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Publication Party to Celebrate Carolyn Kitch's New Book [08.30.05]

Faculty, staff and students in the MM&C program are cordially invited to a Sunday afternoon supper to celebrate the publication of Prof. Carolyn Kitch's second book, Pages from the Past, History & Memory in American Magazines, to be published in September by the University of North Carolina Press. The get-together is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday, September 25th, at the home of Pat Bradley in Jenkintown, directions following. Please RSVP and get directions by e-mailing Pat at pbradley@temple.edu.

Carolyn Kitch Elected MM&C Director [08.24.05]

The MM&C faculty is very pleased to announce that they have elected Professor Carolyn Kitch to serve as director of the MM&C program for the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic years.

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Welcome Back Party for Graduate Students [08.21.05]

When: Friday, August 26, 2005 6:00-9:00 PM

Where: 1319 Locust St. Philadelphia PA 19107

Who's Invited? New and returning Temple Grad Students

What will be there? Complimentary alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, food and a DJ

This party is hosted by Temple University Graduate Students Association, but you need not be a member of TUGSA to attend - it's simply an effort to build fellowship across departments, to welcome new students, and to celebrate the new semester.

Any questions? Email Melissa Lenos at mglenos@temple.edu.

Sad News: Robert Reich has Died [08.01.05]

MM&C is sorry to have to report the very sad news that MM&C alum Robert Reich has died. Bob earned his degree in August 1995; his dissertation was titled "The Role of Emotional Images in the Persuasive Effect of Television Commercials" (Matthew Lombard was the chair of his dissertation committee). Bob left Temple to become assistant professor and department chair at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. He was a warm, gentle, and outstanding person and will be greatly missed.

It's typical of Bob that after he earned his degree he generously shared his experiences as a new professor with the MM&C community - you can read his "View from the Ivory Tower" column from the spring 1996 issue of the MM&C Newsletter here. The announcement of Bob's death from the July 30, 2005 editions of The News Leader in Staunton, Virginia follows.

Robert D. Reich, 54

STAUNTON -- Robert David Reich died Thursday (July 28, 2005) at Augusta Medical Center. He was born April 25, 1951, at Florida, to William T. and Irene (Dinter) Reich. He was a retired college professor.

Survivors include his wife, Leslie R. (Scheffel) Reich; a twin brother, James C. Reich of Phillipsburg, N.J.; and a brother, William H. Reich of Mount Tremper, N.Y.

Burial will be private. Hamrick Funeral Home is handling arrangements.

Spring 2005 Semester Party held May 13 [05.15.05]

Students, faculty and friends of MM&C gathered for the enjoyable, and delicious, spring 2005 "End Of Year Potluck" at Professor Matthew Lombard's home in Center City Philadelphia on Friday May 13. Thanks to the first year students, who hosted, and everyone who brought food and themselves. If you missed it, plan to join us for the fall 2005 party - watch for postings on the MMC listserv for details.

Seventh Annual SCT Graduate Student Research Forum [04.01.05]

Students, faculty, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 7th Annual SCT Graduate Student Research Forum on Friday March 25, 2005 (rescheduled from February 25 due to snow) at Tuttleman Learning Center; the presenters and faculty then had lunch together in the Rhoades Room of the Diamond Club in Mitten Hall.

Congratulations to the top paper winners and to all of the presenters, and special thanks to the members of MM&C's Forum organizing committee: Carolyn Kitch (chair), Jan Fernback and Michael Maynard.

The top paper winners (who received cash awards) were:

Top Paper:

  • Rick Popp, The Narratives of Conspiracy: The Collective Memory of Conspiracy on the History Channel"

Second Paper:

  • Su Hi Choi, "The Contested Memory of a Forgotten War: Textual Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of the No Gun Ri Incident"

The program and pictures from the event are available at the links below.

  Photos from the event

Hobbs and Papacharissi Elected MM&C Co-Directors [05.02.04]

Following three years in the post, Matthew Lombard stepped down as MM&C director at the end of summer 2004. MM&C will be in extremely good hands: The faculty elected Professors Renee Hobbs and Zizi Papacharissi to serve as co-directors of the MM&C program beginning on September 1.

