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Contents:
FALL 2015
03 THE DEAN
A message from Dean
Jonathan Potter
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11 SC&I STUDENTS
Current students and
their achievements
4&5 NEW FACULTY
A welcome to new
faculty members
6&7 FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Putting the spotlight
on faculty research
8&9 SC&I NARRATIVE
News & happenings
10 SC&I ACCOLADES
Faculty making a name
for themselves and
their departments
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12 SC&I ALUMNI
Where are they now and
what are they doing?
13 SC&I EVENTS
Panels, presentations
and special events
14 SC&I NEWS
News from inside SC&I
15 SC&I DONORS
Giving back to SC&I
Photographers: Annenberg School for Communication at the University
of Pennsylvania (for photo of Khadijah White), Ben Bakelaar, Nat Clymer,
Scott Glozzy, Carol Peters, Frank Wojciechowski (including cover shot).
Photos Courtesy of: Lindsay Hanlon-Back, Terrell Blount, Nicole Cooke, Kaitlin
Costello, Julia Cuddahy, Mary D’Ambrosio, Christopher Etienne, David Greenberg,
Alexa Hepburn, Hank Kalet, S. Mitra Kalita, Vikki Katz, Nancy Kranich, Matthew
Maddex, Thomas Mattia, Phil Napoli, Katherine Ognyanova, Jonathan Potter,
Shiffa Rizki, Carlett Spike, Mike Taibbi, Jennifer Theiss.
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Message
FROM THE Dean
Jonathan Potter began his term as dean
of the school on August 1, 2015.
Dean Jonathan Potter
About me and my move to Rutgers …
I joined the School of Communication and Information during
this past summer. What is it that attracted me to join SC&I?
Ideas, technology and social problems have changed with breathtaking
speed in the past 50 years. Yet the organization of universities
into departments has been slow to catch up. These organizations
often reflect the assumptions and problems of the 20 th century
rather than looking forward to the next century. Modern problems
and modern technology require thinking, theories and methods
that cut right across those traditional divisions.
embedded in their texts and conversations. Through this approach,
we see that attitudes may be best understood as parts of
communication, whether that is face to face or mediated via
newspapers and television, new media or email.
The perfect interdisciplinary unit that is ready for addressing topics
that need this cross-cutting approach will have journalism and media
researchers who understand how mediated communication is put
together and received, information scientists who understand
questions about storage and retrieval of information and the
human and technical systems that support that, and communication
researchers who understand how conversation operates, how
messages are formed into texts and made persuasive.
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From my earliest time in academia I grappled with this as I moved
from an honors degree in psychology, a master’s in philosophy of
science and a doctoral degree in sociology. As I focused on the
question of how to use rigorous empirical research to understand
racism, sexism and homophobia, I found that I was informed by
sets of ideas from communication, linguistics and even postmodern
literary criticism. Being able to stand back from
traditional boundaries was liberating and energizing and has
helped me to develop, with a small community of others,
a new approach that we called discursive psychology.
One example of how we cut across boundaries is to think
about attitudes. The study of attitudes is the centerpiece of
psychological research on topics as diverse as racial prejudice
and healthy eating. Attitudes are often conceived as a mental
disposition, and psychologists have refined the study with
measurement scales and even looking at neural pathways. But
attitudes appear in relation to the real actions people do — a parent
complimenting her daughter’s math score or a friend reporting how
much they enjoyed last night’s game. Like all science, discursive
psychology starts with careful observations of the world; in our case
those observations are the descriptions of people’s judgments
That is why SC&I attracted me. It is a unit with a cross-cutting
interdisciplinary mix that is perfectly positioned for this creative
and forward-looking work. As the social and technical world
reinvents itself, SC&I is placed to make a telling contribution. And,
it sits within an institution that is fluidly reinventing itself after its first
250 years and that is looking forward toward the next 250 years.
