Dear friends,
When I was first considering the move to Rutgers, one of the many exciting things that stood out was a project underway to establish a chair named for Gloria Steinem, as a collaboration between
SC&I
and the
School of Arts and Sciences.
It said two things to me. First, this is a place that is serious and important.
Second, it showed a strong and visible commitment to values and social justice. Over the last year our wonderful
Associate Dean Dafna Lemish
led a search committee tasked with finding a visionary scholar and public intellectual who expressed the values embodied in the chair. As you will see from the big story further down in this newsletter, we were able to appoint one of the most outstanding public intellectuals of our time and someone whose work addresses some of our most intractable contemporary challenges. The first Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies is
Naomi Klein
. You can read my introduction to Naomi at the launch event
here
, or watch in a video
here.
As I briefly noted in the last Dean’s Note, over the past few months the
Department of Library and Information Science
(LIS) faculty, and staff across the school, have been preparing for an American Library Association (ALA) accreditation. In October we were visited by an accreditation team
who read the detailed self-study undertaken by the department
and many associated documents, talked to faculty, students, staff and administrators for four intensive days. I would like to thank all involved from LIS and beyond for producing the materials (particularly
Lilia Pavlovsky
and
Ross Todd
) and working with the accreditors. We will not know the final outcome until January 2019, but their immediate response was extremely positive and I am confident that this will translate into a positive decision.
I have written before about faculty hiring. We are again into a cycle of hiring, with multiple positions open in the LIS and
Communication
departments. Additional details are
here.
This is a sign of our success. It is also a heavy workload and responsibility for faculty as decisions about hiring are so consequential for all involved. But it is exciting – we are modeling the future of SC&I in these decisions.
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Scott Mazzella '99 publishes "Surviving Sandy, Long Beach Island and the Greatest Storm of the Jersey Shore."
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Down The Shore
Publishing asked Mazzella to write a book about Superstorm Sandy, owing to his successful career as a journalist and writer, and his personal experiences with Superstorm Sandy as an LBI homeowner.
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Naomi Klein named Rutgers' Inaugural Gloria Steinem Chair
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The Rutgers University Board of Governors approved the appointment of Klein on September 12, 2018.
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Scholarship Recipients and Donors Celebrated
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SC&I faculty, staff, alumni and students gather to celebrate the opportunities brought by scholarships.
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Douglas N. Woodson Sr. Endowed Scholarship
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For students seeking careers in library and information science—as librarians, archivists, curators, or data scientists—a master’s degree is essential.
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New Jerseyans nearly unanimous about the seriousness of opioid problem in the Garden State.
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Most people are likely to hold doctors and pharmaceutical companies responsible.
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Digital technology, social impact and children and media were overarching themes discussed at the Faculty Colloquium on Sept. 5.
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- SC&I faculty attended JCLC 2018.
- Mary Chayko spoke at the ConnectHer 2018 annual conference on "Media, Power and Sexuality."
- Three members of the SC&I community and Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership launched a new academic leadership program at RBHS.
- Joyce Valenza gave the keynote at ISTE Librarians Network.
- SC&I faculty will attend NCA 2018 in early November.
- David Greenberg examined the history behind political spin on WNYC.
- Regina Marchi received the 2018 Nancy Baym Top Book Award, Association of Internet Researchers.
- Jay Stefanelli has moved on to a new position at Rutgers, Assistant Director of One Stop Student Services Center.
- Kaitlin Costello was named the recipient of ASIS&T SIG-USE's 2018 Elfreda A. Chatman research proposal award.
- Mayra Howell joined SC&I as our new Business Specialist.
- Jeffrey Lane's book, "The Digital Street," published by Oxford University Press, is the first book about the digital life of a neighborhood.
- Juan González breeds the next generation of investigative journalists at SC&I.
- Jack Grasso remembered 9/11.
- Marc Aronson tapped by Simon & Schuster to write book on the cave rescue in Thailand. Ph.D. students Bruce Duboff and Diana Floegel will assist with research.
- SC&I faculty attended AEJMC 2018.
- Veronica Armour joined SC&I as the Instructional Design and Technology Specialist.
- Jack Bratich commented on the effects of an Arizona-based conspiracy theory.
- Meet Caitlin Petre of the Journalism and Media Studies Department.
