The Braided Reading EPUB — a 5-year integrated MA+PhD curriculum across Communication, AI, IP Law, and Social Equity. See the full 1,200-book bibliography.
Orientation: legal reasoning, AI literacy, comm theory, scholarly writing
Disciplinary foundations across the four pillars
Sharpening the lenses: rhetoric, copyright, AI ethics, race & technology
Generative AI × copyright; technical AI for policy thinkers
STS, patents, platform governance, critical race & technology
Surveillance, trademark, AI policy, GenAI & creative production, MA thesis
Doctoral-level theory + research methods + integration seminars + comp-list build
Political economy, international IP, trade secrets, comp-exam prep
Special field exam + prospectus defense; methods chapter drafted
Body chapters drafted; in-program defense
AI labor & creative economies, disability & sociotechnical justice, frontier AI/IP
Global tech justice, comparative IP, AI auditing & civil rights, defense prep
Five-Year Plan
The Braided Reading EPUB — a 5-year integrated MA+PhD curriculum across Communication, AI, IP Law, and Social Equity. See the full 1,200-book bibliography.
Pre-program
Orientation: legal reasoning, AI literacy, comm theory, scholarly writing
MA Year 1 · Fall 2026
Disciplinary foundations across the four pillars
MA Year 1 · Spring 2027
Sharpening the lenses: rhetoric, copyright, AI ethics, race & technology
Summer Bridge 2027
Generative AI × copyright; technical AI for policy thinkers
MA Year 2 · Fall 2027
STS, patents, platform governance, critical race & technology
MA Year 2 · Spring 2028
Surveillance, trademark, AI policy, GenAI & creative production, MA thesis
PhD Year 1 · Fall 2028
Doctoral-level theory + research methods + integration seminars + comp-list build
PhD Year 1 · Spring 2029
Political economy, international IP, trade secrets, comp-exam prep
PhD Year 2 · Fall 2029
Special field exam + prospectus defense; methods chapter drafted
PhD Year 2 · Spring 2030
Body chapters drafted; in-program defense
PhD Year 3 · Fall 2030
AI labor & creative economies, disability & sociotechnical justice, frontier AI/IP
PhD Year 3 · Spring 2031
Global tech justice, comparative IP, AI auditing & civil rights, defense prep