New Media & Culture Annual Lecture

The New Media & Culture Annual Lecture is an opportunity for graduate students and faculty from across campus to gather and engage with cutting-edge scholarship from scholars working at the intersections of technology and culture.


Dr. Lindsay Poirier wearing a white blouse, looking directly at the camera

AY 2024-2025: Dr. Lindsay Poirier

NMCC is delighted to welcome Dr. Lindsay Poirier from Smith College as our annual lecturer for the 2024-2025 academic year. Dr. Poirier is a cultural anthropologist of data advocacy, governance and infrastructure, whose work has been featured in The American Journal of Public Health, Data Science Journal, Big Data & Society, and several other venues.


Past Annual Lectures

AY 2023-2024: Aimée Morrison, University of Waterloo

AY 2022-2023: Autumn Womack, Princeton University

AY 2021-2022: André L. Brock, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology

AY 2019-2020: Geoffrey Winthrop-Young, The University of British Columbia (cancelled due to covid)

AY 2018-2019: Mike Ananny, University of Southern California

AY 2017-2018: Melissa Gregg, Intel Inc., Principle Engineer & Director of Smart Home Research