NJCEA 46th Annual Conference

For time immemorial, human beings have reached out to the world with words, hoping to connect and communicate, hoping to import both information and meaning to those on the receiving end of an intended message. But in a world where the machine can do some things more effectively and efficiently, how do we now reckon with the art and science of writing? If we know that care and community are critical to how we learn, what is the future for learning and education, in a world written (in part) by machines trained on our own human output? This interactive talk will engage participants in both pedagogical strategies and resources as we face an increasingly automated world, while opening up further reflection on “socially just care” in both writing and community.

Mia Zamora, Ph.D. is Professor of English and the Director of the MA in Writing Studies Program at Kean University in Union, NJ.  Mia Zamora is a digital humanist and a scholar of electronic literature. Zamora's commitment to equity, digital literacies, and intercultural understanding is clear in both her public scholarship and leadership work.  Zamora is a Fulbright scholar of Digital Culture (Bergen, Norway), and her recent research focuses on socially just care and “intentionally equitable hospitality” (IEH). She has founded the global learning networks Equity Unbound (#unboundeq) and Networked Narratives (#netnarr).