Student profile
Akira Oikawa
Thesis supervisor: Fenwick McKelvey
Akira graduated with a BA in Communication Studies in April of 2024.
Akira is an international student who is studying the impact of Generative AI on creative media production and academia. Holding experience as a soundscape artist, he has been working as a Teaching Assistant for sound production courses in the Communication Studies department since 2023.
His international background has also pushed him to volunteer at the Otakuthon Montreal convention since 2022 as a Japanese-English-French translator and interpreter. On top of his degree, he is also a freelance webjournalist for the French website ActuaBD. His hobbies include playing board games and photography.
Thesis title: The Work of students in the age of GenAI