Vivek Venkatesh is an Associate Dean of Academic
Programs and Development at the School of Graduate Studies and an
Associate Professor in the Department of Education at Concordia
University in Montreal, Canada. His research publications traverse
the areas of learning sciences, the impact of social media on
online learning, extreme metal music scenes and the integration of
information and communication technologies in university settings.
He is a member of several interdisciplinary and multi-institutional
research initiatives which have been funded at the provincial and
federal levels.
Jason J. Wallin is an Associate Professor of Media
and Youth Culture in Curriculum in the Faculty of Education at the
University of Alberta, Canada, where he teaches courses in visual
art, media studies and cultural curriculum theory. He is the author
of A Deleuzian Approach to Curriculum: Essays on a Pedagogical Life
(Palgrave Macmillan), co-author of Arts-Based Research: A Critique
and Proposal (with jan jagodzinski, Sense Publishers), and
co-editor of Deleuze, Guattari, Politics and Education (with Matt
Carlin, Bloomsbury). Jason is assistant editor for the Journal of
Curriculum and Pedagogy (Routledge) and reviews editor for Deleuze
Studies (Edinburgh University Press).
Juan Carlos Castro is an Assistant Professor of
Art Education at Concordia University in Montreal. His research
focuses on the dynamics and qualities of knowing, learning and
teaching art through new and social media as understood through
complexity thinking and network theory. His current research
examines how mobile media coupled with creative production networks
knowledge in urban environments to create educational and civic
engagement with teens and young adults. Prior to joining the
faculty at Concordia University, Juan has taught at the University
of Illinois, the University of British Columbia, Johns Hopkins
University, the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Burren
College of Art. Juan is a National Board Certified Teacher and
taught at Towson High School in Maryland. As a high school teacher,
Castro's teaching and curriculum was awarded a Coca-Cola Foundation
Distinguished Teacher in the Arts from the National Foundation for
the Advancement in the Arts and twice awarded with a U.S.
Presidential Scholars Teacher Recognition Award.
Jason Edward Lewis is a digital media artist, poet
and software designer. He founded Obx Laboratory for Experimental
Media, where he directs research/creation projects devising new
means of creating and reading digital texts, developing systems for
creative use of mobile technology and using virtual environments to
assist Aboriginal communities in preserving, interpreting and
communicating cultural histories. He co-founded the Aboriginal
Territories in Cyberspace research network that is investigating
how Native people participate in the shaping of our digital media
future. Lewis is committed to developing intriguing new forms of
expression by working on conceptual, creative and technical levels
simultaneously. His creative work has been featured at the Ars
Electronica Center, ISEA, SIGGRAPH, Urban Screens and Mobilefest,
his writing about new media at conferences, festivals and
exhibitions on four continents and his work has won awards at the
Ars Electronica and imagineNative festivals. He is currently
Program Director & Associate Professor of Computation Arts at
Concordia University in Montreal.
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