Assistant Professor of Communication
Brown Hall 147
Degrees
- Ph.D. Drexel University
- M.A. University of Regensburg
- B.A. University of Regensburg
Research
Dr. Julia M. Hildebrand teaches courses in mass communication and digital media. Her research combines critical media studies with mobilities research, focusing especially on mobile media and new technologies of communication. For her work, she has received multiple awards, including the prestigious Marshall McLuhan Award for Outstanding Book in the Field of Media Ecology for her book Aerial Play: Drone Medium, Mobility, Communication, and Culture (2021, Palgrave Macmillan). When not teaching or researching, she enjoys traveling with her family.
Recent publications
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2024). “The Tourist Drone: Commercial Visions and Practical Considerations.” In: Serafinelli, E. (Ed.), Drones in Society: A New Visual Aesthetic (p. 161–173). Palgrave Macmillan.
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2023). “High Heels as Mobile Media: (Im)mobilities and Feminist Ecologies.” Explorations in Media Ecology, 22:4, 381–397.
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2022). “What is the Message of the Robot Medium? Considering Media Ecologies and Mobilities in Critical Robotics Research.” AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication, 37: 443–453.
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2021). Aerial Play: Drone Medium, Mobility, Communication, and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Hildebrand, J. M. & Richmond, J. C. (Eds.) (2021). Gender and Media Ecology: An Invited Special Issue. Explorations in Media Ecology 20:2. doi.org/10.1386/eme_00080_2
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2021, online first). “What is the message of the robot medium? Considering media ecology and mobilities in critical robotics research.” AI & Society: Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Communication. doi.org/10.1007/s00146-021-
01204-1 - Zeffiro, A., Hildebrand, J. M., Frith, J., Hjorth, L., McGrane, C., Weiss, A. S., & Goggin, G. (2020). Locative-Media Ethics: A Call for Protocols to Guide Interactions of People, Place, and Technologies. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 97(1), 13–29. doi.org/10.1177/
1077699019898773 - Hildebrand, J. M. (2020). “Drone-topia as Method.” Mobilities, 15(1),
25–38. doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019. 1663079 - Hildebrand, J. M. (2020). “Drone Mobilities and Auto-Technography.” In: Büscher, M., Freudendal-Pedersen, M., Kesselring, S., Grauslund, N. (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for Mobilities (pp. 92–101). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
- Hildebrand, J. M. & Sheller, M. (2020). “Mobile LIDAR Mediality as Artistic Anti-Environment.” In: Hjorth, L., de Souza e Silva, A., & Lanson, K. (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Mobile Media Art (pp. 460–481). Routledge.
- Hildebrand, J. M. (2019). “On Self-Driving Cars as a Technological Sublime.” Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, 23(2), 153–173. doi.org/10.5840/
techne2019722100 - Hildebrand, J. M. (2019). “Consumer Drones and Communication on the Fly.” Mobile Media & Communication 7(3), 395–411. doi.org/10.1177/
2050157919850603
"Eckerd offered me an environment where I felt completely comfortable being myself."
Jonathan Rivera '13
Major: Communication
Hometown: New York, NY
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Associate Professor of Communication
Brown Hall 149
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