Jason Ludwig, a film and media-studies professor at UC Santa Barbara who has researched the digitization of education, told The Examiner “there is every reason to believe that Amira is capable of improving literacy-instruction outcomes.” But he said that at the same time, much of the results “depend on how [Amira] is implemented” and how … Continued
This special issue of Media Fields is an archive and critical distillation of the work presented at the Media Inside Out conference (April 2024) honoring the distinguished careers of Constance Penley, Janet Walker, and Charles Wolfe. The Media Fields research collective formed at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2007 to advance scholarship on … Continued
Professor Lisa Parks was invited to participate on a keynote panel during Digital Learning Week at UNESCO in Paris on September 4, 2025. The week of events brought ministers of education, corporate executives, scholars, and tech developers together to discuss “AI and the Future of Education.” Parks’ panel, “Challenging automated inequalities: Co-creating equitable learning futures … Continued
By Debra Herrick, UCSB’s ’The Current’ Tue Sep 23, 2025 On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, UC Santa Barbara assistant professor Mona Damluji wrote a poem to her daughters to explain why they cannot return to the places their ancestors once called home. That text has now become “I Want You … Continued
By Sally Shapiro When UC Santa Barbara professor Mona Damluji finished her first children’s book, “Together,” she imagined a parent sitting down with their child, opening the book, and reading her words aloud— filling the room with unity and action. “It’s something that enters someone’s home or a classroom, and it becomes part of a … Continued
Wendy is one of the Producers and has been with this project for 10 years!!!!! The film follows the incredible journey of Cara Yar Khan, a disability rights advocate, as she undertakes a courageous expedition through the Grand Canyon. It highlights themes of perseverance, inclusion, and advocacy. Wendy’s executive producers, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, joined … Continued
James McNamara‘s series The Artful Dodger, has been nominated for an incredible 7 AACTA Awards including Best Drama Series, Best Casting in Television, Best Costume Design in Television, Best Editing in Television, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Original Score and Best Production Design in Television.
This week on INSIDE THE ARTHOUSE, we discuss the One Hundred Year anniversary of Arthouse film with professor, historian, author and Academy Film Scholar, Ross Melnick. Join us for a lively conversation about the amazing history of arthouse film: Where it started, how far it’s come, and where is it today. Greg Laemmle, CEO of … Continued
There’s a set of childhood memories that UC Santa Barbara film and media studies professor Cristina Venegas returns to once in a while, recollections that stand out because of their peculiar nature. “I have memories of being a child in Montería, which is an interesting city, and it’s on the banks of the Sinú river,” … Continued
Organized by graduate students at USC, “Infrastructure and Abstraction” is a conference that explores the tensions between what is considered “concrete” and “abstract” within the infrastructural turn of media studies. It features papers and talks on a wide range of media objects and sites of mediation, presented by both emerging and established scholars, including UCSB … Continued