Max Griffin
Max Griffin is a father, grandfather, spouse, author, and mathematician. He has eight commercially published novels and a collection of short stories, all speculative fiction, often with a touch of romance, and often featuring LGBTQ characters. He is the founder and managing editor of Tales from the Crosstimbers, a quarterly journal of speculative fiction. He is retired from the mathematics and electrical-engineering faculties at the University of Oklahoma Tulsa campus where he served as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Social Media: Lifeblood or Vampire?
Social media can help creators connect with audiences, promote their work, and build communities. At the same time, constant posting and engagement can drain time, focus, and creative energy. This panel explores the complicated relationship between creativity and online platforms. Does social media fuel creative work, or slowly deplete your creativity?
Please Cite Your Sources: A Survival Guide for Academic Integrity
Academic writing is meant to reward research, reasoning, and intellectual honesty. This panel examines what happens when those standards break down, from poorly supported arguments to institutional responses that undermine education itself. Using anonymized and hypothetical scenarios, panelists explore how bad writing, misplaced outrage, and weak oversight collide, along with what students, educators, and readers should actually expect from higher education.