Darin Barney, McGill
Darin Barney is Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship at McGill University. He is the author of Communication Technology: The Canadian Democratic Audit (UBC Press: 2005); The Network Society (Polity Press: 2004); and Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology (UBC Press/University of Chicago Press: 2000) which was awarded the 2001 Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Research by the McGannon Center for Communication Research at Fordham University. In 2003, he received the inaugural Aurora Prize, awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for outstanding contribution to Canadian intellectual life by a new researcher. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Radio CKUT and Media@McGill.
Tianna Kennedy, Free 103.9
Tianna Kennedy is the Brooklyn Program Director of free103point9. In addition to her administrative role with free103point9, Tianna is, herself, a curator and transmission artist. She also plays cello, recording and performing frequently. Tianna co-founded the August Sound Coalition in 2004 and the Empty Vessel Project in 2005. Tianna holds a MA from NYU's Performance Studies program. She frequently teaches free103point9 Radio labs, and has presented at Location 1, NY; at Pixelache particle/wave (hybrid radio workshop), Helsinki, Finland; at Deep Wireless's Radio Without Boundaries, Toronto, Canada; and NYC Grassroots Media conferences. In 2006/7, Tianna taught "Radio Culture" and "Sight, Sound, and Motion" at Brooklyn College.
Samaa Elibyari
Samaa Elibyari has been presenting Caravan, a community program giving an Arab/Muslim perspective on current events, for more than 10 year. A self-taught radio activist, Samaa has raised Caravan to a fine professional level.