Spring 2004 Semester Party April 30 [05.02.04]

On Friday, April 30, 2004 students, faculty and friends of MM&C gathered for the enjoyable, and delicious, spring 2004 semester party. Special thanks to the hosts, first year students Guillermo Avila-Saavedra, Matthew Jones, Rebbeca Kern, Ki Jung Lee, Heather Muse, Rick Popp, and Sue Robinson. If you missed it, plan to join us for the fall 2004 party - watch for postings on the MMC listserv for details.

T-LAB Added to MM&C Computer Resources [03.20.04]

To better serve its students, in January 2003 MM&C established a computer workstation in Annenberg Hall with a variety of specialized data analysis software applications installed. The Dell OptiPlex GX150 has an Iomega Zip 250 drive and HP Laserjet 6P printer and is connected to the internet. Installed software includes Windows XP, Office XP (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, and Powerpoint), and analysis software including SPSS, Ucinet, Thoughtview, and Anthropac. Now T-LAB, a program that extracts, compares and maps the contents of various kinds of texts, has been installed. The workstation is on the basement level of Annenberg Hall, in Room 19, the Digital Video Editing Center (DVEC). Detailed information about the workstation and how to obtain access to it can be found here.

Students: Get Your MM&C Business Cards [03.16.04]

All current MM&C students are encouraged to get professional business cards from Temple University and use them when they need to exchange contact information at a conference, during a job interview, or just while speaking or corresponding with a colleague. Students can not only order Temple business cards - with the red Temple 'T' logo and their name, MM&C affiliation, and e-mail and campus addresses - but MM&C will help pay for them.

If you'd like your own business cards write a personal check to "Temple University" for $12 and send or deliver it to:

Denise Lannon
SCT Graduate Office: MM&C
Annenberg Hall 344
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122

phone: 215-204-8791
fax: 215-204-0310
email: dlannon@temple.edu

Provide a typed or very legibly hand-written copy of your full name and e-mail address as you want them to appear on the cards. MM&C will order the cards (a set of 250, for which Temple charges just over $20) and let you know when they're ready to be picked up (you can also arrange to have them sent to you).

The deadline for ordering cards this year is Friday April 16, so all checks must arrive in the SCT Graduate Office on or before that date. It will take approximately two weeks for the cards to arrive.

If you have any questions, please contact Denise Lannon.

Sixth Annual SCT Graduate Student Research Forum Held February 27, 2004 [03.14.04]

Students, faculty, alums, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 6th Annual SCT Graduate Student Research Forum on Friday February 27, 2004 at Temple University Center City (TUCC). Congratulations to the top paper winners and to all of the presenters, and special thanks to the members of MM&C's Forum organizing committee: Priscilla Murphy (chair), Renee Hobbs and Zizi Papacharissi.

 

The top paper winners were:

Top Paper:

  • Olga Vilceanu, "Old vs. New: The Case of Genetically Modified Foods in Us and French Newspapers, 1998-2002"

Second Paper:

  • Maria Simone, "CODEPINK Alert: The World Wide Web at Work in the Public Sphere"

Third Paper (tie):

  • Matthew Jones, "Erotic Comics: An Investigation into the Arousal of Sexual Desire through Comic Art"
  • Tom Polcari, "Behind Every Great Woman There Has to Be a Great Man: The Structural Role of Boys, Men, and Masculine Beasts in Cartoon Network?s The Powerpuff Girls"

For more about the event, follow these links:

  Photos from the event

Fall 2003 MM&C Poster Session Held December 15, 2003 [12.28.03]

Students, faculty, and friends attended the second MM&C Poster Session on Monday, December 15, 2003.

Poster sessions, or more formally, Interactive Display Sessions, are a common format for sharing communication research at professional conferences. In an informal gathering scholars set up visual 'posters' that provide a brief and compelling introduction to the important elements of their projects, and visitors then walk around the room reading the different posters and speaking with the authors to find out more about the projects.

Students in several courses, including Researching Communication I (MMC 500), Understanding Photographs (JPRA 814/ BTMM 688/ FMA 902), and Doctoral  Colloquium (MMC 945), shared their work from the fall semester at this event, which was held in Tuttleman Hall 202. Despite the great refreshments served during the 5:30-7:00 session, many of the attendees had enough room to go out for dinner at the Draught Horse and enjoy a relaxing evening of socializing.