I am not sure that I can quite convey my excitement and pleasure
when walking down College Avenue on the first day of the semester
with the queue of cars dropping off expectant freshmen. I have the
privilege and responsibility of running a school that has the potential
for transforming the lives of those students, equipping them for the
radical changes that are to come, and producing the research and
ideas that will reshape the future they will live in.
Jonathan Potter
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NEW FACULTY
Welcome
Professor Alexa Hepburn
Kaitlin Costello Researches
Information Behavior
Professor Kaitlin Costello, who joined the Department
of Library and Information Science in September, is a
human information behavior researcher who studies
how people search for and share personal health
information on social media and in online support
groups. “It’s not a linear process,” she explained. “The
illness trajectory often plays a role in online disclosure.”
Looking ahead, she said, “I’d like to study real people
with real health questions, watch them search, talk
to them about the terms they’re choosing and
track them over a period of time.”
Costello holds a PhD from the University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a master’s
degree in library and information
science from the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, and a bachelor’s
degree from Vassar College.
Professor
Kaitlin Costello
Alexa Hepburn Is a
Pioneer in the Study
of Helpline Interaction
Communication Professor Alexa Hepburn,
who joined the Department of Communication
this fall, understands the subtleties of human
emotions and how they’re expressed. She is
widely published on critical social psychology
and developments in discursive psychology,
as well as on issues relating to child protection
and bullying in school settings.
She is a pioneer in the study of helpline
interaction. In 2000, Hepburn began examining
the database of calls received by the U.K.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children, a child protection helpline, and
noted the way content and emotions are shared
and received. Her research, for which she was
awarded a Leverhulme Fellowship, has had a
significant impact on helpline training. In 2012,
she founded the Loughborough University
Helpline Research Unit.
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Professor Mary D’Ambrosio
Mary D’Ambrosio Joins the Department
of Journalism and Media Studies
Professor of Practice Mary D’Ambrosio has joined the Department
of Journalism and Media Studies. Having spent much of her career
reporting on life abroad, she now looks forward to helping students
expand their ability to report from a global perspective.
“International reporting is one of the most challenging parts of the field,
calling upon our talents in diplomacy, foreign language and analysis,”
she said. “We must search for ways to sustain global reporting.
We can’t give that up.”
D’Ambrosio holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Syracuse
University and a master’s degree in economic history from the London
School of Economics. She is the founding editor of Big World Magazine
and she’s working on a book about a family that helped bring
down communism in Albania.
Professor Katherine Ognyanova
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Katya Ognyanova Knows
Ways That Tech Transforms
New Communication Professor Katherine
(Katya) Ognyanova studies the impact of
technology on social structures, political and
civic engagement and the media system.
Having joined the Department of Communication, her
focus will be on two main lines of research: the online and
offline channels of social influence on political and civic
participation, and the way technology is transforming the
making, spreading and consuming of news and information.
A native of Bulgaria, Ognyanova was a postdoctoral researcher
at the Lazer Lab, Northeastern University and a fellow at Harvard
University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science. She earned
her PhD in communication from the University of Southern
California. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer
science and master’s degrees in communication and
virtual culture from Sofia University.
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SC&I RESEARCH
Faculty Spotlight
NEW REPORT:
Assessing Local Journalism
Poor communities get less news and a lower quality of news than wealthy
ones, according to a new report written by Journalism and Media Studies
Professor Phil Napoli.
Gibbs Finds Social
Media in Business
Arena Has Pros
and Cons
Professor Jennifer Gibbs
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Professor Phil Napoli
The report, “Assessing the Health of Local Journalism Ecosystems: A Comparative
Analysis of Three New Jersey Communities,” examines the journalistic infrastructure,
output and performance in Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown, N.J. Napoli’s
research was supported by the Democracy Fund, the Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation and Knight Foundation.
Morristown residents received 23 times more news stories and 20 times more social
media posts from their local journalism sources per 10,000 residents than Newark
residents, and 2.5 times more news stories and 3.4 times more social media posts per
10,000 capita than residents of New Brunswick. New Brunswick residents received
9.3 times more news stories and six times more social media posts per 10,000 capita
than Newark residents. (Taken from a Rutgers Today article).
