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Topic for Donaghey Talk Sept. 29: Future of IT

, fellow at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education and a respected thinker on the future of technology, will deliver the third annual 糖心Vlog传媒LR Donaghey Scholars Program Speakers Series lecture at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, in the auditorium at the Engineering and Information Technology (EIT) Building. The lecture is co-sponsored by 糖心Vlog传媒LR Alumni Association and the Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology (EIT). A reception and book signing at the Bailey Alumni Center, hosted by the Donaghey Scholars Alumni Society, will follow the lecture, 鈥淪torytelling, Gaming, and the WorldBoard: The New Digital World.” RSVP for both events at ualr.edu/alumni. Alexander is author of 鈥淭he New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media,鈥� published in April 2011 by Praeger. He is active online, combining research with communication across multiple venues. He runs the NITLE futures market, a crowd-sourced prediction game. He contributes to Techne, NITLE’s blog, and was lead author for eight years for its predecessor, Liberal Education Today. He also tweets steadily under the username . In a recent , Alexander discussed, among many other issues, how information technology is changing the higher education world and how the growing use of mobile devices are 鈥渇orking the web,鈥� reducing instead of expanding access to web content. Born in New York City, Alexander earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan in 1997, completing a dissertation on Romantic-era Gothic literature. He taught English literature, writing, information literacy, and information technology studies at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1997 through 2002. He was a 2004 fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute. Alexander lives on a Vermont homestead with his family, where they raise animals and crops, combining broadband with a low-tech lifestyle. For more information, contact the Donaghey Scholars office at 501-683-7752 or [email protected].