  Photos from the event

Fall 2003 Semester Party November 21 [12.28.03]

Students, faculty and friends of MM&C attended the fall 2003 semester party on Friday, November 21, 2003. The event was sponsored by the students in the Doctoral Colloquium (MMC 945) and was held at Professor Lombard's home. Watch for postings on the MMC listserv for information about the spring 2004 party!

New MM&C Travel Mugs Available [09.13.03]

The MM&C coffee mugs are almost gone, so over the summer MM&C designed and ordered a set of new MM&C travel mugs. The 22 ounce, heavy plastic mugs are "granite gray" with black trim and handle, and a black removable lid with a thumb slide that opens and closes a space for sipping. A large, Temple-red MM&C graphic wraps around most of the mug.

MM&C is pleased to be able to offer all MM&C students, alumni/ae, faculty, and staff one of these new mugs as a gift. Initially we'll distrubute the mugs at the SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS), so in addition to the interesting and informal presentations and discussions, come to STARSS to get your (free) travel mug! The schedule of presentations is below. (Details on how those of you not in Philadelphia, or not able to attend STARSS for other reasons, can get your mug will be posted here soon.)

Fall 2003 STARSS Schedule Announced [09.12.03]

Join us for the fall 2003 SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS); all STARSS are held from 3:40 ? 4:30 pm in Annenberg Hall 301 unless otherwise noted.)

Monday, September 15
Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963 ? 1975
Dr. Pat Bradley, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Journalism
(click here to read a story about this talk in Temple News)

Monday, September 29
The Academic Job Search: All your Questions Answered
Drs. Matthew Lombard, Director of MM&C program, Jan Fernback, Asst. Professor, BTMM, & TBA

Monday, October 13
Iraq Invasion Opinion Media Revisited: Journalistic Issue Frames in the Period Leading Up to War
Dr. Herb Simons, Professor, Speech Communication

Monday, October 27
Political Authority in a Mediated Age
Susan Herbst, Dean, College of Liberal Arts

Monday, December 1
Framing the Internet as a Global Public or Private Good: A Network Text Analysis of Competing Discourses within the United Nations' Information and Communication Technologies Task Force
Gisela Gil-Egui, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. Candidate

MM&C Policies and Procedures Moves to MM&C Web Site [07.30.03]

In an effort to better serve our students by providing timely, complete, and easily accessible information about MM&C policies and procedures, a new MM&C policies and procedures page, as well as a revised Forms and templates page of the MM&C web site have replaced the .pdf document titled The MM&C Doctoral Program: Policies and Procedures and the earlier Ph.D. Manual. The new and revised pages represent a long needed improvement over the previous documents because they are more accessible and convenient to use, they're updated and updatable, they contain new sections and features, and they're written in a less intimidating tone. The MM&C policies and procedures page is now the essential reference resource for all MM&C students as they move through the program; it replaces and supercedes all older documents. If you find errors, have questions, or have suggestions for things to add, please let us know at mmc@temple.edu.

Spring 2003 Semester Party [04.30.03]

Students, faculty and friends of MM&C gathered on Friday April 25th for the spring social event, the Semester Party, held at Professor Lombard's home.

  Photos from the event

 

MM&C Coffee Mugs Still Available [03.20.03]

A limited number of custom-made MM&C coffee mugs are available for purchase. The 11 oz. mugs are gray and feature a large graphic containing the words "M M C," "Mass Media & Communication," "Doctor of Philosophy" on one side and the words "Temple University," "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania" on the other, all in Temple red.

Click here for details.

 

Fifth Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held February 14, 2003 [2.16.03]

Students, faculty, alums, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 5th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum on February 14, 2003 at Temple University Center City (TUCC). Congratulations to the top paper winners and to all of the presenters, and special thanks to the members of MM&C's Forum organizing committee: Priscilla Murphy, Jan Fernback, Fabienne Darling-Wolf, and MM&C student Jen Mintzer.

