Title / Role
Professor of New Media and Director of Digital Curation
Subject(s) I Teach or Learning Interest Area
My research interests include new media; contemporary art; networks; participatory culture; intellectual property and the Internet; preservation; digital humanities; digital preservation; digital curation; generative AI.
Personal Interests and Passions
Apart from a general interest in the impact of AI on education, my AI focus is creators—writers, programmers, and media makers—and how the technical, aesthetic, and legal ramifications of generative AI empower and frustrate them.
Personal Website / ePortfolio / Personal Web Presence (PWP)
https://jonippolito.net
Twitter Handle (@yourtwitter)
jonippolito
Twitter (use full Twitter link)
https://twitter.com/jonippolito
More About Me
Jon Ippolito is an artist, writer, and curator who teaches New Media and Digital Curation at the University of Maine. Winner of Tiffany, Lannan, American Foundation, and Thoma awards, Ippolito is co-founder of the Variable Media Network for preserving new media art, UMaine's Digital Curation and Just-in-Time Learning programs, and Learning With AI, a toolkit for educators and students that makes it easy to filter for AI assignments and resources by discipline or purpose. Ippolito has given over 200 presentations, co-authored the books At the Edge of Art and Re-collection: Art, New Media, and Social Memory, and published 80 chapters and articles in periodicals from Artforum to the Washington Post.
