Department Speaker Series: Safiya Noble - UCLA
2026-02-26 11:00 - 12:15 (America/Los_Angeles) | Comm Conference Room – Rolfe 2303
Data In Society, Not Data As Society
The landscape of information is rapidly shifting as new imperatives and demands push to the fore increasing investment in digital technologies. Yet, critical information scholars continue to demonstrate how digital technology and its narratives are shaped by and infused with values that are not impartial. Technologies consist of a set of social practices, situated within the dynamics of race, gender, class, and politics, and in the service of something — a position, a profit motive, a means to an end. In this talk, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble will discuss her book, Algorithms of Oppression, and delve into issues ranging from marginalization and misrepresentation in commercial information platforms like Google search, to the profound power struggles that violate civil, human, and collective rights through AI and machine learning projects.
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Safiya U. Noble is the David O. Sears Presidential Endowed Chair of Social Sciences and Professor of Gender Studies, African American Studies, and Information Studies at UCLA.

Department Speaker Series: Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook - UC Merced
2026-04-09 11:00 - 12:15 | Comm Conference Room – Rolfe 2303

Natalie Kahn Speaker Series: Sol Hart - University of Michigan
2026-04-16 11:00 - 12:15 | Comm Conference Room – Rolfe 2303

50th Anniversary Celebration of UCLA Communication
2026-04-17 17:00 - 21:00
Save the date for our second installment of the 50th anniversary celebration of Communication at UCLA! We will have several speakers from our history and a reception. Details to come!

LaGina Gause, UCSD
2026-04-21 14:15 - 16:00 | Rolfe 2125

Department Speaker Series: Nancy Molina-Rogers - UCLA
2026-04-30 11:00 - 12:15 | Comm Conference Room – Rolfe 2303

Department Speaker Series: David Reby, University of Saint Etienne, France
2026-05-21 11:00 - 12:15
Beyond speech: Exploring diversity in the human voice

Jennifer Merolla, UCR
2026-05-21 14:15 - 16:00 | Rolfe 2125

Department Speaker Series: Eloise Pedersen - USC
2026-10-08 11:00 - 12:15
Who Should I Ape? Simultaneous Conflicting Social Learning Strategies in Children and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)
