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Digital Media and Community Initiative

Creating community and Training for Researchers at the intersection of Black Culture and Digital Studies The Digital Media and Community (Run:\DM.C) initiative brings African American and digital studies together to expand upon both fields. It makes digital studies more inclusive of African American inquiry and culture and enriches African American studies research with new methods, […]

Run:\DM.C hosts inaugural event, “Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter”

Black Twitter Event Photo

On August 29, 2024, the Digital Media and Community Initiative (Run: DM.C) hosted its inaugural event, Politics, Movement, and Joy: A Meditation on Black Twitter, to celebrate the Hulu documentary series Black Twitter. Panelists included Arizona State’s Sarah Florini, Washington University in St. Louis’ Raven Maragh-Lloyd, and Hulu documentary participant Georgia Institute of Technology’s André […]

Mellon AFAM Scholars Program

Developing Culturally Competent Leaders for the Future The African American Studies (AFAM) Program at the University of Florida provides students with a high-quality education delivered by faculty who are experts in their fields. It provides students with a variety of innovative courses by applying creative cultural methods of teaching while examining the African American experience. […]

Dr. Winstead to Present at the 2024 DISCO Summit

Dr. Kevin Winstead will be a featured panelist for the Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism (DISCO) Network’s DISCO Summit 2024. The Summit is a two-day interdisciplinary summer symposium about digital social inequalities, celebrating the network’s third year.  Dr. Winstead is a former fellow under Dr. André Brock’s Project on Rhetorics, Equity, Access, and Computational Humanities […]

Dr. Kevin Winstead receives funding for Run:\DM.C initiative

The Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism (DISCO) Network awards African American Studies and Sociology Assistant Professor of Critical Media and AI Studies professor Dr. Kevin C. Winstead $20,000 to fund the Run:/DM.C initiative. The Run:/Digital Media and Community (Run:/DM.C) initiative at the University of Florida is being constituted with a mission of fostering a community […]