Diverse Perspectives Series

Diverse Perspectives Series

2026 Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design Speaker Series 

To paraphrase James Baldwin, nothing can be changed until it is faced. This is certainly true of the inequities that have historically shaped digital media content, fields, and careers. Join UConn’s Digital Media & Design department in welcoming industry professionals, artists, and media scholars from the film, design, cultural, game, and other sectors to discuss how issues of equity manifest in their work, creative processes, and professions, allowing us to reflect on how our own practice can support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion.

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Now in its fourth year, the Diverse Perspectives in Digital Media & Design series is supported by a 3-credit course of the same name taught by Professor Clarissa Ceglio. Through readings, films, and other works created by and/or recommended by the series’ speakers, students examine the ways in which digital media works, practices, and professional fields perpetuate racism, sexism, classism, ageism, and other forms of oppression. By meeting and talking with contemporary practitioners who are challenging and changing the status quo, students reflect on how they can support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in their future spaces of work.

Past Series

This is the fourth year of the DP series. Check out the previous three years' series!:

 

2026 Series Events Schedule

Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 5:30 PM EST
5:30 PM EST
Doing Civic Data Design
Rahul Bhargava, Director of the Data Culture Group and Assistant Professor in Journalism and Art + Design at Northeastern University
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