Weekly Writing Circle, Fall 2021-present 1.5-hour weekly writing group; open to all faculty and graduate students.
Weekly Research Meetings, Fall 2021-present Weekly meetings with CODE^SHIFT research team members and co-partners to set goals, brainstorm research ideas, share progress and seek support on projects.
Monthly Meetups, Summer 2022-present Monthly meetups with CODE^SHIFT team members; brief reports of research progress and review of work.
Lunch and Learn Workshop Series, Fall 2022- present Professional development workshop series; open to all faculty and students.
Talks and Workshops
Launch and Networking Event, April 2022: Launch event featured Newhouse faculty recent books, networking social and meet-the-authors booths over brunch
Narratio Fellows Summer Digital Storytelling Workshops, July 2022 CODE^SHIFT RAs – Maleeha Bhadki and Wendy Wang served as artists-in-residence to co-facilitate digital storytelling workshops on photography and poetry with ten resettled refugee youth artists from the Syracuse area. Daily workshops from 1-4 p.m. in July 2022.
Photo-Poetry Review of Work in Progress, July 2022 Co-hosted public review and community engagement for youth artists in the Narratio Fellows project collaboration with CODE^SHIFT
Social Justice Informatics Workshop, August 2022 Co-hosted a day-long hybrid workshop on social justice informatics with Dr. Jasmina Tacheva from the iSchool at Syracuse University. The audience included social scientists, activists and data scientists. Keynote by J. Khadijah Abdurahman (Founder, We Be Imagining), panel discussions by scholar-activists and networking lunch.
Public Talk on Gender, Caste and Digital Space, September 2022 Co-hosted a public talk by Pooja Pande and Priya Thuvassery of Chambal Media, home to Khabar Lahariya, India’s largest feminist rural media network
Central NY Humanities Corridor Writing Retreat, September 2022 Designed and hosted a 3-day writing retreat for selected graduate students and faculty from Cornell University and Syracuse University in the Finger Lakes region.
Public Talk on Branding Black Womanhood, September 2022 Hosted a public (virtual) talk by Dr. Timeka Tounsel of U of Washington
Storying the Self Workshop, September 2022 Hosted an interactive workshop by Dr. Aisha Durham from U of South Florida and Dr. Claudine Taaffe from Vanderbilt U on digital storytelling, autoethnography, poetry and photography.
Historias de la Frontera: Exploring Latinx identity of the U.S./Mexico Border in Comic Books, October 2022 Hosted a virtual talk by Dr. Anthony Ramirez, Assistant Professor, U of Houston as part of the Hispanic Heritage Month
Write-a-thon session, October 2022 Day-long writing session open to faculty and graduate students to help facilitate a supportive and productive writing environment.
Asian American Reporters and White News, November 2022 Hosted a virtual talk by Dr. David Oh, Associate Professor, Ramapo College of New Jersey as part of Asian Heritage Month
Narratio Exhibition, March 2023
A showcase of photographs, poetry, visual art and performances by the 2022 Narratio Fellows. This event took place at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse and was co-hosted with SU Engaged Humanities and SU Museum Studies.
iDare Hack-a-thon, April 2023
In partnership with the iSchool, this event was a challenge for participants to use AI to create a comic book.
First anniversary and 2023 graduation, May 2023
Our team celebrated both the first-year anniversary of our lab and the graduation of our seniors and graduate students
Bach to the Future: Exploring a Borderless World in Education by Anil Srinivasan, May 2023
Anil Srinivasan joined us for a talk where he shared his latest initiative, Kruu. With music, anecdotes, and research, he showcased his passions and ambitions for youth development through the arts and music.
Video Games and Hypermasculinity by Erica Scharrer, September 2023
Professor Erica Scharrer from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst joined us to give a talk on video games, hypermasculinity and her recent research on this topic.
Chai with Srivi: Episode 4, September 2023
Video interview with Drs. Lanier Holt from Ohio State University and Keven James Rudrow from Comm and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University on race, gender and media.
Write-a-thon session, October 2023
Day-long writing session open to faculty and graduate students to help facilitate a supportive and productive writing environment.
Central NY Humanities Corridor Writing Retreat, October 2023
Designed and hosted a 3-day writing retreat for selected graduate students and faculty from Cornell University and Syracuse University in Canandaigua Lake.
Chai With Srivi: Episode 6, October, 2023
Video interview with Dr. Nickesia Gordon, Associate Professor of Communication at RIT.
Woman’s Tongue and Decolonial Feminist Discourse in the Caribbean by Nickesia Gordon, October 2023
Dr. Nickesia Gordon is an Associate Professor of Communication at RIT. Her research focuses on communication, gender, race, nationality and social change.
Chai With Srivi: Episode 5, October, 2023
Video interview with Francisco Suarez, a Newhouse alumnus, is an Associate Professor at SUNY Oswego.
The Renaissance of Latinx Media in the U.S. by Francisco Suarez, October 2023
Professor Francisco J Suarez, a Newhouse alumnus, is an Associate Professor at SUNY Oswego. He teaches courses on Latinx media, global media, and film production. He is also the host of the award winning podcast “From Suarez’s Basement.”
Africa and the Western Media’s Blind Spots by David Adeleke, November 2023
David Adeleke is a Nigerian journalist and editor at Rest of the World. He provided a interactive dialogue about misrepresentations of Africa in western media and how Africans are changing the narrative.
Chai With Srivi: Episode 7, November 2023
Video interview with Maya Kulkarni Chadda, dancer and Professor of Political Science at William Patterson University of New Jersey and Sudha Raj, dancer and Teaching Professor, Director of the Graduate Program in the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies at Syracuse University.