The top paper winners were:

Top Paper:

  • Yan Tian, "The Effects of Internet Use on Social Trust"

Second Paper:

  • Mark Scalese, "Adversaries or Allies? The Relationship between Producers and Their Subjects in Documentary Production"

Third Paper:

  • Maria Simone, "Preparing a Face: An Exploration of Identity Presentation in Online and Offline Contexts"

To learn more about the event, please see the following:
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  Photos from the event

 

Spring 2003 SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) Speakers Announced [2.16.03]

The schedule for the semester's continuing SCAT seminar series has been announced. All of the talks are free to the public and will be held from 3:40 to 4:30 on Mondays in Annenberg Hall Room 301.

Monday, February 3, 2003
Virtually multicultural: Gender, culture and belonging in an international fan community
Dr. Fabienne Darling-Wolf, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising

Monday, February 24
The Essay Film from Alain Resnais to Derek Jarman: When Auteurs make Documentaries
Dr. Tim Corrigan, Temple University Dept. of English

Monday, March 24
In Search of a Sensible Free Speech Theory for the Student Press
Dr. Tom Eveslage, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising

Monday, April 7
"Predictive history": What US videotex told us about the World Wide Web
Dr. Sandy Kyrish, SCAT Assistant Dean, Technology and Planning

Monday, April 14
The Uptown Coalition: A Case Study of the Intersection of Media Advocacy, Media Literacy and Social Change
Dave Marshall, Mass Media and Communication Ph.D. Candidate

Monday, April 21
Academic Book Publishing: How and Why (or why not)
Peter Wissoker, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Temple University Press

Monday, April 28
Politics in a web-based environment: the effects of presence and flow on political knowledge, interest, efficacy, and participation
Linda Greenwood, Mass Media and Communication Ph.D. Student

MM&C Program Proposal Replaces Annual Review Form [1.9.03]

MM&C has replaced the Annual Review form with a new mechanism to promote effective student planning and faculty advising. Beginning with the 2002-2003 academic year, all MM&C students are required to create, and then annually update, a Program Proposal document that outlines their previous, current, and planned professional activities. A complete draft of the Proposal document is to be submitted to each student's advisor by the end of the second week of classes of the spring semester. Full details and a sample Proposal that can be used as a template are available on our MM&C forms and templates page.

 

Students Can Now Get Credit for STARSS [1.7.03]

Beginning this spring, MM&C students can earn 1 credit of MM&C course work for attending STARSS. All they have to do is attend at least six of the eight seminars in the SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series, in which research faculty and students in the School of Communications and Theater discuss their work in informal talks, write a short paper about the experience and their reactions to it.

All STARSS talks this spring will be held from 3:40 to 4:30 on Mondays in Annenberg Hall Room 301. The speakers and topics will be announced soon. Everyone is welcome to attend, but to earn credit MM&C students should register for MMC 945, section 2.

For more information please contact Andy Mendelson or Matthew Lombard.

 

Fall 2002 MM&C Poster Session Held December 16, 2002 [1.3.03]

Students, faculty, and friends attended the second MM&C Poster Session on Monday, December 16, 2002.

Poster Sessions, or more formally, Interactive Display Sessions, are a common format for sharing communication research at professional conferences. In an informal gathering scholars set up visual 'posters' that provide a brief and compelling introduction to the important elements of their projects, and visitors then walk around the room reading the different posters and speaking with the authors to find out more about the projects.

Students in several courses, including Researching Communication I (MMC 500), Communication Theory I (MMC 400), Ph.D. Colloquium (MMC 945), and Public Information Campaigns (BTMM 744), shared their work from the fall semester at this event, which was held in Tuttleman Hall 202. Despite the great refreshments served during the 4:30-6:30 session, many of the attendees had enough room to go out for dinner at the Draught Horse and enjoy a relaxing evening of socializing.

  Photos and materials from the event

 

Fall 2002 SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS)

A Success!  Last fall we had another great line up of talks on a variety of communication issues, new media, journalism, advertising, and film. The speakers and topics were:

September 30
The effect of new communication and information technologies on academic research paradigms
Irene Berkowitz, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. candidate

October 7
Image is everything: Another way of understanding celebrities and the paparazzi
Andrew Mendelson, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising

October 21
Unpaid advertising: The case of Wilson the Volleyball in Castaway
Michael Maynard, Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising and Megan Scala, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. student

November 4
"Virtual" learning: In search of a pan-pedagogical model for enhanced learning through "presence."
Melissa Selverian, Mass Media & Communication Ph.D. student

November 18
Trajectories of Utopia: Conflicting Visions of the Ideal Society in 20th Century Film, Media, and Culture
Barry Vacker, Dept. of Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Mass Media

December 2
Attribution, Narrative Agency and Interactive Media
Jeff Rush, Associate Dean, School of Communications and Theater and Dept. of Film and Media Arts

 

The schedule for the spring 2003 SCAT Theory and Research Symposium Series will be announced soon. Come hear about the research faculty and students in the School of Communications and Theater are working on. All talks are open to the public.

