Gazette.Net October 13, 2011 Bowie State hosts technology conference for second year by Virginia Terhune Starting today through Saturday, Bowie State University will host the annual Humanities and Technology Association Conference, which draws scholars to talk about the effects of technology, including its effects on politics and women and its influence in Africa. By hosting the conference, Bowie State students and faculty have a chance to participate in the conference as panelists, presenters and attendees. Eight of the presenters are faculty and students from Bowie State, according to a university news release. Scheduled are 18 panels covering four areas: philosophical, political and ethical dimensions; technology and social life; representations of technology; and technology and education. George Sochan, associate professor in the Department of History and Government at Bowie State, serves as chair of the conference. The Humanities and Technology Association, based at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y., was founded in 1978 to promote cultural interactions between the humanities, technology, science and engineering. Fred Mills, professor of philosophy at Bowie State, is also the editor of the Humanities and Technology Association journal, the Humanities and Technology Review. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 404.592.4820 Skype:sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.