Urbana Campus Research Calendar (OVCRI)

The Institute of Communications Research will present a Distinguished Speaker Series this spring, showcasing some of the most renowned scholars in the fields of communication and media studies. 

"The Other Side of the Smart Phone: MEMS Sensors and the Tiny Matters of Mediation"

Presented by Lisa Parks, Distinguished Professor of Media Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, director of the Global Media Technologies and Cultures Lab, and author of Media Backends (University of Illinois Press).

This talk is co-sponsored by the Humanities Research Institute.