Meetings and Colloquia

January 29: Negotiating a Job Offer with Karen Novick and Gina Marcello

February 5: Dr. Anita Say Chan, University of Illinois > Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future 

February 26: Computational Social Science Workshop

March 5: (ONLINE): Dr. Cal Biruk, McMaster University > Quantification, Care, and Capture in Global Health Worlds

March 12: Dissertation Presentations (Cimmi Alvarez, Melanie Kwestel, Casey Randazzo)

March 13: (ONLINE): Dissertation Presentations (Kevin Wang, Hessa al-Mohannadi)

March 26: Dissertation Presentations (Niki Natarajan, Kaitlin Montague, Corinne Weinstein)

March 27: (ONLINE): Dissertation Presentations (Laura Costello, Janet Lazar, Debra Glassco)

April 16: Practicum Poster Presentations

September 18: SC&I PhD Dissertation Presentation: Marisa Holmes “Social Media and Social Movements: A Comparative Study of Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter”

October 2: Dr. Bernadette Gailliard, Assistant Dean for DEI “Communicating Diversity at SC&I”

October 23: Dr. Kory Floyd, University of Arizona “The Importance of Being Prosocial”

November 6: Dr. Julia Sonnevend, The New School for Social Research “Charm: How Magnetic Personalities Shape Global Politics”

November 13: Julia Maxwell, Social Sciences Librarian, Rutgers University Libraries “Systematic and Scoping Reviews in the Social Sciences”

December 11: SC&I PhD Dissertation Presentation: Katherine Prendella “‘My Job is the TV’: An Ecological Approach to Intellectually Disabled Adults’ Media Use”

January 24: Dissertation Presentations: Holly Avella, Mood, Media and Mental Health: A Study of Therapeutic Mood Mediating Technologies (advisor: John Pavlik), Shravan Iyer, Understanding the Role of VR First-Person Perspective in Climate Change Knowledge Outcomes and Pro-Climate Social Actions (advisor: John Pavlik)

February 7: Dr. Sun Kyong Lee, Associate Professor of Media Communication at Korea University, Can We Trust Machines? Insights from a Series of Experiments in Human-Machine Communication

February 21: Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Princeton University, Title TBD

March 6: Alumni Panel: Creative/Critical Approaches to Ph.D. Research, Dr. Vyshali Manivannan, Pace University, Dr. Vanessa Kitzie, University of South Carolina, Dr. Miraida Morales, Project Manager, eBay

March 20: Dissertation Presentations: Alyvia Walters (advisor: Amy Jordan), Hannah Jones (advisor: Jen Theiss)

April 3: Pablo Boczkowski, Northwestern University, Title TBD

April 17: PRACTICUM presentations

April 24: Dissertation Presentations: Xizi Ru (advisor: Matt Weber), Marisa Holmes (advisor: Todd Wolfson)

September 13: The Digital Border: Technologies of Migration Governance and Resistance Dr. Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics

September 27:Conceptualizing and Measuring Symptom Invalidation as Experienced by Patients with Endometriosis Dr. Allyson Bontempo, SC&I Dissertation Presentation

October 11: Talk title TBD – Dr. Danielle Pillet-Shore, University of New Hampshire

October  25: Supporting Mental Health Among Autistic Youth in the Digital Age Meryl Alper, Northeastern University (via Zoom)

November 15: SC&I Alumni Book Panel Dr. Allie Kosterich, Fordham University; Dr. Jiqun Liu, University of Oklahoma; Marisa Holmes, SC&I

November 29: Computational Social Science Lab @ Rutgers Exploring the Role of Digital Platforms in Social Processes

December 13: tbd dissertation presentations 

February 8: Panel on Iranian Protests around Women's Head Coverings Afrooz Mosallaei, Bahareh Badiei

February 22: Creating Chaos Online: Disinformation and Subverted Post-Publics Asta Zelenkauskaite

March 3: Recruitment Day Student Research Panel

March 8: SC&I Scholarly Incubator 

March 29: Dissertation Presentations

May 26: Research Practicum Presentations

September 14: Dissertation Presentation-Christoph Mergerson, Zoom

September 28: Dissertation Presentation-Taylor Goulbourne, Omar Hammad In-person, Room 323

October 12: Dr. Jasmine Cobb, Duke University-Professor of African and African American Studies/Art, History, and Visual Studies, Zoom

October 26: Diversity Book Club discussion of Hunger with Roxane Gay, Noon start time, Zoom

November 9: TBD

CANCELLED-November 30: Meredith Clark, of Northeastern University, In-person, Room 323

CANCELLED-December 14: Dissertation Presentations, In-person, Room 323

January 26:  Tackling Procrastination and Resistance to Writing by Jen Theiss

February 9:  Strategies for Approaching the Job Market

February 23: The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope by Dan Greene, Univ. of Maryland

March 4: FRIDAY: Recruitment Day Research Presentations

March 23: Dissertation Presentations

March 30: Dissertation Presentations

April 20: Research Practicum Presentations

September 15: Dissertation Presentations by Amana Kaskazi and Wan Wei

September 22: Dissertation Presentations by Robyn Caplan and Song Hee Park

September 29: If needed, Dissertation Presentations

October 6: New Faculty Colloquium (Note: 10 a.m.-12 p.m.)

