1st International Conference Acknowledgments
HASTAC would like to acknowledge the generous support of our sponsors and the extraordinary effort of those who made possible our first international conference.
Sponsors: Duke University
Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Office of Information Technology, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies, Program in Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS), Nasher Museum of Art, Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies, School of Nursing, Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Mathematics, and Applied Sciences (FCIEMAS).
Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Conference Committee:
Cathy N. Davidson, Chair
Jonathan E. Tarr: HASTAC Project Manager
Nihad Farooq: Conference Session and Panel Coordinator
Erin Ennis, HASTAC Conference Special Assistant
Pamela Gutlon: Site Consultant
Mark Olson: Director of New Media and Information Technology
Brett Walters: HASTAC Webmaster
Jason Doty: Graphic Designer
Harry Halpin: Demo/Exhibits Support
Program Selection Committee: Interface Seminar, John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute,
Duke University. Co-conveners, Tim Lenoir (Kimberly Jenkins Chair in New Technologies and Society) and Priscilla Wald (English).
Members: Anne Allison (Cultural Anthropology), Rachael Brady (Visualization Technology Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering), Cathy N. Davidson (Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies), Guven Guzeldere (Philosophy, Linguistics, Neurobiology, Psychology, and Neuroscience), Orit Halpern (Postdoctoral Fellow, Historical Studies), Andrew Janiak (Philosophy), Harry Halpin (Philosophy and Computer Science), David Liu (Religion), Marilyn Lombardi (Office of Information Technology), Paolo Mangiafico (Digital Projects, Perkins Library), Robert Mitchell (English), Mark Olson (New Media and Information Technology, John Hope Franklin Center), Jennifer Rhee (Literature), Mitali Routh (Art, Art History and Visual Studies), and Kristine Stiles (Art, Art History and Visual Studies).
Special thanks to the Franklin Humanities Institute: Grant Samuelsen, Associate Director; Christina Chia, Assistant Director for Communications; and Robin Geller, Program Coordinator, and to the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.
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“Electronic Techtonics: Thinking at the Interface” is part of the HASTAC In|Formation Year, a collaboration by over eighty centers, institutes, universities, libraries, and museums. The In|Formation Year is exploring the humane and humanistic dimensions of technology and introducing an array of new technological innovations. Please see www.hastac.org for a list of all people and institutions who made this year possible as well as for free, downloadable archives of the year’s broadcasts. We offer special thanks to the following site leaders and institutions: Anne Balsamo (USC), Ruzena Bajcsy (UC Berkeley), Allison Clark (UIUC), Cathy N. Davidson (Duke), David Theo Goldberg (UCHRI), Daniel Herwitz (Michigan), Julie Thompson Klein (Wayne State), Henry Lowood (Stanford), Tara McPherson (USC), Katherine Mezure (Mills College), Thomas MacCalla (National), and Kathleen Woodward (Washington).