Large companies increasingly
use social media to facilitate
communication among
employees. But Professor
Jennifer Gibbs reveals that
having that openness does
not automatically lead to more
effective communication.
“In the business context,
there are also concerns about
privacy, confidentiality, job
security and other competing
concerns, as well as distraction
and interruption,” Gibbs said.
“Assessing the Health of
Local Journalism Ecosystems:
A Comparative Analysis of
Three New Jersey Communities
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Gibbs co-authored two articles
in the January 2015 special
edition of American Behavioral
Scientist dedicated to social
media, collaboration
and organizations.
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Professor Vivek Singh
How Credit Card Use Can Violate Your Privacy
On May 7, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the National Security
Agency’s collection of bulk data on phone calls made by U.S. citizens is
illegal and violates the U.S. Patriot Act. In doing so, the three-judge panel
referenced research co-written by Library and Information Science
Professor Vivek Singh.
The study, “Unique in the Shopping Mall: On the Reidentifiability of Credit
Card Metadata,” published in the Jan. 30, 2015, issue of Science, reveals that
information gleaned from just four credit transactions can uniquely identify
a person 90 percent of the time.
In citing Singh’s Science study, the court noted: “While credit card data
differ in important ways from telephone data, the study illustrates the ways
in which metadata can be used by sophisticated investigators to deduce
significant private information about the individuals.”
Aakhus Leads
Health Care
Industry Open
Innovation Project
Professor Mark Aakhus
Professor Jennifer Theiss
Commenting on the very active search for ways to better protect personal
data, Singh noted that, “ultimately, the solutions will lie at the intersection
of social and technical mechanisms.”
Singh is also the principal investigator in a project that aims to develop an
automatic cyberbullying detection system. Rutgers received a $174,248
grant from the National Science Foundation for “CRII: CHS: Cyberbullying
Detection Using Content & Social Network Analysis.”
Theiss Named Chancellor’s Scholar
Communication Professor Jennifer Theiss is among the inaugural group
of Chancellor’s Scholars at Rutgers-New Brunswick.
“One of the initiatives of the New Brunswick Strategic Plan is the
designation of a select group of faculty members at the professor level as
‘Chancellor’s Scholars,’” explained Chancellor of Rutgers University–New
Brunswick Richard L. Edwards.
Theiss was nominated by SC&I’s former dean Claire McInerney. Theiss will
carry the designation of “Chancellor’s Scholar” for up to five years and
receive additional financial support for her research from the university.
Communication Professor
Mark Aakhus, working with
colleagues in Sweden,
designed and implemented
a project with the goal of
exploring the potential
benefits and ramifications
of open innovation in
health care.
“Designing relevant open
practice and common
ground in health care
requires rethinking business
models and figuring out
the effective information
systems and communication
practices that go with that …
and most importantly
how this fits into a local
community or region,”
Aakhus said.
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SC&I NARRATIVE
News & Happenings
Survive Prison and Promise
to Make a Difference
Terrell Blount, who graduated in May 2013
with a bachelor’s degree in communication,
promised upon graduation to “communicate
with and mentor at-risk youth who are
headed down the same road I once
traveled, and attempt to prevent it.”
Prior to Rutgers, Blount spent five years at
Mountainview Youth Correctional Facility in
Annandale, N.J., where he served time for
robbery. Within the walls of Mountainview,
he discovered that he loved learning.
Alumnus Terrell Blount
Khadijah White Discusses
Lack of Diversity at the
Academy Awards
In the Rutgers Today article, “Academy
Awards’ Media Coverage Focuses on
Lack of Diversity,” Professor of Journalism
and Media Studies Khadijah White notes
that this is nothing new.
“The media are referring to this as the
whitest Oscar ceremony in 19 years.
But in truth, this is a longstanding
problem,” said White.