October 20: The gentrification of the Internet: A rallying cry for more freedom online by Jessa Lingel, University of Pennsylvania

November 10: Time Management and Work-Life Balance by Marie Radford

December 1: Finding and Working with a Faculty Advisor

December 15: Dissertation Presentations

January 20: Finding and Applying for External Funding, Grants, and Fellowships. Teresa Delcorso-Ellmann, Craig Winston, Diana Floegel Video link

February 3: Prepping, Writing, Defending, and Passing your Quals. Melanie Kwestel, Alyvia Walters, Kevin Wang Video link

February 17: Revising and Resubmitting for Publication: Addressing and Responding to Reviewer Feedback. Emil Lawrence, other TBA Video link

March 5: Friday: Recruitment Day Colloquium

March 24: Dissertation presentations by Sarah Fadem and Diana Floegel

April 14: Weaponized Words: The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization. Kurt Braddock, American University

April 28 Research Practicum Presentations

September 9: Dissertation Presentations: Sarah-Rose Marcus, Jonathan Pulliza.

September 23: Dissertation Presentations: Zhe Li,F redrika Thelandersson

October 7: Guest Speaker: Danna Young (organized by Lauren Feldman co-sponsor with Eagleton)

October 21 Dissertation Presentation: Connie Pascal

November 4: Developing a Professional Website and Social Media Presence with Tawfiq Ammari, Mary Chayko, Marie Radford

November 11: NCA Student Practice Presentation

December 2: TBD

December 16: Dissertation Presentation

January 22: The Global Trust Deficit: Can Communication Scholars Play a Role in Addressing it with Terry Flew, QUT, Brisbane

January 29: Setting Professional Goals and Making an Individual Plan for Ph.D. Students with Jen Theiss

February 5: Trends and the Business of Forecasting the Future with Devon Powers, Temple University

February 12: Are You Your Friends' Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits to the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change. Erez Shmueli, Tel Aviv University

February 19: Ralph Gigliotti, Rutgers University Ralph Gigliotti, Rutgers University

February 26: Dissertation Presentations with Sarah Rose Marcus, Eun Youp Rha

March 4: Mentoring and Advisor Relationships

March 6: Recruitment Day Special Colloquium

March 11: Children and Media: How Public Policy and Programming are Influenced by Research (room 222) Ellen Wartella, Northwestern University

March 18: NO COLLOQUIUM – SPRING BREAK

Ph.D. Colloquiums Are Canceled For The Rest Of The Spring 2020 Semester

March 25: Dissertation Presentations Connie Pascal, Jiqun Liu

April 1: Dissertation Presentations James Hodges

April 8: Elinor Carmi, University of Liverpool Elinor Carmi, University of Liverpool

April 15: How to Write a Journal Review

April 22: Practicum Presentations

April 29: No Colloquium

September 11: Dissertation Presentations. Eun Jung Baik, Katie Kang

September 18: Dissertation Presentation & Proposal Presentation with Teis Kristensen and Isha Ghosh

September 25: Dissertation Presentation & Proposal Presentation with Qun Wang and James Hodges

October 2:  No Colloquia

October 9: Meghan Moran, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Using communication theory to understand tobacco marketing and prevention messages."

October 16: Sabbatical Presentations. Marija Dalbello, Jenny Mandelbaum, Itzhak Yanovitzky

October 23: Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: A Critical Examination. Johan Farkas, Ph.D. Fellow Malmo University, Sweden

October 30: No Colloquium (Practice job talk by Sarah Rose Marcus for those who can attend)

November 6: NCA Practice Presentations-- Allyson Bontempo, Hannah Jones, Xizi Ru, and Deb Yoon

November 13: Tips and Advice for Qualifying Exams - Bill Bejarano, Diana Floegel, Omar Hammad, Christoph Mergerson

November 20: No Colloquia

November 27: No Colloquia 

December 4:  Garrett Broad, Assistant Professor, Communication & Media Studies, Fordham University

December 11: Dissertation Presentations

December 18: Dissertation Presentations (if needed) 

Videos of the colloquia can be accessed on our PhD program YouTube channel

January 23:  Practice Job Talk with Fanny Ramirez

January 30: Understanding and Negotiating an Academic Job Offer with Karen Novick

February 6: Google News:History, Evolution, and Influence 2002-2018 with Qun Wang

February 13: Perspectives on Academic Publishing from the Editor of the Journal of Communication with Lance Holbert

February 20: Thoughts on Managing the Advisor/Advisee Relationship with Marie Radford and Jen Theiss

February 27: The History of Fox Populism: How Rupert Murdoch, Rogers Ailes and Bill O'Reilly Remade Television News with Reece Peck, CUNY-Staten Island

March 6: I got an R&R! Now what?: Approaches to Revising your Work for Publication with Susan Keith, Amy Jordan, and Rebecca Reynolds

March 13: Dissertation Presentations. Nicole Gesualdo, Nadia Riley

March 20: Spring Break-No colloquium

March 27: Talk by David Hesmondhalgh

March 29: Recruitment Day Panel-TBD

April 3: Dissertation Presentations

April 10: Dissertation Presentations. Weixu Lu, Andrew Salvati

April 17: TBD

April 24: Practicum Presentations

May 1: No colloquium

September 7: Dissertation Presentation with Ziad Matni. Link to presentation.

