Events and Workshops
Recurring Events
- 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 4-5, 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 6-7, 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 5-6, 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 7-8, 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.
- Lunch and Learn Workshop Part I & II: Intro to Mixed Methods in Communication Research and Using MaxQDA, February 2024
- This event was co-hosted with the Lender Center for Social Justice by Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian, Nausheen Husain and Shannon Burth. In this two part workshop series, we explored the importance of mixed methods research with hands-on experience in developing research questions, applying theory, and using MAXQDA as an analytical tool.
- Chai with Srivi: Episode 9, February 2024
- Video interview with Dr. Catherine Steele Professor at University of Maryland and director of the Black Communication Technology Lab and the Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies.
- Critical Media Literacy Workshop, February 2024
- As part of the Write2Vote workshop series, Srivi Ramasubramanian hosted a workshop on critical media literacy and inclusive pedagogical practices for instructors. It connected instructors interested in civic engagement to find ways to connect media literacy to social justice through community-engaged projects, while also offering strategies to lead difficult dialogues within the classrooms.
Book Publishing Workshop, March 2024
- Dr. David Oh (Associate Professor of Communication at Syracuse Newhouse) hosted a workshop on the “ins and outs” of book publishing. In this informal talk, Oh shared his personal experiences with book publishing, sample materials to submit, and a brief overview of different publishing houses.
Private Screening of the Short Film, Contractions, March 2024
- Experimental documentary film maker Lynne Sachs had a private screening of her new short film, Contractions, which focuses on the discontinuation of abortion services at a women’s health clinic in Memphis, TN. The screening was followed with an intimate conversation with the filmmaker and attendees, where they were able to ask questions about filming/editing techniques, experiences filming, and directorial decisions.
Chai with Srivi: Episode 10, March 2024
- Video interview with experimental documentary filmmaker, Lynne Sachs.
Write-a-thon Session, March 2024
- Day-long writing session open to faculty and graduate students to help facilitate a supportive and productive writing environment.
Data Justice: Authenticity, Agency, and Advocacy, March 2024
- By Srivi Ramasubramanian, this workshop took a critical decolonial lens to discuss the role of data as a tool for social justice. Through the 3A’s – Authenticity, Agency, and Advocacy – in how data are conceptualized, accessed, evaluated, and shared, attendees considered their own research projects and positionality.
2nd Annual CODE^SHIFT Research Symposium- Othered Immigrants: Inclusive Storytelling for Well-Being, Advocacy, and Counternarratives, April 2024On April 5th, CODE^SHIFT welcomed 14 scholars from various universities across the country. We had four panel sessions, where scholars shared scholarship about immigration, immigrant identities, stereotypes, narratives, and their own lived experiences. Between the four panel sessions, Syracuse University studies participated in a research poster session. See here for more information.
Chai with Srivi: Episode 11, April 2024
- Video interview Hua Wang, Professor of Communication and Affiliated Faculty of Community Health and Health Behavior at the University at Buffalo, and Yea-Wen Chen, Professor and Director of Graduate studies in the School of Communication at San Diego State University.
Chai with Srivi: Episode 12, April 2024
- Video interview with Iccha Basnyat, Associate Professor of Global Health Communication in the Global Affairs Program with a joint appointment in the Department of Communication at George Mason University and Muhammed Ittefaq, Assistant Professor in the School of Communication Studies at James Madison University.
2nd Anniversary and Annual CODE^SHIFT Graduation, May 2024
- We celebrated our second-year anniversary of our lab and the graduation of our seniors and graduate students.
