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In Pictures: Global SCT session

By jcronin | Published: November 20, 2009
<b>In Pictures:</b> Global SCT session Representatives from every department in the School of Communications and Theater participated in the Global SCT session as part of the 2009 Global Temple event Nov. 17. It featured a survey of international research and creative work being done in the school.
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Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team

By jcronin | Published: November 19, 2009
Donald Heller joins SCT administrative team Temple University’s School of Communications and Theater welcomes Donald Heller as its assistant dean of administration. Heller comes to SCT from Temple’s College of Engineering, where he was assistant dean of finance and operations, but he is a familiar face in Annenberg Hall. Heller ... Read more »
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StOC chair publishes multivolume set on intercultural communication

By murphyp | Published: November 19, 2009
Deborah A. Cai, professor and chair of the Department of Strategic and Organizational Communication, has edited a four-volume set entitled Intercultural Communication (Sage Publications). These volumes are a collection of previously published research articles that are important to the study of culture's influence on communication processes. The principal market for these volumes are libraries that are unable to house collections ... Read more »
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MM&C student Dianne Garyantes successfully defends her dissertation

By Matthew Lombard | Published: August 26, 2009
Congratulations to Mass Media & Communication (MM&C) student Dianne Garyantes, who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation Aug. 13. The title of her dissertation is "Toward a New Norm of Understanding: A Culturally Competent Approach to Journalism." The members of her dissertation examination committee were Nancy Morris (Chair), Fabienne Darling-Wolf, Andrew Mendelson and Elfriede Fursich (Boston College; outside reader).
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SCT welcomes Interim Dean Tom Jacobson

By sam | Published: August 25, 2009
tom_j1 A new Interim Dean is manning the helm in the School of Communications and Theater. Tom Jacobson has stepped into his new role July 20, succeeding Concetta Stewart, who accepted a position as dean of Pratt Institute’s School of Art and Design in New York City. “I hope to build on ... Read more »
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Article by Interim Dean and Mass Media & Communication alum is accepted for publication

By olga | Published: August 11, 2009
Congratulations to MM&C alum Leanne Chang, '07 and Professor and SCT Interim Dean Tom Jacobson, whose article, "Measuring Participation as Communicative Action: A Case Study of Citizen Involvement in and Assessment of A City's Smoking Cessation Policy-Making Process," has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Communication. The article is based on Leanne's dissertation; Leanne is now an Assistant ... Read more »
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Mass Media & Communication alumnus publishes book

By olga | Published: July 22, 2009
Congratulations to MM&C alum Ron Bishop '83, Professor and Director of the Communication Program in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia, on the publication of his book, When Play Was Play: Why Pick-Up Games Matter, by the State University of ... Read more »
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MM&C student Satarupa Dasgupta presents at International Communication Association

By olga | Published: July 15, 2009
Congratulations to MM&C student Satarupa Dasgupta, who presented "Revulsion versus Reverence: Swastika and its Symbolic Significance" in the Intercultural Communication division at the 2009 annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), in Chicago, May 21-25. Satarupa also presented "Gender Differences in the Impact of Direct to Consumer Advertisements of Prescription Drugs on the Healthcare Seeking Behavior of ... Read more »
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MM&C students win in the Pennsylvania Communication Association Writing Competition

By olga | Published: June 30, 2009
Congratulations to second year Mass Media & Communications students John Church and Michelle Amazeen who won first and second place in the Pennsylvania Communication Association Writing Competition. As winners, they will present their papers, Church’s The Best Seven Months of Our Lives: The War in Iraq and the Battle in Hollywood and Amazeen’s Making Meaning of the Dole “Godless ... Read more »
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Akdenizli works at PEJ, has book published, presents papers, receives Dissertation Completion Award

By sam | Published: August 23, 2008
MM&C alum Banu Akdenizli has been working at the Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) within the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. She contributes to the NEWS Index Coverage Report that PEJ puts out every week - the many interesting reports are available here. On September 25, 2008 she'll participate in an event for ... Read more »
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