nais - Annual Conference 2009 - Preview - (Page 9) JeHANe NoUJAIM Thursday, February 26, 1:30–2:30 PM different Channels, different Truths Alumna of Milton Academy (MA). Jehane Noujaim began as a photographer and filmmaker in her native Cairo, Egypt. Noujaim graduated from Milton Academy (MA) and then Harvard University. After graduation, Harvard awarded her the Gardner fellowship, under which she directed Mokattam. Noujaim’s controversial documentary, Control Room, about the Arabic-language cable news station Al Jazeera, questioned prevailing images and positions offered up by the United States’ news media about the Iraq war. Then, she worked as producer of the MTV series Unfiltered. After MTV, Noujaim produced and directed Startup.com in association with Pennebaker Hedgedus Films. The highly acclaimed documentary won numerous awards including the Directors Guild of America and International Documentary Association Awards for best documentary. She has since worked in the Middle East and the U.S. as a director and cinematographer on documentaries. Noujaim won the Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) Prize, and used her “wish” to organize Pangea Day, a live videoconference featuring films, speakers, and music. Pangea Day took place in New York City, Rio de Janeiro, London, Dharamsala, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Kigali. The four-hour show was broadcast through Internet, television, and mobile phones. CArol dWeCk Friday, February 27, 8:00–9:00 AM Mindsets: developing Talent and Creating effective leaders Carol S. Dweck is a leading researcher in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research focuses on why students succeed and how to foster their success. More specifically, her work has demonstrated the role of mindsets in students’ motivation and has illuminated how praise for intelligence can undermine motivation and learning. Dweck has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard universities, has lectured all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her work has been prominently featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe, and she has appeared on the television shows Today, Good Morning America, and 20/20. Dweck’s recent book Mindset (published by Random House) has been widely acclaimed. 9
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