*DIGITAL/MEDIA, RACE, AFFECT* * * *AND LABOR CONFERENCE* Bringing together layered and intersecting themes associated with media, digital worlds, labor, affect, globalization, and race. Organized by Radhika Gajjala, Director, American Culture Studies Co-organizers: Franklin Yartey, Katherine Barak, Kelly MacDonald, Melinda Lewis, Mike DelNero, Yeon Ju Oh Bowling Green State University April 14 & 15, 2011 Sponsored by American Culture Studies Keynote Speaker (April 14th, 7:00pm-201 BTSU) Dr. Anna Everett, Professor of Film, Television and New Media Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) will be our keynote speaker on this topic. Dr. Everett is the author of Returning the Gaze: A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949 and Digital Diaspora: A Race for Cyberspace. Special Panel (April 15th, 11:00-12:30pm Olscamp 101) Dr. Jillana Enteen (Northwestern University/Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies Program), Dr. Teri Senft (University of East London, U.K/Program Leader & Senior Lecturer, Media Studies), Dr. Vicki Mayer (Tulane University - Associate Professor, Communication/Editor of Television & New Media, New Orleans, Louisiana). Contact: 419-372-0586 / raceandaffect@gmail.com Planning Committee: Aditi Paul Alexander Champlin Anca Birzescu Bernard Frampton Cassandra Jones Franklin Yartey Katie Barack Kelly MacDonald Makhter Sall Melinda Lewis Mike DelNero Sean Watkins Yeon Ju Oh Free and open to the public -- Radhika Gajjala Director, American Culture Studies Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies 101 East Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik