From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 3 13:43:33 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 3 16:11:34 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Reminder: STSS Research Mixer is next Thursday, March 13, 2025 Message-ID: Hi everyone, Thanks to our March First Monday STSS host, Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad, for the conversation today. One announcement for everyone: I wish to remind you all about the in-person STSS Research Mixer, which is next week! Yay! Thursday, March 13* 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm UW Seattle Communication 126 Snacks, conversation, community Learn more and register Looking forward to seeing you all soon, Monika -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 10 12:58:33 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 10 16:45:41 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Tomorrow, 3/11 | Science, Society, and Justice Working Group on Creating | Thursday, 3/13 | STSS Research Mixer Message-ID: *A version of this message is cross-posted with the Society + Technology at UW listserv.* Hi everyone, It's not too late to register for the *third* Science, Society, and Justice pop-up working group , hosted by *Tim Brown* (Bioethics and Humanities), which is *tomorrow*, *Tuesday, March 11 from 9:30 to 10:25 am on Zoom.* Our theme is *Creating*. Bring your notepads and openness to the discomfort found in between ideas and a boldness to answer impossible questions in less than an hour. No experience is necessary. Notes from Tim on the previous sessions in this series: "At the first session, our theme was ?Airing? ? as in airing our concerns, worries, and experiences. We shared updates about what the shifting political landscape means for our research, worries about how to support ourselves and one another, our desire to enact change, and the results of our previous efforts to do so. The group seemed to agree that publics don?t understand science enough to know that it is in danger or to want to save it. We also seemed to agree that we are all vulnerable: to stress, to overwork, to burnout, to despair. At the second session, our theme was ?Collaborating,? and we explored possible projects and their target audiences. The group agreed that we could counter misinformation about science and convey its value through storytelling. We also agreed that grounding stories in history and lived experiences can be a way to reach audiences. We were mixed on who we needed to reach: journalists, non-profits, advocates, voters, donors, judges. We also seemed mixed on the need to ?go viral,? with some worrying that "going viral" doesn?t always translate to deeper engagement. We were also mixed on the audience reach of op-eds, though most of us still seemed to want to write more of them. Many of us agreed that fiction (or at least, stylized narrative) is powerful. We want to harness that power." Join us for the third session! Tuesday, March 11 | Creating 9:30 ? 10:25 AM (PT) ? Online Register for the online Pop-Up Working Group session on Creating | March 11 Bonuses! While there *may* be opportunities to share your creations, learn more tomorrow, there's definitely an opportunity to meet in person on the heels of this event. Join us on Thursday, March 13 at the *STSS Research Mixer*, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm at UW Seattle, Communication 126. *Register for the March 13 STSS Research Mixer* Questions? Let me know. Warmly, Monika ------- Previous summary sent 2/27/25: Hey everyone, Tuesday's Pop-Up Working Group on Science, Society, and Justice focused on collaboration. Initially, we discussed ?science communication,? and discomfort with our present imaginaries. This bled into how, when, where, and to whom, to share stories. And which stories?histories?to share. An enlivening session, thank you to all who attended. In discussing our next steps, host Tim Brown (Bioethics and Humanities) and I debriefed and found ourselves veering deeper into discomfort and turning into fiction. For instance, we?ve both read Octavia Butler?s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents. If you haven?t read these books, I recommend?they?re tremendous! Written in the 1990s and set in the 2020s, Butler is darkly prescient in writing a story of survival in crisis, where a far-right president who uses the uncanny slogan, "make America great again." Yet, survival isn?t the only theme, hope forms the backbone for Butler?s protagonist, Lauren Olamina, who has hyperempathy syndrome, an imaginary disease of extraordinary feeling that informs her spirituality. "All that you touch, you change," Olamina (Butler) writes. I won't share more (you might like to read the books), but my conversation with Tim spurred me to consider the ways can dis-ease be a gift? --- Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD (she/them) | Director of Strategy & Operations Society + Technology at UW www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu Hosted by the Tech Policy Lab, UW Seattle Email: mmjones@uw.edu *The University of Washington acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the Suquamish, Tulalip, and Muckleshoot nations.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 10 15:28:16 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 10 16:45:41 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Getting ready for the job market? Join INSC 598A next quarter! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi everyone, This is for graduate students on this list (or to forward to graduate students), see below for details about an exciting upcoming course "Getting ready for the job market" led by Information School Associate Professor Marika Cifor. This looks great! Warmly, Monika Sengul-Jones ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Marika Cifor Are you considering next steps after the PhD? Will be you be on the job market next year or in the next few years? Are you interested in exploring diverse career pathways with the PhD? Are you looking for a supportive community to prepare and commiserate with? Is so please consider joining me for INSC 598A: Job Market Preparation this spring quarter. The class meets Tuesdays from 1:30-3:20. It will be held in-person. For more information, please see the course details below and feel free to reach out with any questions to Marika Cifor (mcifor@uw.edu). The class is also open to all PhD students aligned with information science research from any school or department, so feel free to share more widely. Thanks! Marika *Class Overview* This class provides support and community for PhD students preparing for the job market. We will discuss a diversity of careers that build from the skills gained in a PhD. This will include looking at tenure-track, teaching and research track academic careers and research-driven careers in whether in tech, philanthropy, libraries, or academic publishing. We will also develop job market materials, connect with others to build a cohort of folks going through this experience together, and hear from panelists who have pursued a variety of post-PhD career paths. Students can be in any year or stage, but the course will be most helpful for those who have completed enough of their PhD journey to be able to write job statements that reflect their body of work and future vision. *Class Format* Each class, we will discuss a different piece of the job packet, and students will spend the subsequent week crafting that piece of their packet. Students will peer-review one another's drafts and hear from a mix of panelists each week about their career and their experiences on the job market. Guests will include: - Tenure-track and teaching track faculty and postdocs - UX researchers, data scientists, and others working in tech - Develop job packet materials - Academic editors, researchers in think tanks/non-profits, and program officers - Librarians and digital humanists *Student Expectations* - Complete weekly readings - Develop job packet materials - Provide peer feedback and support to other students as they craft their job packet materials - Pose questions to panelists - Engage in weekly group conversation *Learning Objectives* - Develop awareness of common career paths pursued by PhD graduates - Develop a personal plan for navigating the job market (including where and how you will search for job opportunities, what kind[s] of jobs you will apply to, and what criteria you will look for in a job) - Draft a complete set of materials for an academic or other industry job search - Draft a 45-minute job talk -- Marika Cifor, PhD (she/her) Associate Professor, Information School Adjunct Associate Professor, Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies University of Washington Author: *Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS* (University of Minnesota, 2022) mcifor@uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Thu Mar 13 07:55:17 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Leah M Ceccarelli via Ssnet_list) Date: Thu Mar 13 07:55:22 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Happening Today - STSS Research Mixer Detals Message-ID: Hi everyone, We're looking forward to seeing you at the STSS Research Mixer at the University of Washington?s Seattle campus. If you haven't RSVP'd, it's not too late. When: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM, Followed by a no-host Happy Hour from 6:00 PM (details below) Where: Communication Building (CMU) Room 126 Address: 4109 E Stevens Way NE Seattle, WA 98195 Transportation: The Communication Building is on the north end of the campus, and within a few blocks of the U District light rail station. The campus is also accessible via several bus lines. Parking: The closest Pay By Phone parking lot on campus is the lower level of the Padelford Parking Garage. Learn more about Pay By Phone parking on the Seattle campus. Accessibility: The elevator to the Communication building is on the ground floor level of the east side of the building. We're a mask-friendly event. We are committed to improving accessibility for our events. If you are attending and need accommodation, or have accessibility questions prior to the event, please contact mmjones@uw.edu or cecc@uw.edu Food: Light snacks and drinks will be provided to please a range of dietary needs. ... No-Host Happy Hour After the Mixer, join us in walking across campus to have a no-host happy hour drink and/or casual conversation. When: 6:00 - 7:30 PM Where: Shultzy?s on the Ave Address: 4114 University Way NE. Seattle, WA 98105 Special thanks to our event co-sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities, Society + Technology at UW, Tech Policy Lab, and Department of Communication See you there, Monika Sengul-Jones and Leah Ceccarelli (STSS Director) STSS Intellectual Life https://depts.washington.edu/stsst/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 17 20:45:45 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 17 21:06:22 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] "Living in Prognosis" | April First Monday STSS Reading Group | New Time Message-ID: *Apologies for cross-posting. A version of this message was also sent on the Society + Technology at UW mailing list.* Hi everyone, An important notification, the *First Monday STSS Reading Group* will be at a new time this spring: *12:30 -1:25 pm. *Join us for your (online) lunch! Our next host is anthropologist *Lisa Hoffman*, Professor of Urban Studies at UW Tacoma. Lisa Hoffman chose an article that begins with a shooting squad. "I am alive, No, you are dead." But the piece, by Stanford professor Lochlain Jain, is on how *prognosis* -- you have cancer -- alters the representational space for people living and dying with/of cancer. Looking forward to a rich discussion led by Lisa that brings this short essay by an award-winning anthropologist of medicine and law into conversation with our STS-curious group. Please email me to get an invitation to join the meeting, which is Monday, April 7, 2025 at 12:30-1:25; below you can access the pdf. Jain Living in Prognosis.pdf Warmly, Monika Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD Director of Strategy and Operations Society + Technology at UW Hosted in the Tech Policy Lab www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu email: mmjones@uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 31 10:06:36 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 31 12:35:00 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Register now for Alondra Nelson's lecture on 'Algorithmic Agnotology' | Tech Policy Lab | Thurs. April 3, 7 pm | Kane 120 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *A version of this message was cross-posted with the Society + Technology at UW listserv.* Hi everyone, You likely already know the UW's cherry trees are throwing a pink party, so I'm writing to remind you that the UW Tech Policy Lab proudly welcomes Dr. Alondra Nelson for the Distinguished Lecture this Thursday, April 3rd, at 7 PM in Kane Hall 120; a real flowering. To note: parking might be tricky, but worth the effort. Her lecture, on the strategic production of ignorance, is free and open to the public. Register here . About the lecture: Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance, and Power In this lecture, Alondra Nelson examines the exercise of power through agnotology?the strategic production of ignorance?drawing on foundational work on how industries manufactured doubt to protect their interests. She introduces ?algorithmic agnotology? to describe how Big Tech and AI companies create knowledge asymmetries through technical obscurantism, selective transparency, and the deliberate framing of AI limitations as mysterious rather than systemic. By contrasting traditional and algorithmic forms of manufactured ignorance, she demonstrates how the ?AI race? accelerates knowledge disparities, with implications that extend beyond technical domains into fundamental questions of democratic governance and digital rights. About the speaker: Dr. Alondra Nelson, a renowned scholar and author, is the Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, where she leads the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab. Author of The Social Life of DNA, she served as Deputy Assistant to President Biden and Acting Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where her work advanced responsible technological development, scientific integrity, and public access to taxpayer-funded research. In 2023, she was named to the inaugural TIME100 list of the most influential people in artificial intelligence and recognized by Nature as one of the ?Ten People Who Shaped Science.? Dr. Nelson also advises governments and global organizations and is a distinguished member of leading scientific and policy academies. Yours[image: Alondra Nelson in front of the American Flag.] Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones, PhD she/they Director of Strategy and Operations Society + Technology at UW Hosted in the Tech Policy Lab www.societyandtechnology.uw.edu email: mmjones@uw.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 31 14:20:40 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 31 14:34:34 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] One week away: "Living in Prognosis" | April First Monday STSS Reading Group | New Time In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW mailing list. Hey everyone, It's spring! And we're one week away from our next First Monday STSS Reading Group, see details below. Note, we've got a new time this quarter, *12:30 -1:25 pm. *Join us for your (online) lunch! Email me directly if you didn't get an invitation. Yours, Monika Sengul-Jones (on behalf of Leah Ceccarelli, STSS Director), co-facilitators, First Monday STSS On Mon, Mar 17, 2025 at 8:43?PM Monika Sengul-Jones wrote: > *Welcome, new members, to the Society + Technology at UW mailing list. * > > Hi everyone, > > An important notification, the *First Monday STSS Reading Group* will be > at a new time this spring: *12:30 -1:25 pm. *Join us for your (online) > lunch! > > Our next host is anthropologist *Lisa Hoffman*, Professor of Urban > Studies at UW Tacoma. Lisa Hoffman chose an article that begins with a > shooting squad. "I am alive, No, you are dead." But the piece, by Stanford > professor Lochlain Jain, is on how *prognosis* -- you have cancer -- > alters the representational space for people living and dying with/of > cancer. 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URL: From ssnet_list at u.washington.edu Mon Mar 31 14:46:36 2025 From: ssnet_list at u.washington.edu (Monika Sengul-Jones via Ssnet_list) Date: Mon Mar 31 14:50:09 2025 Subject: [Ssnet_list] Happening next week | Book Talk | The Pacific Circuit by Alexis Madrigal Message-ID: Hi everyone, I couldn't think of a better teaser for a nonfiction book about the tech industry than Rebecca Solnit calling it "glorious and gripping," so it's a pleasure to let you know that the UW's Digital History Colloquium Series is hosting journalist, author, and Atlantic contributing writer Alexis Madrigal on the Seattle UW campus next Tuesday, April 8 to discuss his new book, The Pacific Circuit. Details below. In many ways, all the spring events I've been sharing (and will share yet) promise to be glorious and gripping (let me take this opportunity to remind you to register for the TPL's Distinguished Lecture with Alondra Nelson this Thursday at 7 pm on AI, ignorance, and power ! Prepare to be gripped!) So I trust you accept my messages as expressions of a commitment to fostering our intellectual community. Do you have an event or announcement you'd like to share on this list? You can send a message to the listserv! And/or cross post your UW event on Society + Technology at UW's calendar using Trumba . Questions? Let me know! I look forward to seeing you all soon. Yours, Monika *UW Digital History Colloquium Series presents:* A book talk by award-winning journalist & broadcaster ALEXIS MADRIGAL *THE PACIFIC CIRCUIT* TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2025 4:00-5:30 P.M. HUB 340 The product of nearly a decade of reporting on the technology industry and the global economy, the Pacific Circuit is a deeply researched work of social and political history and an intimate portrait of an essential American city that has been at the crossroads of the defining themes of the twenty-first century. Join us as Alexis Madrigal speaks about how a logistical revolution that began in Oakland has transformed urban America. *"This glorious, gripping urban history manages to be both close in on the details of local politics, character, and place and panoramic in its survey of what they mean and why they matter and how they connect to the rest of the planet, which is just to say that Oakland is about everything that matters most in this moment and everyone should read the Pacific Circuit." *- Rebecca Solnit CO-SPONSORED BY: THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY HARRY BRIDGES CENTER FOR LABOR STUDIES COLLEGE OF BUILT ENVIRONMENTS https://www.thepacificcircuit.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: