Appendix B
Workshop Agenda
UNDERSTANDING NARRATIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
PURPOSES: A WORKSHOP
January 24, 2018
Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
Room 101
8:30 a.m. | Workshop Registration Opens |
9:00 a.m. | Workshops Commence |
9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Overview of Events |
Sujeeta Bhatt, Study Director | |
Audience information | |
Paul Sackett, University of Minnesota, SBS Decadal Survey Chair | |
Welcome | |
William “Bruno” Millonig, Acting Director of National | |
Intelligence for Science and Technology, Office of the Director of National Intelligence | |
Sponsor perspective and context for study and workshops | |
9:30 a.m. | Opening Remarks |
Carmen Medina, MedinAnalytics, LLC, Workshop Committee Chair |
Research Panel Presentations and Discussion | |
9:35 a.m. | Panel 1: Introduction to Narrative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences |
Moderators: Jeffrey Johnson, University of Florida, and Betty Sue Flowers, University of Texas, Austin | |
Speakers will present on the state-of-the-art in narrative studies and examine cutting-edge questions relevant to national security and intelligence analysis. | |
Roberto Franzosi, Emory University | |
Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve University | |
James Pennebaker, University of Texas, Austin | |
Michael Bamberg, Clark University | |
10:30 a.m. | Discussion and Q&A |
10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
10:55 a.m. | Panel 2: Why study narrative? What is the comparative advantage of the study of narrative for national security? How might we study/track narratives comprehensively in real time? |
Moderators: Carmen Medina, MedinAnalytics, LLC, and David Matsumoto, San Francisco State University | |
Michael Dahlstrom, Iowa State University | |
Pauline Cheong, Arizona State University | |
Mark Turner, Case Western Reserve University | |
11:50 a.m. | Discussion and Q&A |
12:05 p.m. | LUNCH |
1:05 p.m. | Panel 3: How might artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies affect narratives and their formation? |
What is the impact of social media on the development and dissemination of narratives? | |
Moderators: Sara Cobb, George Mason University, and Doug Randall, Protagonist |
Michael Young, University of Utah | |
Catherine Tejeda, Parenthetic | |
2:00 p.m. | Discussion and Q&A |
2:15 p.m. | BREAK |
2:25 p.m. | Panel 4: What is the relation of narrative to power? How does narrative work as a tool for mobilization and intervention? How do different societies’ narratives vary and sometimes clash? |
Moderators: Jeffrey Johnson, University of Florida, and Sara Cobb, George Mason University | |
James Phelan, Ohio State University | |
Debra Louison Lavoy, Narrative Builders | |
Michael Bamberg, Clark University | |
3:20 p.m. | Summative Comments |
Karen Monaghan, Central Intelligence Agency (retired) | |
Josh Kerbel, National Intelligence University | |
3:50 p.m. | Discussion and Q&A |
4:50 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
Carmen Medina, MedinAnalytics, LLC, Workshop Committee Chair | |
5:00 p.m. | ADJOURN |
This page intentionally left blank.