{"id":35913,"date":"2019-02-13T15:48:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T20:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=35913"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:10:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T15:10:13","slug":"joelle-renstrom","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/profile\/joelle-renstrom\/","title":{"rendered":"Joelle Renstrom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><b>Research Interests<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The intersection of science fiction and science\/technology; cognitive, cultural, and social effects of technology; ethics; space exploration; evolution; transhumanism; robots and artificial intelligence; quantum mechanics &amp; computing; sustainability; urban forestry;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Teaching Interests<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Communication; rhetoric; writing; science fiction; technology; artificial intelligence; space exploration; environmental equality; urban tree canopies; urban forestry\/gardening; quantum fiction<\/p>\n<h3>Selected Publications<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Book<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pelekinesis.com\/catalog\/joelle_renstrom-closing_the_book.html\">Closing the Book: Travels in Life, Loss, and Literature<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>(Pelekinesis, 2015)<\/p>\n<h4>Articles<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.joellerenstrom.com\/\">Joelle Renstrom<\/a>\u00a0is a science\/tech writer who contributes frequently to publications such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/author\/joelle-renstrom.html\">Daily Beast<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/authors.joelle_renstrom.html\">Slate<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/can-students-who-are-constantly-on-their-devices-actually-learn\">Aeon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/profile\/joelle-renstrom\">The Guardian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/aliens-technosignature-biosignature-anthropomorphism-humanity\/\">Wired<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/posteverything\/wp\/2017\/07\/18\/of-course-doctor-who-is-a-woman-sci-fi-has-always-been-about-progress\/\">WaPo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/02\/11\/opinion\/perseverance-mars-mission-isnt-just-about-science-its-about-ethics\/\">Boston Globe<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/author\/joelle-renstrom\/\">New Scientist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/29\/opinions\/college-concierge-rent-a-mom-services-students-renstrom\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>, and others. She\u2019s a writer and editor for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.panoramajournal.org\/\">Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature, <\/a>\u00a0and she edited the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/literature\/special_issues\/FN823N2O33\">American Science Fiction<\/a>\u201d special issue of <em>Literature<\/em> (MDPI).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Other Professional Activity and\/or Awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Joelle is interviewed regularly by the media to talk about smartphones in school. In 2024, she was on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/should-massachusetts-schools-ban-cellphones-question-everything\/\">CBS\/WBZ<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/1370wfea.com\/morning-update\/joelle-renstrom-07-11-24\/\">WFEA Morning Update<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/talk-out-of-school.simplecast.com\/episodes\/ban-cellphones-in-nyc-schools-educators-parents-speak-out-O9CosvL8\">Talk Out Of School podcast.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Master Urban Gardener certification (2024)<\/p>\n<p>BU faculty Pitch Clinic (2021-2023)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Ed8OeZcOBI\">TED talk<\/a>\u00a0(Science Fiction as a Looking Glass: Teaching Students to Save the World, TEDxWaltham 2017)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13125,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13125"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49042,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/35913\/revisions\/49042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}