Gary Gumpert

Prof. Gary Gumpert serves as Member of the International Advisors Board since 2006. He, together with Prof. Suzan Drucker have been collaborating with Future Worlds Center for more than a decade. They visit Cyprus almost every year and meet with Track I and Track II people to promote issues of technology.

Short Bio

Gary Gumpert is a partner in the consulting firm of Communication Landscapers, is Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts and Sciences at Queens College, City University of New York, and also Vice President of the U.S. chapter of the International Institute of Communication. His work over the past thirty years has addressed the many nuances in our growing dependency upon mediated communication. Formerly a radio and television producer/director, Gary is widely published in a variety of journals and books which examine the intricate interconnection of social interaction, urbanization and media technology. His current research focuses on the relationship of new communication technologies and the use of public spaces.

Collaborative work in Cyprus

Gary Gumpert and Suzan Drucker have visited Yiannis Laouris in 1995 and collaborated in the emerging Technology for Peace project. Between 2003-2005, they have been invited as media experts to deliver x workshops on media literacy in the context of the HasNa funded Media Literacy part of the Reconciliation Now! project.

Collaborative research. Preliminary results were presented in the 3rd International Multilingual conference in Limassol in 2002.

External Links

• Seminar on Media Literacy: Reading the News between the Lines
• http://gumpertdrucker.com