Rain Embuscado, a dual grad student working toward an MFA in new media and an MA in journalism research at the University of Missouri, recently attended the Association for the Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) 50th Southeast Colloquium in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. At the conference, Embuscado’s paper "Meet My Auto-Deepfake," was accepted in the Law and Policy Division.

The AEJMC is a major international membership organization for academics in the field, offering regional and national conferences and refereed publications. The colloquium was hosted by the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina, and was held from March 13–15, 2025. The presentation is a communications law and policy research paper that investigates deepfake technology, artificial intelligence legislation, and the First Amendment. 

Embuscado traveled with a group of graduate and doctoral students from the Missouri School of Journalism along with Dr. Jared Schroeder. The paper was written to satisfy the requirements of Dr. Schroeder's graduate-level Communications Law Seminar. 

Embuscado published an article for The Art Newspaper earlier this semester, about the first Latin American woman to have artwork in the White House collection. The previous semester Embuscado produced and moderated a faculty panel discussion for the Bingham Gallery titled After Prompts. Embuscado is scheduled to graduate this May with a Master of Arts in Journalism. 

Embuscado earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Studio Art from Hunter College in New York City. He has contributed arts and culture reporting to various local, national, and international publications including: Artnet News, The Art Newspaper, The Seattle Times, The New York Magazine, HuffPost Culture & Arts, Hyperallergic, and the NEW INC STREAM.