Dr. Anna Greenspan

Associate Professor

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Biography

Anna Greenspan is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Global Media at NYU Shanghai and a Global Network Associate Professor at NYU. She is the Director of NYU Shanghai's Center for Artificial Intelligence and Culture. Her research focuses on urban futures and emerging media, and she is a founding member of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU). Anna has published extensively, including her book 'Shanghai Future: Modernity Remade' from Oxford University Press in 2014 and her latest monograph 'China the Wireless Undertow: Media Wave Philosophy' in the Technicites series from Edinburgh University Press in 2023. She collaborates with Bogna Konior and Benjamin Bratton on the upcoming 'Machine Decision Final: China, History Future AI' (Urbanomic, 2024). Anna also runs a digital humanities project, 'Moveable Feasts', which maps Shanghai’s street food, and co-founded the Shanghai Studies Society research hub.

Research Interests

The Nature of Artifice Philosophy Urban Futures Emerging Media

Courses

Global Perspective Society New Media Cultivated City Philosophy of Technology Capstone Studio - Interactive Media Arts Street Life & Street Food 21st Century City Chinese Cyberculture Shanghai: Global Connections Internship Seminar Fieldwork

Requirements for New York University Shanghai

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
GRE Subject
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree with a major in mathematics or equivalent Three semesters of college-level calculus (including multivariable) One semester of linear algebra
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts from all institutions attended
  • Three letters of recommendation (preferably from mathematicians)
  • Statement of Academic Purpose
  • GRE Mathematics Subject Test score
  • TOEFL or IELTS scores (for non-native speakers)
Specialization Notes

The Ph.D. program in Mathematics offers research opportunities specifically at NYU Shanghai.