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Jason Farman

Jason Farman is a Professor of American Studies and the Associate Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also a faculty member with the Immersive Media Design Program and the Human-Computer Interaction Lab. He is the former Director of the Design Cultures & Creativity Program, which he helped launch in 2010. He is author of the book Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World, which was awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology. He is also the author of Mobile Interface Theory: Embodied Space and Locative Media, winner of the 2012 Book of the Year Award from the Association of Internet Researchers. His work has been featured in The Atlantic, the BBC, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, NPR, National Geographic, 99% Invisible, Atlas Obscura, ELLE Magazine, GQ, Aeon, Vox, and others. He earned his Ph.D. in performance studies from UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television.

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Tactics For Waiting

Published April 5, 2020April 7, 2020by Jason Farman in Sample Chapter
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Published April 26, 2019May 3, 2024by Jason Farman in Publicity
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Published April 26, 2019April 26, 2019by Jason Farman in Reviews
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Spinning in Place

Published March 27, 2018November 1, 2024by Jason Farman in Sample Chapter
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Winner of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Grant

Published November 16, 2017February 13, 2018by Jason Farman in News
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How Buffer Icons Shape Our Sense of Time and Our Practices of Waiting

Published June 16, 2017June 29, 2017by Jason Farman in Bandwidth, Blog, Buffering Icons, Internet
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Pneumatic Tubes in New York City

Published May 2, 2017May 3, 2017by Jason Farman in Blog, Instantaneous Communication, Pneumatic Tubes
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Medieval Royal Seals at the National Archives, London

Published May 1, 2017May 2, 2017by Jason Farman in Archival Images, Marks of Power, Seals
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