Keynote Speaker: Douglas Kellner
Douglas Kellner, Ph.D., Philosophy (Columbia University)
George F. Kneller Philosophy of Education Chair
Graduate School of Education & Information Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at UCLA and is author of many books on social theory, politics, history, and culture, including Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond and The Baudrillard Reader. He is also author of works in cultural studies such as Media Culture and Media Spectacle; a trilogy of books on postmodern theory with Steve Best; and a trilogy of books on the media and the Bush administration, encompassing Grand Theft 2000, From 9/11 to Terror War, and Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy. Kellner’s latest book is Guys and Guns Amok: Domestic Terrorism and School Shootings from the Oklahoma City Bombings to the Virginia Tech Massacre. His website is at http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/kellner.html.