The Center for Faculty Scholarship, Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library , and Communications Media Department hosted a celebration to mark the most recent book published by Professor J.J. Sylvia IV. English Studies Professor DeMisty D. Bellinger-Delfeld welcomed attendees to the University Archives where J.J. Sylvia IV discussed his recently published book, LiveJournal and Russian Disinformation: The Rise of Epistemic Sabotage (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025) where he "demonstrates how epistemic sabotage became central to the Kremlin's efforts to manipulate truth, and more broadly, how the ever-increasing reach of the internet and social media platforms can be weaponized by authoritarian regimes to disrupt knowledge systems and destabilize democracies." Read more about the book here.
