College of Humanities and Social Sciences to Host Conference that will Explore Higher Education in the Internet Age

Panelists will examine the social and humanistic issues raised for education in the digital age

David Theo Goldberg, keynote speaker

Higher education in the Internet age is the focus of a conference to be presented by at William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. on Wednesday, October 29, 2014, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in University Commons Ballroom C.

This is the third annual multidisciplinary conference presented by the University’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The conference, “Digital U,” will explore the questions and opportunities for higher education posed by newly emergent technologies. Panelists will examine the social and humanistic issues raised for education in the digital age; specifically, how the social sciences and humanities must adapt to a world in which the digital experience has changed the way people think about life, art, literature, society, and history.

The event will begin with “Debates in Digital Learning” from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Panelists include Jamie “Skye” Bianco, clinical assistant professor, media, culture and communication, New York University; Bryan Carter, assistant professor, Africana Studies, University of Arizona; and Todd F. Hughes, director, instructional technologies, Vanderbilt University. Stephen Newton, associate professor, English, William Paterson University, will serve as moderator.

David Theo Goldberg, professor of comparative literature, University of California -Irvine, will present the keynote address from 11 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. on “Networking Knowledge and the University to Come: The View from the Humanities and Social Sciences.”

From 2 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., a panel will discuss “Practices in Digital Teaching.” Panelists include Jessie Daniels, professor of public health, sociology and critical psychology, City University of New York (CUNY); Stephen Duncombe, associate professor, The Gallatin School and the Department of Media, Culture and Communications, New York University; and Fiona M. Hollands, associate director and a senior researcher at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Sreevidya Kalaramadam, assistant professor, women’s and gender studies, William Paterson University, will moderate the discussion.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Wartyna Davis, associate dean, College of the Humanities and Social Sciences, William Paterson at DavisW@wpunj.edu-