The Center for Information Society Studies presents the first in its Research Seminar Series, Spring 2001.
T. L. Taylor
Assistant Professor, NC State University, Department of Communication and
affiliated faculty member, Women's and Gender Studies Program
"Intentional Bodies:
Lunch will be provided for faculty. If faculty wish to bring 1-2
students, we can provide lunches for them as well. Please see below to
register and request a box lunch.
To register and reserve a box lunch, please contact Beth Cassedy at
beth_cassedy@ncsu.edu and indicate
name and dept., if you want a box lunch and if you prefer turkey, chicken salad, roast beef,
or vegetarian. The deadline for
lunch reservations is Wednesday, February 7th.
Virtual Environments and the Designers Who Shape
Them"
Friday, February 9th, 12:00pm-1:30pm
Caldwell Hall, M-8
NC State University
About Dr. T. L. Taylor
Dr. Taylor teaches courses on the media and Internet. She holds sociology
degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (B.A., '90) and
Brandeis University (M.A., '97 and Ph.D., '00). Her work focuses on the
Internet and new media, and her recent research is an in-depth study of
the nature of the body in virtual environments. The experience of users,
as well as the role software and design play in the creation of
computer-mediated communication spaces have both been central to her
work. Her article, "Life in Virtual Worlds: Plural existence,
multimodalities, and other online research challenges," (American
Behavioral Scientist, November 1999) grew out of her experience as an
"online ethnographer." Her home page is located at
http://social.chass.ncsu.edu/~ttaylor/research/