Dr. Ray Drainville

Instructor
Raymond Drainville

顿谤.听Ray Drainville concentrates on digital media and visual culture. His research includes using iconography to understand the resonances people express with pictures they share online and using machine learning as a tool for social media image research. His background includes nearly two decades of running a web development & graphic design firm, so when he lectures on visual themes, he takes care to note both techniques and technicalities that impact contemporary digital visual culture.

His personal passions include photography and music. He finds working with students very rewarding.

Courses Taught

  • GBDA 101 Introduction to Digital Media Design
  • GBDA 203 Introduction to Digital Culture
  • GBDA 228 Digital Imaging of Online Applications
  • GBDA 301 Global Digital Project 1
  • GBDA 401 Cross-Cultural Digital Business
  • GBDA 402 Capstone Course: Cross-Cultural Digital Business
  • ARTS 290: Theories of Media

Education

  • PhD (Visual Culture) Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), 2018
  • MA (Information Studies) University of Sheffield (UK), 1996
  • MA (History of Art) Princeton University (USA), 1995
  • BA (History of Art) New College (USA), 1992

Research and Teaching Interests

  • Digital media
  • Visual culture
  • Iconography (both historical and contemporary usage)
  • Media theory
  • Hermeneutics

Selected Publications (Scholarly and Outreach)

  • (Forthcoming) [with Jennifer Saul]. 鈥How Distinctive Are Online Dogwhistles and Figleaves?鈥. In M. Popa (ed.), Mis/Disinformation and Other Epistemic Pathologies, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • (2024) [with Jennifer Saul], 鈥溾. Institute of Art and Ideas.
  • (2024) [with Jennifer Saul]. 鈥溾. In L. Anderson and E. Lepore (eds), Oxford Handbook of Applied Philosophy of Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • (2023). 鈥溾. In Studies In Communication Sciences.
  • (2023). 鈥溾. In 21: Beitr盲ge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur.
  • (2022) [with Farida Vis]. 鈥溾. In AI & Society.
  • (2018). 鈥溾. In Humanities 7(1).
  • (2018). [with An Xiao Mina]. 鈥溾. In聽Business Insider.
  • (2018). 鈥溾. In聽Hyperallergic.
  • (2016). 鈥溾. 聽In聽Hyperallergic.
  • (2015). 鈥溾. In: Vis, F. and Goriunova, O. (eds.) The Iconic Image on Social Media: A Rapid Research Response to the Death of Aylan Kurdi. pp. 47鈥49. Sheffield: Visual Social Media Lab.