Named for the 102nd U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, LAB 102 is a social experimentation laboratory to cultivate civil discourse and civic engagement for Millennials and GenZ.
"The Holy Grail: Can Social Media And Civil Discourse Coexist?"
Monica Anderson, Pew Research Center and Beau Kiniry, BuzzFeed explore the impact that social media outlets and often contentious speech play on society, including its economic impact, relationships among friends, family and colleagues, as well as the positive benefits of social media.
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Monica Anderson
Associate Director of Research at Pew Research Center, Ms. Anderson primarily studies internet and technology issues. Much of her recent work has focused on the impact of the digital divide, the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the internet, and those who do not, the role of technology in the lives of teens, and activism in the age of social media. Ms. Anderson has a master's degree in media studies from Georgetown University, where her work focused on the intersection of race, politics and media.
Beau Kiniry
Beau Kiniry is a senior social media strategist at BuzzFeed in Los Angeles where after 5 years she leads the publishing team that works on social video content strategy for BuzzFeedVideo, As/Is, Unsolved Network, Cocoa Butter, Goodful, BuzzFeed Celeb and helped the launch of many more including Ladylike and About To Eat.  Prior to BuzzFeed, Beau has a background in digital media production, editorial, film festival programming and graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in Film & Media Studies.
Ian Curtiss |Â Guest Moderator
Ian Curtiss is a member of the Institute's Emerging Leaders Network Council and Assistant Dean at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. After 10 years of experience working in global government affairs including US-Chinese tech, data and information policies at the American Chamber of Commerce in China, his current areas of focus include global strategy, tech-policy and organizational innovation.
Ian has Bachelor's degrees in History and Political Science from Arizona State University, a Master's of International Relations from Peking University and an MBA from the W. P. Carey School of Business. Ian is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.
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"Millennials, Gen-Z, and COVID-19"
Pew senior researchers Kim Parker and Richard Fry discuss the social and economic impact the global pandemic is having on members of the younger generations, many of whom were struggling even before the current crisis began.
