Neil Potnis

Publications

Research Interests: Media Sociology, Civic Education, Social Movements, Visual Culture.

Potnis, N. (2026). Beyond the Model Minority: Mediating Inheritance through Visual Practice. Manuscript under review. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24579.16165

Potnis, N., & Ben-Alon, L. (2024). Earthen Builder Simulation: Representing Natural Materials and Embodied Carbon With Computational Play. Interaction Design & Architecture (s)–IxD&A Journal, (60), 0-0.

Guo, X., Potnis, N., Yu, M., Gillani, N., & Vosoughi, S. (2024). The Computational Anatomy of Humility: Modeling intellectual humility in online public discourse. arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.15182.

Conferences & Talks

Potnis, N. (March 2025). “Digital Networks and Climate Change Education: A Social Network Analysis of Youth Political Movements in Delhi” Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference.

Potnis, N. (January 2025). “Digital Networks and Climate Change Education: A Social Network Analysis of Youth Political Movements in Delhi” Presented at the Teachers College Sustainability Projects Showcase.

Exhibitions & Festivals

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

“Echoes of Dissent” (Group Exhibition: Disruptve Studio), New York City, November 13-15, 2025. Role: Curatorial Lead.

"The Children of Dissent" (Short Film: Disruptve Studio), Justice Film Festival, New York City, February 2026. Role: Writer/Director.

Teaching

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