Professor Khadijah White
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Today, Blount is a program coordinator for
New Jersey Scholarship and Transformative
Education in Prisons Consortium (NJ-STEP)
with an office on the Rutgers-Newark campus.
NJ-STEP brings together colleges with the
New Jersey Department of Corrections
and State Parole Board to provide courses
for students in prison. It also assists in
transitioning students to college life upon
their release.
Blount blogs and speaks to groups on
incarceration topics. He’s also enrolled in the
School of Public Affairs and Administration
at Rutgers-Newark, pursuing a master’s
degree in public administration.
Future “Wired” Home Likely
Trusted to Monitor Health
Will people trust homes that offer built-in technology for
health monitoring? Apparently so, if it’s easy to use and
users believe it might save their lives.
In a study funded by the National Science Foundation,
Research Project Coordinator Cecilia Gal and
Distinguished Professor Paul Kantor (now retired),
co-principal investigators, and PhD student Jonathan
Bullinger, interviewed 191 people. They focused on people’s
willingness to trust an implanted cardiac defibrillator, a
surrogate for the “wired” home currently in development.
Cecilia Gal
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Class Teaches Students the
Importance of ‘Local’ News
The Raritan River Review, a student-run hyperlocal
news site run by Journalism and Media Studies
students, turned one year old this year. Students
address the growing phenomenon of “news
deserts” — cities that lack coverage by independent
news agencies — while learning the importance of
local news coverage through hands-on experience.
Part-time Lecturer Hank Kalet, an experienced
journalist, acts as publisher. Senior editors have
included Marco Arias, Michael Benavides, Brian
Connors, Justin Lesko, Tia Magenheim and
Brett McNamara.
“Students address the growing phenomenon of ‘news deserts’ — cities
that lack coverage by independent news agencies.
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Rutgers University Debate
Union Places Third at National
Championship and Defeats Yale
Raman “Quinn” Maingi and Sean Leonard
The Rutgers University Debate Union took third place
at the American Parliamentary Debate Association
National Championship held April 19 at The College
of New Jersey, defeating teams from Yale University
in the octofinal and quarterfinal rounds.
The team of Raman “Quinn” Maingi and Sean
Leonard made it to the semifinal round, losing to
Harvard University, the eventual champion. Rutgers
is the only public university in history to have
back-to-back semifinal appearances at the
national championship.
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SC&I ACCOLADES
Distinction
& Honors
Professor Vikki Katz
Lecturer Nancy Kranich
Professor Susan Keith
Keith Receives Susman Award
for Teaching Excellence
Journalism and Media Studies Professor Susan Keith
received the Warren I. Susman Award for Excellence in
Teaching on May 5.
Named in memory of Rutgers professor and historian
Warren I. Susman, the university gives this award to
faculty “in recognition of outstanding service in stimulating
and guiding the intellectual development of students at
Rutgers University.” The award includes a $1,000 honorarium.
Keith believes that being committed to the subject matter
and being available to the students are probably the two
most important parts of teaching. “Understanding students
and their needs and understanding who you are as a teacher
is a process, like working a puzzle. You won’t always solve it
quickly or well, but if you are tenacious, there are rewards
for the work,” she said.
Katz Receives
Rutgers Research
Fellowship
Communication Professor
Vikki Katz received the
Rutgers Board of Trustees
Research Fellowship for
Scholarly Excellence on May 5.
This award honors faculty who
have recently been promoted
with tenure and whose
work “shows exceptional
promise.” Only 13 fellowships
were awarded across the
entire university. SC&I had a
strong showing, with former
Journalism and Media Studies
Professor Aram Sinnreich
also a recipient.
ALA Honors
Nancy Kranich
with 2015 ALA
Ken Haycock
Award
Library and Information
Science Lecturer and
Rutgers Special Projects
Librarian Nancy Kranich
received the 2015
American Library
Association Ken Haycock
Award for Promoting
Librarianship in recognition
of her “significant
contribution to the
public recognition and
appreciation of librarianship
through professional
performance, teaching
and/or writing.”
