AREAS OF INQUIRY
Communication • Philosophy • Systems
Documentation & Information Sciences
Science, Tech, Engineering, Art, & Math
STEAM+ Medicine & Environment

RESEARCH
Curation; Document Analysis; Pattern Recognition; Radial Category Analysis

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
LIFE: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry. (2023). Intellect/University of Chicago Press.
System dynamics, machine learning and structural validation. (2023). In LIFE.
Metaliving. (2023). In LIFE. Intellect/UChicago Press
Exhibition • Experience • Nature. (2023). In LIFE. Intellect/UChicago Press.
• A philosophy of systems futures. ISSS, Kruger National Park, June 20, 2023.
Building more robust system dynamics models through validation. (2022). System Dynamics Society.
Information and communication. IAMCR @ ICA, May 27, 2021.
MEDIA: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry. (2021). Intellect/University of Chicago Press.
Metamedia. (2021). In MEDIA. Intellect/UChicago Press.
Exhibition • Experience • Music. (2021). In MEDIA. Intellect/UChicago Press.
• Macroscale transcriptional network. University of Oxford, September 23, 2019.
Philosophy of technology: Who is in the saddle? (2019). Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.
• Towards a philosophy of language and machine learning. ISSS, OSU, June 30, 2019.
• Civic media repair: Participation, collaboration, cooperation. Euricom, June 2, 2018.
Tom Wheeler research presentation. School of Journalism and Communication, 2017.
Mark Johnson: Language and embodied mind. SOJC, 2016.
• Scanning, mapping, modeling, and feedback. iLRN, November 21, 2014.
Interview with Mark L. Johnson. (2011). Figure/Ground via ResearchGate.
Introduction: From medium to metamedia. (2011).  HASTAC.
The neuroscience of thought and language. UO Philosophy Colloquium, May 27, 2011.
How does internetworking work? (Talk at metaphi.) (2010). requiem for certainty.

WHAT IS…? SERIES CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS
Media Conference & Habitats Exhibition (2016)
Life Conference & Lifeworlds Exhibition (2017)
Universe Conference & Multiverse Exhibition (2018)
Technology Conference & Patterns Exhibition (2019)
Information Cyberconference & Networks Exhibiton (2020)
Communication Speaker Series & Virtual Screening (2021)
Experience (2022 • 2023 • 2024)

IAMCR | International Association for Media and Communication Research
Reimagining Sustainability: Communication & Media Research in a Changing World (2018)
Ecomedia Arts Festival (2018)
Reimagining Environmental Sustainability for the Academic Conference (2018)

NEWS
The Systemic Designer — Confluences of Systemic Design (October 11, 2024)
Spotlight Books: Intellect & IAMCR 2024 (June 30, 2024)
Oregon Quarterly: Faculty Books (March 25, 2024)
SOJC Research Newsletter: Winter 2024 (March 20, 2024)
Intellect News – LIFE: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry (Worldwide) (February 16, 2024)
Intellect News – LIFE: A Transdisciplinary Inquiry (UK and Europe) (January 16, 2024)
SOJC Research Newsletter: Fall 2023 (November 30, 2023)
Years of Disney Research Takes on the Media Giant’s Impact (October 31, 2023)
International Communication Association Fellows Class of 2023 (May 27, 2023)
2021 Yearbook School of Journalism and Communication: SOJC Community (Dec. 2021)
Rethinking Borders & Boundaries: Beyond the Global/Local Dichotomy in Comm Studies (May 27, 2021)
People Notes: Fordham News (May 12, 2021)
Intellect is attending the International Communication Association 2021 virtual conference (May 2021)
UOWGS: What is Communication? Seminar (April 20, 2021)
IAMCR is co-sponsoring the eleventh annual “What is…?” (April 2021)
Join us in celebrating the publication of Media (Jan. 29, 2021)
Teorías de la Comunicación y Metodología (Jan. 19, 2021)
2020 Yearbook School of Journalism and Communication: SOJC Events (Dec. 2020)
Arguments are Tied to our Embodiment in the World and Metaphors Shape our Perspectives (Oct. 29, 2020)
Medientheorie: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien: Coming up next (Sept. 29, 2020)
Adapting to the Times (May 28, 2020)
SOJC’s “What Is Information?” Conference (April 30, 2020)
Annual ‘What Is’ conference explores information (April 28, 2020)
Employee awards, honors and accolades for summer term 2019 (September 2, 2019)
Oregon Reality Lab at UO Portland (August 4, 2019)
Professor Janet Wasko wins Convention Leadership Award (July 18, 2019)
IAMCR – 2019 Eugene, Cascades & Coast Convention Leadership Award (June 5, 2019)
The Ecomedia/sphere: Technology as Ecomedia (May 2, 2019)
Science & Technology Outreach: What is Technology? (April 16, 2019)
SOLD OUT – Experience: What is Technology? (April 13, 2019)
‘What is Technology?’ conference examines interaction between practical arts and tools (April 9, 2019)
What Is? Conference Explores Technology (March 2019)
Pattern Recognition as Bridge Building across Disciplinary Boundaries (Jan. 5, 2019)
SOJC Hosts International Communication Research Conference (Dec. 2018)
UO School of Journalism and Communication Yearbook: Events at the SOJC: IAMCR 2018 (2018)
Thanks from the LOC [Local Organizing Committee] of IAMCR 2018 (2018)
Major Research Conference Bringing 1,000 to Campus (June 11, 2018)
Portland Conference Delves into Communication Networks (April 13, 2018)
What is Media? – Royal College of Art Research Online (Dec. 18, 2017)
SOJC faculty, students and alumni take ICA conference by storm (May 25, 2017)
Conference Delves into How Media Permeates Everyday Life (March 20, 2017)
SOJC Faculty’s Tips for Spotting Fake News (Feb. 15, 2017)
SOJC panel weighs Freedom of Information Act’s Legacy on its 50th Anniversary (May 13, 2016)
John Markoff Tackles Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Journalism (May 3, 2016)
‘What Is Media?’ Conference Goes International and Interdisciplinary (April 25, 2016)
Futurist Amber Case Advocates for ‘Calm Technology’ and Less Interruptions (April 20, 2016)
Habitats 2016 at the U of O Portland (April 9, 2016)
Portland Conference Explores the Changing Role of Media (April 8, 2016)
Robots Among Us (February 1, 2016)