Courtney Cogburn's guest appearances

Courtney Cogburn

Tech Policy Leaders

The Design Of Business | The Business of Design

Your Undivided Attention

The Institute of Black Imagination.

Luvvie Ajayi

Margaret Gould Stewart

Jericho Brown

Jacqueline Woodson

Nadia Lopez

Marcus Samuelsson

Danny Meyer

Elizabeth Hargrave

Khoi Vinh

Manuel Lima

David Korins

Errol Morris

Dana Arnett

Darnell Moore

Paola Antonelli

OwlTail

Jeremy Bailenson

The next frontier of the internet is the metaverse. That's why Mark Zuckerberg changed the name of his company from Facebook to Meta, and just sold $10 billion in corporate bonds to raise money for metaverse-related projects.How might we learn from our experience with social media, and anticipate the harms of the metaverse before they arise? What would it look like to design a humane metaverse — that respects our attention, improves our well-being, and strengthens our democracy?This week on Your Undivided Attention, we talk with two pioneers who are thinking critically about the development of the metaverse. Professor Jeremy Bailenson is the Founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, where he studies how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. Dr. Courtney Cogburn is an Associate Professor at Columbia's School of Social Work, where she examines associations between racism and stress-related disease. Jeremy and Courtney collaborated on 1000 Cut Journey, a virtual reality experience about systemic racism.CORRECTIONS: In the episode, Courtney says that the average US adult consumes 9 hours of media per day, but the actual number in 2022 is closer to 13 hours.Finally, Aza mentions the "pockets of 4.6 billion people" — implying that there are 4.6 billion smartphone users. The global number of social media users is 4.7 billion, and the number of smartphone users is actually 6.6 billion.RECOMMENDED MEDIA: Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Dohttps://www.amazon.com/Experience-Demand-Virtual-Reality-Works/dp/0393253694Jeremy Bailenson's 2018 book exploring how virtual reality can be harnessed to improve our everyday livesExperiencing Racism in VRhttps://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_cogburn_experiencing_racism_in_vr_courtney_d_cogburn_phd_tedxrvaCourtney Cogburn's 2017 TEDx talk about how using virtual reality to help people experience the complexities of racismDo Artifacts Have Politics?https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/cs4001/Winner.pdfTechnology philosopher Langdon Winner’s seminal 1980 article, in which he writes, "by far the greatest latitude of choice exists the very first time a particular instrument, system, or technique is introduced."RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES: Do You Want To Become A Vampire? with LA Paulhttps://www.humanetech.com/podcast/39-do-you-want-to-become-a-vampirePardon the Interruptions with Gloria Markhttps://www.humanetech.com/podcast/7-pardon-the-interruptionsBonus - What Is Humane Technology?https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/bonus-what-is-humane-technologyYour Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology. Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_

The next frontier of the internet is the metaverse. That's why Mark Zuckerberg changed the name of his company from Facebook to Meta, and just sold $10 billion in corporate bonds to raise money for metaverse-related projects.How might we learn from our experience with social media, and anticipate the harms of the metaverse before they arise? What would it look like to design a humane metaverse — that respects our attention, improves our well-being, and strengthens our democracy?This week on <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Your Undivided Attention</a>, we talk with two pioneers who are thinking critically about the development of the metaverse. Professor Jeremy Bailenson is the Founding director of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, where he studies how virtual experiences lead to changes in perceptions of self and others. Dr. Courtney Cogburn is an Associate Professor at Columbia's School of Social Work, where she examines associations between racism and stress-related disease. Jeremy and Courtney collaborated on 1000 Cut Journey, a virtual reality experience about systemic racism. CORRECTIONS: <ol><li>In the episode, Courtney says that the average US adult consumes 9 hours of media per day, but the actual number in 2022 is closer to 13 hours.</li><li>Finally, Aza mentions the "pockets of 4.6 billion people" — implying that there are 4.6 billion smartphone users. The global number of social media users is 4.7 billion, and the number of smartphone users is actually 6.6 billion.</li></ol>RECOMMENDED MEDIA:  Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Experience-Demand-Virtual-Reality-Works/dp/0393253694" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Experience-Demand-Virtual-Reality-Works/dp/0393253694</a> Jeremy Bailenson's 2018 book exploring how virtual reality can be harnessed to improve our everyday livesExperiencing Racism in VR<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_cogburn_experiencing_racism_in_vr_courtney_d_cogburn_phd_tedxrva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_cogburn_experiencing_racism_in_vr_courtney_d_cogburn_phd_tedxrva</a> Courtney Cogburn's 2017 TEDx talk about how using virtual reality to help people experience the complexities of racismDo Artifacts Have Politics?<a href="https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/cs4001/Winner.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~beki/cs4001/Winner.pdf</a> Technology philosopher Langdon Winner’s seminal 1980 article, in which he writes, "by far the greatest latitude of choice exists the very first time a particular instrument, system, or technique is introduced." RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES: Do You Want To Become A Vampire? with LA Paul<a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/39-do-you-want-to-become-a-vampire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/39-do-you-want-to-become-a-vampire</a>Pardon the Interruptions with Gloria Mark<a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/7-pardon-the-interruptions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/7-pardon-the-interruptions</a>Bonus - What Is Humane Technology?<a href="https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/bonus-what-is-humane-technology" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/bonus-what-is-humane-technology</a> Your Undivided Attention is produced by the <a href="https://www.humanetech.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Humane Technology</a>. Follow us on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/humanetech_" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@HumaneTech_</a>

