<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div>Max <br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Twanna Hodge</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:tkhodge20@gmail.com">tkhodge20@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 7:55 AM<br>Subject: [REFORMANET] DDVS March 1st- registration open!<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div>FYI! <br><br><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Miriam Sweeney</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:mesweeney1@ua.edu" target="_blank">mesweeney1@ua.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 5:54 PM<br>Subject: DDVS March 1st- registration open!<br>To:<br></div><br><br><div>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">I’m happy to announce that the<span><b> </b></span><b>registration to attend the Discerning Diverse Voices Symposium on March 1<sup>st</sup><span> </span>is
now open.<span> </span></b>This event is<span> </span><b>FREE to attend</b><span> </span>and<span> </span><b>HYBRID<span> </span></b>(offered
both online and in person) to promote inclusive opportunities for attendance. If you plan to attend in either modality, please<span> </span><a href="https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuzDhHkliUZzy86" title="https://universityofalabama.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cuzDhHkliUZzy86" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">register
here</span></a>, or follow the<span> </span><a href="https://cis.ua.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-cis/discerning-diverse-voices-symposium-on-diversity/" title="https://cis.ua.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-cis/discerning-diverse-voices-symposium-on-diversity/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">link
on our website</span></a> where you can find more information about the conference, including registration information.<span> </span><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Theme:</span></b><span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"> </span></i></span><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Under Observation: The Conditions of “Being
Seen</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">”</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">This year’s theme invites participants to engage with the politics, mechanisms, and modalities of visibility/invisibility as they relate to diversity (broadly defined) in the modern information, communication and
media landscapes. We have an exciting mix of papers and pre-constituted panels that explore different aspects of this theme and broadly connect across disciplines related to information, communication, library science, media studies, and advertising/public
relations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Keynote Speaker: Dr. Melissa Villa-Nicholas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">We are excited to announce<span> </span><a href="https://www.melissavillanicholas.net/" title="https://www.melissavillanicholas.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">Dr. Melissa Villa-Nicholas</span></a><span> </span>(University
of Rhode Island) as our esteemed keynote speaker. Her talk,<span> </span></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Data Borders: How Silicon Valley is Building an Industry
to “Know” Immigrants</span></i><span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black;background:white">investigates the emerging state of borderland technology
that brings all people into an intimate place of surveillance where data resides and defines inclusion and exclusion to citizenship. Dr. Villa-Nicholas is the author of<span> </span><i><a href="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/latinas-on-the-line/9781978813717" title="https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/latinas-on-the-line/9781978813717" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">Latinas
On the Line: Invisible Labor in Telecommunications</span></a></i><span> </span>(2022) and<span> </span><i><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520386075/data-borders" title="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520386075/data-borders" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">Data
Borders: How Silicon Valley is Building and Industry Around Immigrant Data</span></a></i><span> </span>(2023). The keynote will take place from 11:00am- 12:30pm CST.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">As mentioned, the symposium is a hybrid event this year. This means that all paper and panel sessions, including the keynote, will be meeting face-to-face at in the UA Student Center Meeting rooms, and will simultaneously
be streamed online for participation remotely. You may attend these events in either modality (or mix and match!), but you will need to register online for the symposium to receive the your virtual login information and instructions to access the event site.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">For those folks on campus, we will be exhibiting research posters all day at the symposium with a poster session held to provide an opportunity for mingling with the presenters. This is the only fully face-to-face
part of the activities, and I hope that folks on campus can fully take advantage of this.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Please refer to the<span> </span><a href="https://cis.ua.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-cis/discerning-diverse-voices-symposium-on-diversity/" title="https://cis.ua.edu/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-cis/discerning-diverse-voices-symposium-on-diversity/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0078d7">website</span></a><span> </span>for
details of the conference, information about accessibility, and the full program schedule (to be shared soon).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Please share this announcement widely! We look forward to seeing you all there!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#212121">Miriam Sweeney (Symposium Co-chair, with Alyx Vesey)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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