If you're interested in presenting or have an idea for a STARSS program, please contact Andy Mendelson.

MM&C Fall 2002 Semester Party the Usual 'Fun for All' [11.24.02]

Friday November 22nd was the date for the traditional and popular MM&C social event, the Semester Party, held at Professor Lombard's home. A good time was had by all!

  Photos from the event

 

MM&C Administrative Committees for 2002-3 Constituted [11.15.02]

The bylaws of the MM&C program require several standing committees to be constituted each year, and in most cases that they include a student member nominated by the faculty. The committees and their members for the 2002-3 academic year are listed below. If you have questions or suggestions relevant to the work of a particular committee, please feel free to contact the chair or another member of the committee.

Admissions:

  • Carolyn Kitch (chair)
  • Pat Bradley
  • Zizi Papacharissi

Curriculum:

  • Nancy Morris (chair)
  • Jan Fernback
  • Michael Maynard
  • Priscilla Murphy
  • Melissa Selverian (student member)

Recruiting:

  • Michael Maynard (chair)
  • Pat Bradley
  • Zizi Papacharissi
  • Tom Polcari (student member)

Graduate Research Forum:

  • Priscilla Murphy (chair)
  • Jan Fernback
  • Fabienne Darline-Wolf
  • Jennifer Mintzer (student member)

Ad hoc Committee to Revise the MM&C Policies and Procedures Document:

  • Andy Mendelson (chair)
  • Fabienne Darline-Wolf
  • Nancy Morris
  • Dave Allan (student member)

 

MM&C Adopts New Approach to Courses and Course Scheduling in 2002-2003  [09.01.02]

MM&C now offers a small number of courses that are designed specifically for doctoral students. For details, including the 2002-2003 MM&C course schedule, click here.

 

Events and Announcements 2001-2002 Academic Year

SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) Completes a Successful Year.

The SCAT Theory and Research Seminar Series (STARSS) features SCAT faculty, graduate students and invited scholars talking about their approaches to and experiences with research projects and current issues in communication in a relaxed atmosphere.

The Series launched in the fall 2001 semester with six bi-weekly informative and well-attended sessions:

  • Nancy Morris: "Research Questions, Research Decisions: The Path to Research Answers"
  • Fabienne Darling-Wolf, JPRA Department: "Why I Love Japanese Men: Redefining Gender Identity in Japan"
  • Carolyn Kitch: "Doing Interdisciplinary Research in Communications"
  • Priscilla Murphy: "Chaos and Complexity in Communication Research"
  • Maureen Taylor, Department of Communication, Rutgers University: "International Public Relations and Nation-Building"
  • Bernie Ankney, JPRA Department: "Cultural Catalysis Theory: A Communication Theory to Supplement Social Capital Theory"

The spring 2002 sessions were:

  • Ha Sung Hwang and Jae-Woong Kwon: "Visual Images of Terror: A Content Analysis of Photographs in American Daily Newspapers on September 12" (MM&C students Ha Sung and Jae presented this paper at a conference at the end of that week.)
  • Carl Botan, Department of Communication, Purdue University: "Electronic Surveillance in the Work Place: Emergent Issues and Social Impacts"
  • Ed Alwood, JPRA Department: "The Hunt for Red Writers: The Eastland Committee Hearings on Communists in the Press, 1955-56"
  • Kasey Walker, Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University: "Control the Words, Control the World: Semantic Power in a Collaborating Group"
  • Zizi Papacharissi, BTMM Department: "Real/Virtual Dichotomy: A Meta-analysis of Research on New Media Uses and Consequences"
  • Jan Fernback: "Using Community to Sell: The Commodification of Community in Retail Web Sites"
  • Paul Swann, Film & Media Arts Department: "Postindustriality and the Spectacular City"
  • Larry Gross, University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication: "From Criminal to Consumer in Fifty Years: Media Portrayals of Gays and Lesbians"

If you're interested in presenting or have an idea for a STARSS program, please contact Andy Mendelson.

