"Imagining the Internet," Imaginary Worlds episode #68
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Edward Finn
- edfinn@asu.edu
- (480) 727-0710
- Center for Science and the Imagination Suite 102-02 Centerpoint, 660 S. Mill Ave Tempe
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Senior Global Futures Scholar
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Dir (FSC) & Asst Professor
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Senior Sustainability Scholar
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Center Dir (ACD) & Asc Profsr
Faculty w/Admin Appointment, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 5802
Biography:
Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. He also serves as the academic director of Future Tense, a partnership between ASU, New America and Slate Magazine, co-director of the Frankenstein Bicentennial Project and a co-director of Emerge, an annual festival of art, ideas and the future.
Finn’s research and teaching explore digital narratives, creative collaboration, and the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences. He is the author of "What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing" (MIT Press, March 2017) and co-editor of "Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers and Creators of All Kinds" (MIT Press, May 2017) and "Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future" (William Morrow, 2014). He completed his doctorate in English and American literature at Stanford University in 2011 and his bachelor’s degree at Princeton University in 2002. Before graduate school, Finn worked as a journalist at Time, Slate, and Popular Science.
Finn is also affiliated with ASU's School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute for Sustainability, Barrett, The Honors College, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Center on the Future of War and the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies.
Education:
- Ph.D. English, Stanford University
- M.A. English, Stanford University
- A.B. Comparative Literature (Summa Cum Laude) with certificates in Applications of Computing, Creative Writing and European Cultural Studies, Princeton University
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Research Interests:
Contemporary American literature, digital narratives, experimental humanities, creative collaboration, science fiction, digital humanities, interdisciplinary research
Publications:
Books
David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason S. Robert, eds. Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers and Creators of All Kinds. MIT Press, May 2017.
What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing. MIT Press, March 2017.
Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer, eds. Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future. William Morrow, September 2014.
Non-Commercial Anthologies
Space Futures (NASA)
Ed Finn and Joey Eschrich, eds. Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures. Center for Science and the Imagination, December 2017.
Overview (Knowledge Enterprise Development, ASU)
Michael G. Bennet, Joey Eschrich and Ed Finn, eds. Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere. Center for Science and the Imagination, August 2017.
Tomorrow Project (Intel)
Ed Finn and G. Pascal Zacchary, eds. Living Tomorrow. Intel Corporation, 2015.
Ed Finn and G. Pascal Zacchary, eds. Journeys Through Time and Space. Intel Corporation, 2015.
Ed Finn and G. Pascal Zacchary, eds. Dark Futures. Intel Corporation, 2014.
Ed Finn and G. Pascal Zacchary, eds. The Future—Powered by Fiction. Intel Corporation, 2014.
Ed Finn, ed. “Green Dreams” section of Cautions, Dreams & Curiosities: A Tomorrow Project Anthology, 2013.
Scholarly Publications
“Monster Mythos: Frankenstein as Network Text.” The Rightful Place of Science: Frankenstein. Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, October 2017.
Michael Simeone, Advaith Gundavajhala Venkata Koundinya, Anandh Ravi Kumar, Ed Finn. “Towards a Poetics of Strangeness: Experiments in Classifying Language of Technological Novelty.” Cultural Analytics. September 2017. DOI: 10.22148/16.015.
Peter Nagy, Ruth Wylie, Joey Eschrich, and Ed Finn. “Why Frankenstein is a Stigma Among Scientists.” Science and Engineering Ethics. June 2017. DOI:10.1007/s11948-017-9936-9.
Megan K. Halpern, Jathan Sadowski, Joey Eschrich, Ed Finn, David H. Guston. “Stitching Together Creativity and Responsibility: Interpreting Frankenstein Across Disciplines.” Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society Vol. 36, no. 1, 2016.
“Field Notes from the Future of Publishing,” electronic book review, October 5 2014.
“Revenge of the Nerd: Junot Díaz and the Networks of American Literary Imagination,” Digital Humanities Quarterly Vol. 7, no. 1, 2013.
“New Literary Cultures: Mapping the Digital Networks of Toni Morrison.” From Codex to Hypertext: Reading at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century, ed. Anouk Lang, University of Massachusetts Press, 2012.
“Becoming Yourself: The Afterlife of Reception.” The Legacy of David Foster Wallace: Critical and Creative Assessments, eds. Lee Konstantinou and Samuel Cohen, University of Iowa Press, 2012.
A modified version of the above has also been published as:
“Becoming Yourself: The Afterlife of Reception.” Pamphlets of the Stanford Literary Lab #3. September 15, 2011.
Research Activity:
- Finn,Edward Frederick*, Cavalier,Darlene Faith, Gano,Steve, Guston,David H, Halpern,Megan K., Montoya,Mitzi, Ostman,Rae Ellen Marie, Simeone,Michael Paul, Tebeau,Mark Thomas, Wylie,Ruth. Increasing Learning and Efficacy about Emerging Technologies through Transmedia Engagement by the Public in Science-in-Society Activities. NSF-EHR-DRL(8/1/2015 - 7/31/2019).
- Finn,Edward Frederick*, Finn,Edward Frederick*, Bell III,James, Miller,Clark Anson, Wylie,Ruth. Narrative Projections for Commercial Space Futures. NASA(7/1/2015 - 6/30/2016).
- Walker,Erin Ashley*, Finn,Edward Frederick, Finn,Edward Frederick, Wylie,Ruth. EAGER: Towards Knowledge Curation and Community Building within a Postdigital Textbook. NSF-CISE-IIS(8/1/2014 - 7/31/2016).
- Bliss,Nadya T*, Ahn,Gail-Joon, Bliss,Daniel Wesley, Cooke,Nancy Jaworski, Corman,Steven Robert, Davulcu,Hasan, Dirks,Gary William, Finn,Edward Frederick, Finn,Edward Frederick, Liu,Huan, Maciejewski,Ross, Thies,Cameron G, Westerhoff,Paul, White,Dave Douglas. The Foresight Initiative. DOD-NGA(6/1/2014 - 5/31/2019).
- Finn,Edward Frederick*, Finn,Edward Frederick*. Evoke Creative Framework and Network Development (ASUF 30006176). ASU FDN(5/21/2014 - 6/30/2014).
- Finn,Edward Frederick*, Guston,David H. Frankenstein Workshop: Informal Learning And Scholarship In Science And Society: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop On Scientific Creativity And Societal. NSF-EHR-DRL(3/1/2014 - 2/29/2016).
- Finn,Edward Frederick*, Walker,Erin Ashley. Future of the Book (ASUF 30005926). ASU FDN(9/13/2013 - 12/31/2014).
- Bell III,James*, Finn,Edward Frederick. Imaging and Spectroscopic Studies of the Martian Surface. NASA-GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR(5/16/2012 - 5/15/2016).
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