Professor Janine Barchas, University of Texas “DIGITIZING THE EPHEMERAL: RECONSTRUCTING MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS ATTENDED BY JANE AUSTEN” Wednesday, April 19, 2017 4:30 PM USDAN 108 Professor Barchas will take us through the making of a major digital humanities project, the digital gallery What Jane Saw, which offers a room-by-room reconstruction of two public … Read more
Visualizing Knowledge Exhibition |Spring 2017 In May, Wesleyan is holding its first student exhibition to showcase examples of visual knowledge and data visualization from across the campus. If part of your work in class, in your research or thesis–or anywhere–involves knowledge visualization, this is an opportunity for you to share what you do and see … Read more
Professor Matthew L. Jockers, University of Nebraska Thursday, March 2 4:30 PM Russell House Refreshments provided In a New Yorker article in 2014, Joshua Rothman asks, provocatively and rhetorically: “If you’re an English professor, how should you spend your time: producing [close] ‘readings’ of the literary works that you care about (art), or looking for … Read more
Andrew B. Tran Monday 2/13, 4:30 PM, Allbritton 103 Snacks and refreshments will be available Increasingly, journalists are turning to tools that were once solely the domain of data analysts and computer scientists to create compelling visualizations and enhance their storytelling. Newsrooms are using accessible technology to process big and open data to assist in … Read more
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 4:30 P.M. RUSSELL HOUSE BRYCE J. DIETRICH Assistant Professor of Political Science and Sociology University of Iowa Do men talk over women even in elite settings? Whether it is the corporate board room or the kitchen table, gender dynamics affect the way men and women talk to one another. One would hope … Read more
Friday, April 15th at 12pm in Downey House 113. In wealthy nations, novel sources of “big data” from the internet and social media are creating new opportunities for commercial profit, enabling new approaches to social science research, and inspiring new perspectives on public policy. In developing economies, however, fewer sources of robust data exist, and … Read more
Thursday, March 24th at 4:30pm in Russell House Why do Presidents “go public”? We use novel natural experiments, social media data, and extensive news analysis to show that Presidents have little direct effect on public opinion when they appeal to the public. Rather, we argue, Presidents go public to signal to Congress that an issue … Read more
Tuesday, December 15th at 4:15 in Allbritton 311 Classes will be but a memory, a bit of grit for your pearls of winter productivity. There will be nice snacks and cocktails of course, rye and gin, maraschino and lemon where they’re meant to be. We’ll be there to hear about (and see) some of the diverse … Read more
At 4:30 on Wednesday November 4th, in 41 Wyllys, Room 112 In cooperation with the Allbritton Center, the Digital and Computational Knowledge Initiative (DACKI) is pleased to be bringing Matt Daniels to Wesleyan next week to give a talk Wednesday and then to meet with students in classes and small groups on Thursday. He is … Read more