 

Course in Grant Writing Offered Spring 2002

SCAT offered a course in writing proposals for external funding. MM&C and other graduate students took advantage of the opportunity. Click here for details.

 

Spring 2002 Semester Party Held April 19th

On Friday April 19th, members of the MM&C community gathered for our 21st semi-annual Semester Party. We caught up with old friends, met new ones, and enjoyed a delicious meal (everything was great, but Lydia's meat pie [or 'vertical pizza'], Olga's potato salad, Melissa S.'s eggplant dish, and Sondra's [sinful!] peanut butter pie were outstanding!). If you missed this semester's party, we hope to see you at the fall event.

 

4th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held Friday February 1, 2002

Students, faculty, alums, and friends of the MM&C Program attended the 4th Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum on February 1, 2002. Thanks to everyone who made the event such a success, and congratulations to the top paper award winners:

First Place Papers (tie; $100 award each):

  • "Virtual Learning: In Search of a Psychological Model" by Melissa Selverian
  • "Making Sense of South Park and American Humor - A Case Study of Star TV's Innovative Adjustment to Local Tastes in Taiwan" by Hong Chi Shiau

Second Place Papers (tie; $50 award each):

  • "Geopolitical References, Regional Issues, and National Identities in Cyberspace: A Study of Crossposted Messages in Usenet "soc.culture" Newsgroups" by Gisela Gil-Egui
  • "Framing the Millennium" by Olga Vilceanu

To learn more about the event, please see the following:
(Links will open in new windows)

 Photos from the event

Fall 2001 MM&C Poster Session Held December 10, 2001

SCAT graduate students, faculty, and friends attended the first MM&C/BTMM/JPRA Poster Session on Monday, December 10, 2001.

Poster Sessions, or more formally, Interactive Display Sessions, are a common format for sharing communication research at professional conferences; in an informal gathering scholars set up visual 'posters' that provide a brief and compelling introduction to the important elements of their projects, and visitors then walk around the room reading the different posters and speaking with the authors to find out more about the projects that interest them.

Students in several courses, including Communication Research Methods (BTMM 411/MMC 500), Theories Of Visual Communication (JPRA 814/BTMM 688/MMC 680), Public Information Campaigns (BTMM 744/MMC 744), and Ph.D. Colloquium (BTMM 945/MMC 945), joined together to share their work from the fall semester at this event, which was held in Annenberg Hall 302. The turnout was great and responses were very positive; a similar event is planned for the fall semester.

  Photos from the event

 

New MM&C Policies and Practices for Student Input

The MM&C faculty recently established a series of new policies to help obtain and respond to the perspectives and insights of students.

First, the MM&C Program Director will now hold regular meetings with students who are interested in discussing any and all issues related to the doctoral program and ways to improve it. The first 'Meet with the Director' meeting was on November 6, 2001; dates/times for future meetings will be announced on the MMC listserv.

Any MM&C student may also request that an issue or concern be placed on the agenda of an upcoming MM&C faculty meeting and, with the permission of the Director, present and discuss the issue or concern at the meeting.

The MM&C faculty have created a set of committees to plan and manage several different aspects of the doctoral program, and the following policy regarding student input to these committees was approved: "Based on faculty suggestions and consensus, the MM&C Director will invite individual MM&C students, who must be and remain in good standing, to participate in the work of the faculty committees."

Following this policy, the faculty invited Anna Zaks, Gisela Gil-Egui (Research Forum Committee), Banu Akdenizli (Recruiting), David Marshall (Admissions), Margaret Rakus, and Melissa Selverian (Curriculum) to serve on the faculty committees for 2001-2002, and all of them graciously accepted. Students who have comments, suggestions, questions, etc. regarding these aspects of MM&C, should contact any members, including the student members, of these committees.

3rd Annual SCAT Graduate Student Research Forum Held Friday February 23, 2001

  Photos from the event

Current MM&C Program News is available here.