Charlton McIlwain

Charlton Deron McIlwain (born 1971) is an American academic and author whose expertise includes the role of race and media in politics and social life. McIlwain is Professor of media, culture, and communication and is the Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development at New York University.

Early life and education

Charlton Deron McIlwain was born in 1971 to Annie and Ronald McIlwain of Charlotte.

McIlwain completed a bachelor of arts in family psychology at Oklahoma Baptist University in 1994. He earned a Master of Human Relations from University of Oklahoma. In 2001, he earned a doctor of philosophy in communication from the same institution.

Career

McIlwain joined the faculty of NYU in 2001, where he is now Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication and Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development.

Selected works

He is the author of multiple books, including '' Black Software: The Internet and Racial Justice, From the Afronet to Black Lives Matte''r, and ''Race Appeal: How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns'' from Temple Books (with Stephen M. Caliendo), and editor of ''The Routledge Companion to Race & Ethnicity'' in 2010, also with Caliendo. He is the author of multiple scholarly articles, and wrote both ''When Death Goes Pop: Death, Media and the Remaking of Community'' in 2005, and ''Death in Black & White: Death, Ritual & Family Ecology'' in 2003. McIlwain is a Delphi Fellow at Big Think and an Advisor to Data + Society.

Personal life

In 2007, McIlwain married trial lawyer, Raechel Lee Adams in Washington, D.C. The ceremony was led by officiant Ellen Dinerman of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society.

References

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The Fight for the Future: Organizing the Tech Industry By Haymarket Books / January 22 2021

HOW BLACK COMMUNITIES SHAPED THE INTERNET. An interview with Charlton McIlwain, author of Black Software. By Nilay Patel@reckless  Feb 9, 2021, 9:02am EST

How the history of Blackness on the internet was erased

MIT Technology Review Contributor Page: Charlton McIlwain

AI has exacerbated racial bias in housing. Could it help eliminate it instead?

Of course technology perpetuates racism. It was designed that way.

Processing the untold histories McIlwain's "Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, from the AfroNet to Black Lives Matter" by Amy J Ko


* ttps://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2019/november/charlton-mcilwain-on-black-software.html A Tech Dream Deferred* ttps://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/3-ways-to-make-technology-more-equitable 3 ways to make technology more equitable. By Sara Brown. Nov 17 2020
MIT Conference Weighs How to Make Tech More Equitable

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