Media Studies

Events

Allee Willis sits on a circular bed in the middle of a music video set, the walls are splatter painted and there is a heart with lights surrounding it on the wall behind her.

The World According to Allee Willis Screening

Jan. 29, 2025, 5:30 p.m.

Prudence Fenton ’75 will be featured at a screening of a documentary she co-produced about her partner, the songwriter Allee Willis. Open to the public.

Person smiling wearing a green no sleeve top with white spots and curly dark hair pinned up and a tree in the background.

Sociophonetic Variation and Human Interaction With “AI”-Based Systems

Feb. 27, 2025, 7:00–9:00 p.m.

Nicole Holliday, Acting Associate Professor of Linguistics at UC Berkeley, will present her latest research on how tone-detection systems and digital voice assistants like Siri and Alexa reinforce linguistic and racial bias.

This event is open to the public.