September 12: Sabbatical Research Presentations and Roundtable with Galina Bolden, Regina Marchi, Marie Radford, Vivek Singh.  Link to presentation.

September 19: The Moral Machine Experiment: 40 Million Decisions and the Path to Universal Machine Ethics with Edmond Awad. Link to presentation.

September 26: Dissertation Proposal Presentations with Fredrika Thelandersson and Hyunsook Youn. Link to presentation.

October 3: A Discursive Take on Donald J. Trump: Identity Work, Mafia Talk, and Post-truth Leadership. Link to the presentation.

October 10: Scholarly Identity on the Virtual Stage: Research, Issues, and Strategies with Mary Chayko, Diana Floegel, Marie Radford. 

October 17: No Colloquium

October 24: Finding and Winning Grants with Elizabeth Ciccone, Jan Hempel, Cecilia Gal. Link to presentation.

October 31: Summer Research and Policy Work at COMPASS with Danyel Ferrari, Christoph Mergerson. Link to presentation.

November 7: No Colloquium

November 14: No Colloquium

November 21: No Colloquium

November 28: Dissertation Proposal Presentations with Eun Rha, Songhee Park, and Amana Kaskazi

December 5: Research at PBS Kids: Informing and Assessing Educational Media Content for Children, Families, and Communities

December 12: Dissertation Presentation with Miraida Morales

December 19: Dissertation Presentations with Christine Goldthwaite, Wei Shi, and Jing Wang

January 17: No colloquium

January 24: Panel on Being a Public Scholar and Non-Academic Research Products by Chenjerai Kumanyika, David Greenberg, and Itzhak Yanovitzky. Link to the presentation. 

January 31: Health and Wellness Research Panel with Kathryn Greene, Amy Jordan, Charles Senteio, and Amy Henderson Riley from American University.  Link to the presentation. 

February 7: Workshop on Seeking and Winning Grants with Chirag Shah.  Link to presentation.

February 14: No colloquium

February 21: Social Media Research Panel by Katya Ognyanova, Chenjerai Kumanyika, Kaitlin Costello, and Rebecca Reynolds.  Link to presentation.

February 28: Preparing for Quals with Amana Kaskazi, Matt Reichel, Yiwei Wang, David Winters.  Link to presentation.

March 7: No colloquium

March 14: Spring Break-No colloquium

March 23: FRIDAY: Children & Media Panel-Recruitment Day by Amy Jordan, Jeff Lane, Dafna Lemish, and Rebecca Reynolds.  Link to presentation. 

March 28: Dissertation Presentation: Joy Cox. Link to presentation.

April 4: Dissertation Presentations: No Colloquium 

April 10: Dissertation Presentations: Sarah Barriage, Charlie File, Xiaofeng Li.

April 11: Dissertation Presentations: Ian Dunham, Debanjan Ghosh, Sean Leavey. Link to presentation.

April 18: No colloquium 

April 25: Practicum Poster Session

May 4: Honors Day

May 9: Dissertation Presentation: Jack Harris

September 8: No colloquium this week

September 15: Welcome from Dean Potter, Dissertation Presentation by Yuan Yuan, Proposal Presentation by Joy Cox. Link to presentation

September 22: Dissertation Presentation by Stefanie Gomez, Allie Kosterich  Link to presentation

September 29: Dissertation Presentation by Amanda Carpenter, Dongho Choi. Link to presentation

October 6: Summer Research Reports by Christoph Mergerson, Songhee Park, Jing Wang, and Kaicheng Zhan. LInk to the presentation

October 13: Research, Ethics, and Academic Integrity by Lily Todorinova and Chirag Shah. Link to presentation

October 20: DSA ASIST Practice Presentations by William Bejarano, Manasa Rath. Eun Rha, Shawon Sarkar, and Yiwei Wang

October 27: No Colloquium

November 3: Proposal Presentation by Christine Goldthwaite and Cheryl Klimaszewski. Link to presentation

November 10: No colloquium this week

November 17: No colloquium this week

November 24: No colloquium this week

December 1:  Academic Publishing Workshop with Dafna Lemish and Regina Marchi. Link to presentation

December 8:  Dissertation Presentation by Soe Yoon Choi and Connie Pascal

December 15: Dissertation Presentation by Nik Ahmad Rozaidi

December 22: No colloquium this week