Stepping Into the Metaverse — with Dr. Courtney Cogburn and Prof. Jeremy Bailenson

In today’s episode we chat with psychologist, Dr. Courtney Cogburn.  Hailing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Doctor Cogburn’s research focuses on how racism contributes to health disparities amongst Black Americans and in particular how over time, blatant and subtle racism in media stresses and literally wears down Black bodies—a phenomenon also known as “weathering”—something we have all witnessed to during the current outbreak of Covid-19 in the United States, and its devastating effects on communities of color. An associate professor at Columbia’s School of Social Work, Dr. Cogburn’s racial immersion VR experience, 1000-Cut Journey, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Developed in collaboration with the Virtual Human Interaction Lab at Stanford University, It allows for the viewer to experience life as a Black man, from adolescence through adulthood, and has been featured on TEDx, CBS, and Forbes. In this conversation we discuss when she first began to notice the correlation between race and academic achievement (5:00), the effects of "breathing racism" (13:00), how watching videos of police brutality is bad for our health (18:46), how reason rarely works as well empathy (22:00), a step-by-step explanation of her racial VR experience (28:04), how her lack of experience with virtual reality didn't keep her from pursuing her goals (34:22), her biggest failure as a researcher (41:40), how her own son changed the way she works (43:18), why higher education has health benefits for every demographic, except for those of African decent (46:48), and the ways in which VR is being used to help Black people begin to heal from a lifetime of racial stress (59:26). Given where we are as a country and a people, I found this conversation to be right on time. Links we mention in the episode: Courtney's Twitter Account: @courtneycogburn Her Racial VR Experience: 1,000-Cut Journey Hyphen Labs: Neurospeculative Afrofeminism Thank you for tuning in! Please don't forget to rate, comment, subscribe and SHARE with a friend (@blackimaginationpodcast). Support this podcast: anchor.fm/blackimagination/support  ---   Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackimagination/support

In today’s episode we chat with psychologist, Dr. Courtney Cogburn.  Hailing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Doctor Cogburn’s research focuses on how racism contributes to health disparities amongst Black Americans and in particular how over time, blatant and subtle racism in media stresses and literally wears down Black bodies—a phenomenon also known as “weathering”—something we have all witnessed to during the current outbreak of Covid-19 in the United States, and its devastating effects on communities of color. An associate professor at Columbia’s School of Social Work, Dr. Cogburn’s racial immersion VR experience, 1000-Cut Journey, debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018. Developed in collaboration with the <a href="https://vhil.stanford.edu/projects/2016/examining-racism-with-virtual-reality/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Human Interaction Lab</a> at Stanford University, It allows for the viewer to experience life as a Black man, from adolescence through adulthood, and has been featured on TEDx, CBS, and Forbes. In this conversation we discuss when she first began to notice the correlation between race and academic achievement (5:00), the effects of "breathing racism" (13:00), how watching videos of police brutality is bad for our health (18:46), how reason rarely works as well empathy (22:00), a step-by-step explanation of her racial VR experience (28:04), how her lack of experience with virtual reality didn't keep her from pursuing her goals (34:22), her biggest failure as a researcher (41:40), how her own son changed the way she works (43:18), why higher education has health benefits for every demographic, except for those of African decent (46:48), and the ways in which VR is being used to help Black people begin to heal from a lifetime of racial stress (59:26). Given where we are as a country and a people, I found this conversation to be right on time. Links we mention in the episode: Courtney's Twitter Account: <a href="https://twitter.com/CourtneyCogburn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@courtneycogburn</a> Her Racial VR Experience: <a href="https://brown.columbia.edu/1000-cut-journey-announces-new-partnership-with-ink-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1,000-Cut Journey</a> Hyphen Labs: <a href="http://www.hyphen-labs.com/nsaf.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Neurospeculative Afrofeminism</a> Thank you for tuning in! Please don't forget to rate, comment, subscribe and SHARE with a friend (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/blackimaginationpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@blackimaginationpodcast</a>). Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/blackimagination/support" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">anchor.fm/blackimagination/support</a> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/blackimagination/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/blackimagination/support</a>

E4. Racial VR Immersion w. Psychologist Dr. Courtney Cogburn.

Courtney Cogburn is a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and the co-creator of 1000 Cut Journey.

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