Curriculum Vitae
A career across institutions, ideas, and public life.
Executive leadership, scholarship, teaching, service, books, research, and public engagement.
Academic & Executive Leadership
Vice Provost for Faculty Development, Pathways & Public Interest Technology
New York University
Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
Board President
Data & Society Research Institute
Center for Critical Race + Digital Studies
Interdisciplinary scholarship, convening, and field building.
Selected Books & Reports
AI & The Dream of Freedom
Bloomsbury · Publisher-approved publication details and artwork to follow.
Black Software
The Internet and Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter · Oxford University Press.
Beyond the Hashtags
With Deen Freelon and Meredith D. Clark · Center for Media & Social Impact.
Race Appeal
With Stephen M. Caliendo · Temple University Press.
Selected Research & Public Work
Algorithmic Discrimination: A Grounded Conceptualization
M. Bui, C. McIlwain, S. Olojo, and H. C. H. Chang · Information, Communication & Society, 1–19.
#CommunicationSoWhite
Paula Chakravartty, Victoria Grubbs, Rachel Kuo, and Charlton D. McIlwain · Journal of Communication, 68(2), 254–266.
Racial Formation, Inequality and the Political Economy of Web Traffic
Charlton D. McIlwain · Information, Communication & Society, 20(7), 1073–1089.
Quantifying the Power and Consequences of Social Media Protest
Deen Freelon, Charlton D. McIlwain, and M. Clark · New Media & Society, 18(10), 2359–2378.
Governing Generative AI in Higher Education
Research and institutional work focused on accountability, inclusion, and faculty participation.
Race, Technology & Democracy
Scholarship, media commentary, and public conversation on technology and political life.
Education
Communication
University of Oklahoma
Human Relations
University of Oklahoma
Family Psychology
Oklahoma Baptist University
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