Neil Potnis

Publications & Theses

Research Interests: Digital Media, Media Sociology, Civic Education, Social Movements.

Potnis, N., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). "Earthen Builder Simulation: Representing Natural Materials and Embodied Carbon With Computational Play." International Journal of Interaction Design and Architecture(s), 60, 168–193. https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-060-007

Guo, X., Potnis, N., Yu, M., Gillani, N., & Vosoughi, S. (2024). "The Computational Anatomy of Humility: Modeling Intellectual Humility in Online Public Discourse." In Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (pp. 5701-5723).

Potnis, Neil. “A Faith In Imagination: Beginning Texas Design Journal.” Texas Design Journal 2 (2022): 9–28. https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/113960

Potnis, Neil. “Frolic Pedagogy In a Post-Fröbel Era.” UT School of Design and Creative Technologies (2021).

Conferences & Talks

Potnis, N. (2025). "Digital Networks and Climate Change Education: A Social Network Analysis of Movements in Delhi." Paper to be presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Forthcoming.

Potnis, N. (2025). "Digital Networks and Climate Change Education: A Social Network Analysis of Movements in Delhi." Paper to be presented at the Teachers College Sustainability Projects Showcase.

Exhibitions

"Earthen Rituals" (Group Exhibition: Natural Materials Lab), Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy, May–November 2025. Role: Computational Designer.

Teaching

Human-Centered Design for Social Impact (2023) • Undergraduate Seminar at Columbia World Projects
Computational Drawing (2023) • Graduate Course at Columbia University GSAPP