Announcing new Center staff
New address, new staff
The Center for Social Media is happy to announce the
addition of two new members to the organization, Noëlle
McAfee as Deputy Director and Shannon Grevious as
Projects Manager.
Noëlle McAfee, who has been an
associate professor of philosophy at the University of
Massachusetts Lowell, is moving to Washington to become the
Center's new Deputy Director on June 1. Noelle's research
focuses on the communicative and semiotic formations of the
public sphere. She has written extensively on deliberative
democratic theory, feminist philosophy, American pragmatism,
and contemporary continental philosophy, Noëlle serves as
associate editor of the Kettering Review, a journal of
political thought published by the Charles F. Kettering
Foundation. She is also the author of two books, Habermas,
Kristeva, and Citizenship (Cornell University Press) and
Julia Kristeva (Routledge), and the co-editor of
Standing with the Public: the Humanities and Democratic
Practice. She is currently writing a book on democracy and
the semiotic public sphere and co-editing a special issue of
Hypatia, the journal of feminist philosophy, on
feminist theory and democratic thought. Noëlle received her MA
in public policy from Duke University and her doctorate in
philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin. As Deputy
Director, Noëlle will coordinate the Center's work on the
public media environment.
Shannon Grevious has an MA in
Communications, Culture and Technology from Georgetown
University. Shannon's research interests include cultural
studies, film production, online community development, and
the history of film and photography. Shannon worked as a
Production Assistant for Still Fighting, a documentary
about Afghan women in politics, currently being produced by
New View Films. She worked as script supervisor on short film
projects and also co- produced a digital story. Shannon has
written an article about the photography from the American
Negro Exhibit showcased at the 1900 Paris World's Fair, to
be published in the online journal Gnovis. Prior to
completing her MA, Shannon served as a Municipal Development
Volunteer with the Peace Corps in El Salvador, managing
projects related to local development and citizen
participation. Shannon received her BA in Spanish from the
University of Virginia. As Projects Manager, Shannon will
manage the Center's grants programs and organize events.
We welcome Noëlle and Shannon to our organization and look
forward to the enthusiasm and value they bring to the exciting
work we do here at the Center for Social Media.
In addition to new staff, the Center has moved to bigger
offices! We are now located adjacent to American University's
Main Campus, at 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Suite 395. If you
are in town, please stop by, see our new digs and welcome
Noëlle and Shannon!
