Undergraduate Research on Robots and AI Grant

Call for Applications

Research and Development Areas

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