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Wolfson Wins Clarion Award
The Association for Women in
Communications honored Journalism and
Media Studies Professor Todd Wolfson with
the 2015 Clarion Award in the “Newspaper
Investigative Series” category for “Tapped
Out,” a series of articles that focus on
poverty in Philadelphia that appeared
in the Philadelphia Daily News.
Professor Todd Wolfson
Greenberg Appointed as
OAH Distinguished Lecturer
Journalism and Media Studies Professor
David Greenberg has been appointed as a
distinguished lecturer for 2015–2016 by the
Organization of American Historians (OAH).
“I consider this lectureship both an honor and
a form of service to the OAH,” said Greenberg.
Professor David Greenberg
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Four Graduates
Accepted to
Columbia School
of Journalism
The Columbia University
Graduate School of
Journalism accepted four
graduates of the Journalism
and Media Studies program,
including Azadeh Dehghan,
Christopher Etienne, Carlett
Spike and Santiago
Melli-Huber.
Rising Stars
SC&I STUDENTS
Journalism and Media
Studies Chair and Professor
Jack Bratich said, “We give
students analytic and
production techniques with
an eye to social issues and
community engagement.
This intellectual and practical
training makes our students
attractive to top graduate
programs.”
“We’re fortunate to have
some of the best qualified
and well-prepared students
in our classrooms,” said
Coordinator of Undergraduate
Studies Steven Miller.
“We work with them to
achieve their personal
goals because this is not a
‘one-size-fits-all’ major.”
Graduate Carlett Spike
New Student Organization and
its President Honored with Awards
Women in Technology and Informatics (WITI), launched
in 2013 by Professors Rebecca Reynolds and Sharon
Stoerger, received the Excellence in Organizational
Achievement in Outstanding New Student Organization
Award from Rutgers Student Life last spring.
WITI co-president Shiffa Rizki, who interned at Alcoa,
received the Internship Excellence Award in the Health,
General Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Math
category from University Career Services in May. Rizki
graduated in May and is an infrastructure analyst at Accenture.
Grad Student Julia Cuddahy Helps
Community Library Reach Underserved
Julia Cuddahy, who is pursuing a Master of Information
degree, recently embarked on a project in Professor Kay
Cassell’s Planning Outreach Services class that resulted in
improving the outreach of her local library to an
underserved population.
Cuddahy conducted a survey that was aimed at improving
the Hamilton Township Free Public Library services for their
Hispanic population, including many Trenton residents.
Based on her research, Cuddahy was able to make pointed
recommendations for the outreach program.
WITI Co-president Shiffa Rizki Student Julia Cuddahy
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SC&I ALUMNI
Alumna S. Mitra Kalita
S. Mitra Kalita
Named a
Managing
Editor at the Los
Angeles Times
Alumna S. Mitra Kalita was
named managing editor
for editorial strategy at
the Los Angeles Times.
A history and journalism
and media studies major
at Rutgers, Kalita became
the Daily Targum’s first
minority editor-in-chief.
She earned a master’s
degree in journalism from
Columbia University and
held positions at The
Washington Post,
Newsday, The Wall Street
Journal, The Associated
Press and Quartz.
Kalita has also written
three books and launched
a newspaper in India
called Mint.
“Kalita was the Daily
Targum’s first minority
editor-in-chief.
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Alumni
Nicole A. Cooke Honored
With YWCA Leadership
Award in Education
Nicole A. Cooke, an
assistant professor
at the Graduate
School of Library and
Information Science
at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, was
awarded the
University of Illinois
YWCA’s 2015
Leadership Award
in Education in
recognition of her
work in social justice
and higher education.
She holds a PhD
from SC&I.
Professor Nicole A. Cooke
Alum Taryn Hatcher Lands
Hawaii News Job
Recent Journalism and Media Studies alumna
Taryn Hatcher landed a fantastic job as sports
anchor and reporter for Hawaii News Now, which
is KFVE, KGMB (CBS) and KHNL (NBC) in Hawaii.