- SC&I collaboration enabled the East Brunswick Public Library to become a field site for Rutgers.
- Ildiko Koczan joined SC&I as the Assistant Director of Student Services for Career Services.
- SC&I hosted OCMC 2018. Ph.D. students from all over the U.S. presented research during the mini conference.
- SC&I team collaborated with Rutgers Marine scientists to bring Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine research reserve alive.
- After Janus: Our best defense is a strong union.
- SC&I faculty attended ALA 2018.
- Nancy Eng joined SC&I as a Department Administrator.
- Meet Matthew Matsaganis of the Department of Communication.
- NJLA and SC&I teamed up for their annual School Library Bus Tour.
- Anselm Spoerri promoted to Associate Teaching Professor of LIS.
- PTL Mark Beal penned a new book, “Decoding Gen Z: 101 Lessons Generation Z Will Teach Corporate America, Marketers & Media.”
- Jennifer Theiss was promoted to Professor of Communication.
- Read Alexa Hepburn's guest blog post on Research on Language and Social Interaction about Trump at the U.N.
- Charles Senteio was part of a panel discussion on #healthequity at the NJ State Nursing Association Conference, "The Future of the Nurses Profession in the Health Care System and Health Care Disparities.”
- Khadijah Costley White penned a new book, "The Branding of Right-Wing Activism."
- Kaitlin Costello and Katya Ognyanova were both reappointed for a second three-year term on the tenure track.
- Steve Miller was quoted in Adweek on what the Michael Cohen plea deal means for American media.
- Check out Naomi Klein, and Juan González on Democracy Now! where they spoke about the effects of Hurricane Maria.
- Amy Jordan's work on the effects of media on childhood was highlighted in The Daily Targum.
- Chenjerai Kumanyika spoke to Inside Higher Ed on Clemson's University commitment to diversity.
- Sharon Stoerger commented on Rutgers offering free access to Lynda.com for all students, faculty and staff.
- Lauren Feldman commented on climate change in Popular Science.
- Vikki Katz was quoted in Education Week.
- Kevin Ewell and other SC&I reps met with faculty delegates of the South China University of Technology (SCUT) to discuss the transfer student articulation agreement that exists between SCUT and JMS.
- Erica Lucci joined SC&I as the Instructional Design and Technology Specialist
- Rick Dool offered advice if grad school is worth the time and cost in Newsday.
- Regina Marchi returned from sabbatical during which time she was a visiting scholar in the American Studies unit of the University of Venice Ca' Foscari and taught a two-week JMS study abroad Global Journalism course in Bologna.
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- Maryjean Bakaletz, MI '17 is a Teen and Tween Librarian at Warren County Library.
- Liz Boccolini, MI ’18 discussed how the Master of Information program specifically prepared her for the data science field and her current role as consultant.
- MI alumna, Daphne Charles ’18 gained experience and global perspective through a fellowship in South Africa.
- Kate Magsamen-Conrad, Ph.D., Communication ’12, received the Early Career Award from the Health Communication Division of the National Communication Association.
- Julia Cuddahy, MLIS '17 works as a Reference Librarian for the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System.
- Colin DeVries, MCM ’18 talked about how the graduate program has prepared him for professional advancement.
- Jorge Estevez, JMS/COM ’97 discussed his vast journalism career and what motivates his reporting.
- Joe Gillespie, Rutgers College, Journalism/Communications '83, talked about his career path during the technology disruption.
- Meet Jessica Grothues Kurdali, JMS '04.
- Melianie Mostrowski, MCM '17 is an Associate Account Manager at Alligent Group/Pharma Group and offered up advice to current MCM students.
- Celeste Rhoads,’15 earned her Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) while working full-time at a Parisian library.
- Ron Reisman, Rutgers College ’71 discussed his diverse career path from radio reporter to solar ombudsman.
- Bindi Saikia, MCM '17 revealed the top three benefits of the MCM program.
- Jenn Attridge Schacht, MCM ’18 has passion for social responsibility that paved a successful path in the professional world.
- JMS alumni David Seamon, '11 wrote and produced the award-winning SCI-FI Rock Musical, "The Eleventh Hour!"
- Dana Shang, MCM '18 offered advice to future graduate students.
- Rannie Teodoro, Ph.D.'16 talked about her current role at the social media giant, Facebook.
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