Jasmine McNealy Named Director of UFCJC Infrastructure for Communities, Ecology for Data (ICED) Hub
Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Media Production, Management, and Technology professor, has been named the director of the Infrastructure for Communities, Ecology for Data (ICED) Hub.
The ICED Hub, which McNealy founded as ICED Labs in February 2024, will investigate the infrastructure and ecology connected with emerging and deployed technology. The hub will explore failures and impact and the implications of actions for organizations, governments and the private sector focused on technology, policy, governance, data and ethics. The hub will build cross-disciplinary collaborations, particularly with faculty and students in geography, strategic communication, law, bioethics, computer science and engineering, and information studies.
In her new role, McNealy will serve as a scholarly and public thought leader on infrastructure and ecology connected with technology, sharing data and insights through academic and professional publications. She will also be responsible for pursuing extramural funding, participating in media interviews, reaching out to the professional community and promoting the hub’s work through various platforms.
Current projects include:
- Rural x AI: An investigation into the implications of artificial intelligence within the context of rural communities.
- Infrastructure for Influencing: An investigation into how users attempt to circumvent algorithmic regulation on social media sites.
- Critical Conversations: An examination of factors influencing student success in engineering doctoral programs.
Participants in the hub currently include UFCJC graduate students Samuel Arowosafe and Xiaotong Yu, engineering undergraduates Geremy Macedo and Allie Montiague, and law student Danielle Arnwine.
Posted: August 29, 2024
Category: College News
Tagged as: ICED Hub, Jasmine McNealy, MPMT, Samuel Arowosafe, Xiaotong Yu
