SUNY Poly’s College of Arts and Sciences Works in Progress Seminar continues on February 24. Ryan Lizardi, Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design and Humanities will speak about his research, Generation Nostalgia.

"As a generation of people is encouraged to revisit media they loved as children by hyper-nostalgic media companies through remakes, reimaginings, and re-releases it leads to a reduction in available meanings for current and subsequent generations who are then all encouraged to attach to the same nostalgic objects. The cultural rise in nostalgic media has the dual generational impact of making the subjective experience of time speed up for those who are nostalgic, as well as create a surrogate nostalgic identity for younger generations by continually feeding them the content of their elders."

Two other faculty members are currently scheduled to present at the Works in Progress Seminar later this semester - Assistant Professor of Biology Dr. Adam McLain on Biodiversity in Madagascar March 31 and Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Dr. Naryan Sharma on Structure-Function Studies on CYP2A13 Enzyme April 21.

The mission of these seminars are to foster awareness about the research interests among faculty and students, improve communication about the topic, and encourage future research opportunities.

All Presentations will take place in Donovan Hall 2132 from 1 - 2 p.m.