@annamaed.bsky.social
Director, Humanities Institute, UConn. Believes the humanities teach us to how to connect with . . . . other humans. Currently writing about human-centered AI, the loneliness epidemic, and the history of childhood.
As a scholar of childhood studies, I couldn't resist writing about Miss Huang--capitalism's perfect child. She is strange, sure, but no stranger than our growing impatience with the inefficiency of childhood. #Severance
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The child boss in ‘Severance’ reveals a devastating truth about work and child-rearing in the 21st century
As a child worker, Miss Huang might seem like an uncanny ghost of a bygone era of childhood. But she’s closer to a prophet, warning viewers about what a work-obsessed future holds.
theconversation.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
As a scholar of childhood studies, I couldn't resist writing about Miss Huang--capitalism's perfect child. She is strange, sure, but no stranger than our growing impatience with the inefficiency of childhood. #Severance
theconversation.com/the-child-bo...
theconversation.com/the-child-bo...
At UConn's Humanities Institute, we've been focusing on on the loneliness epidemic and Human Centered-AI. So I thought I'd bring both halves of my brain together and think about how relationships with AI companions are part of a larger shift in how we as a society are defining love.
Teenagers turning to AI companions are redefining love as easy, unconditional and always there
Young people have led makeovers of the concept of love before. But relationships with AI chatbots leave out the compromises and effort of real relationships.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At UConn's Humanities Institute, we've been focusing on on the loneliness epidemic and Human Centered-AI. So I thought I'd bring both halves of my brain together and think about how relationships with AI companions are part of a larger shift in how we as a society are defining love.
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“Black History Month existed long before presidents endorsed it, and it will continue, even if presidents do not,” said Martha Jones, a professor of history and a presidential scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
Amid Trump’s Anti-Diversity Effort, Black History Month Takes on New Meaning
Feb. 1 marks the first day of Black History Month, and suddenly the study of the Black experience may feel like an act of defiance.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Black History Month existed long before presidents endorsed it, and it will continue, even if presidents do not,” said Martha Jones, a professor of history and a presidential scholar at Johns Hopkins University.
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Meals on Wheels America spox on OMB pause:
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"the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."
January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Meals on Wheels America spox on OMB pause:
"the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."
"the uncertainty right now is creating chaos for local Meals on Wheels providers not knowing whether they should be serving meals today. Which unfortunately means seniors will panic not knowing where their next meals will come from."
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November 11, 2024 at 9:10 PM