News from the Annenberg School for Communication
January 12, 2010
Michael X. Delli Carpini recommended for reappointment as Annenberg School Dean
Professor John Jackson to speak at Capitol Hill panel on race
New book by Annenberg's Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.
Professor Hampton discusses social isolation research on WHYY
Professor Monroe Price suggests bailout program for U.S. newspapers
Instructor Joan Garry opines on marriage
Annenberg Public Policy Center in the news
Michael X. Delli Carpini recommended for reappointment as Annenberg School Dean
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D., Professor of Communication and Walter H. Annenberg Dean, is being recommended for a second term as Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication. Penn President Amy Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price said in today’s Penn Almanac the review committee concluded that Dean Delli Carpini’s first term (which began in 2003) was “characterized by marked success across major dimensions: faculty recruitment and retention, student quality and satisfaction, financial and administrative management, grant-funded research, and engagement with the broader community.” The second term recommendation will be voted on by the University Trustees at the February meeting. Dean Delli Carpini’s second term runs through June 30, 2015.
Read the full text of the memo from President Gutmann and Provost Vincent Price.
Professor Jackson speaking at Capitol Hill panel on race
John L. Jackson, Jr., Ph.D., the Richard Perry University Professor of Communication and Anthropology, is one of several speakers at a day-long panel discussion today in Washington, D.C. titled “A New National Dialogue on Race.” This is day one of a two-day event that will take place on Capitol Hill (Cannon House Office Building, Cannon Caucus Room) and is sponsored by the American Anthropological Association. Prof. Jackson will participate in the panel “The State of Race in 2010: Defining a New Dialogue,” along with representatives from organizations including the NAACP, the Islamic Society of North America, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
New book by Annenberg's Oscar H. Gandy, Jr.
Coming to Terms with Chance: Engaging Rational Discrimination and Cumulative Disadvantage, the new book by Oscar H. Gandy, Jr., Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, has been published by Ashgate Publishing Group.
Professor Hampton discusses social isolation research on WHYY
Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, was a guest on a recent edition of the WHYY (NPR affiliate) program Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane where he discussed his recent research project on technology and social isolation.
Professor Monroe Price suggests bailout program for U.S. newspapers
Monroe E. Price, J.D., Full Adjunct Professor and Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies, suggests there is reason for a Journalism bailout in his recent blog in the Huffington Post.
Adjunct Joan Garry opines on marriage
Annenberg instructor Joan Garry’s op ed on marriage “An Unhappily Unmarried Woman Weighs in on the Marriage Decision,” appeared in the January 10 edition of the Star Ledger newspaper in Newark, NJ.
January 15 – Noontime colloquium – Celeste Condit, Ph.D., University of Georgia.
January 21 at 6 p.m. – Marwan Kraidy – Book talk at the Penn Bookstore
January 21 at 5:30 p.m. – Monroe Price book talk – Cardozo Law in New York
January 27 – Nicholas A. Christakis – CECCR Speaker Series
Scholars Program spring lectures set.
Annenberg Public Policy Center in the news
A roundup, including mentions of FactCheck.org, available here.
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