She credits the JMS program for her success.
Mike Taibbi
Joins PBS
Alumnus Mike Taibbi,
who earned Rutgers
degrees in journalism
and sociology, joined
the Public Broadcasting
Service (PBS) as a
special correspondent
after retiring from a
long and illustrious
career as an investigative
reporter, most recently
at NBC News.
Alumna Tara D. Kelley,
The Baryshnikov Expert
Master of Information alumna Tara D.
Kelley focused her graduate research
on the career of Mikhail Baryshnikov,
and thanks to the arrangements of
a colleague, was able to meet the
famous dancer.
“I remember being introduced to
him as the Baryshnikov expert and
demurring — he’s the Baryshnikov
expert,” said Kelley, who works at the
Schomburg Center for Research in
Black Culture, a research branch of
the New York Public Library.
Read about her research in
Rutgers Today.
Alumnus Mike Taibbi
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SC&I EVENTS
Journalism and Media Studies Conference
Celebrates 40 Years, Explores Evolving Landscape
The Department of Journalism and Media Studies sponsored the conference “Quality
Journalism in the Digital Age” in April 2015 to celebrate its 40 th anniversary. Led by
Professor Phil Napoli, the conference explored what the production, dissemination and
consumption of quality journalism means today, at a time when both the technological
and economic landscapes continue to evolve.
Hosted
by SC&I
L: Prof Kathryn Greene
R: Prof Jennifer Theiss
SC&I Hosted Relationship
Mini-Conference
In June, SC&I co-sponsored the 2015 miniconference
for the International Association
for Relationship Research. A mix of 125 senior
faculty, doctoral students and graduate
students from all over North America met to
discuss the theme of “Relationships, Health
and Wellness.”
NovaCOM ‘15 a Rousing Success
Last April, SC&I sponsored NovaCOM ‘15, a conference linking
communication students and professionals, including many
SC&I alumni, from across various industries including sports
and entertainment, corporate, nonprofit, higher education,
government and media.
The conference was conceived and coordinated by the
Department of Communication after receiving a generous gift
from Professor Emeritus and former Acting Dean Todd Hunt.
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Keep Calm and Speak Up
Sophomore Garrett Kohn won first place in
“Keep Calm and Speak Up!,” the communication
department’s annual public speaking contest held
in April. Professor and Public Speaking Coordinator
Nick Linardopoulos and Instructor and Debate
Coach Matt Maddex co-managed the event.
“Keep Calm and Speak Up!,” the
communication department’s
annual public speaking contest
Garrett Kohn
.
Deemed a great success, several students left the conference
with internship and job offers.
Adjunct Deirdre Breakenridge with students
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SC&I NEWS
Professor Steve Miller
Inside
SC&I
Journalism and Media Studies
Introduces New Curriculum
The transition from an analog-based, topdown
industry to a digital, citizen-influenced
environment has created questions for students
hoping to enter the media field.
To provide answers, the Department of
Journalism and Media Studies has introduced a
new, forward-looking curriculum. Department
Chair Jack Bratich and the faculty believe the
curriculum will help students meet the new
technological demands of the profession and
give Rutgers JMS majors an advantage.
According to Coordinator of Undergraduate
Studies Steven Miller, the new requirements,
developed over the past few years, were
instituted to increase a major’s choices and
better prepare students for work after college.
Miller believes that the new courses will
enable students to thrive as they enter the
contemporary world of journalism and media.
SC&I Offers
New Gender
and Media Minor
SC&I and the Department
of Women’s and Gender
Studies in Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences now
offer a minor in Gender and Media.
In this program, students learn to analyze and improve
gendered power dynamics in the media.
SC&I Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate
Interdisciplinary Studies Mary Chayko co-directs
the minor.
Professor Mary Chayko
SC&I Mourns the
Loss of Professor
Emerita Patricia
A. Reeling
Professor Patricia A. Reeling
Department of Library and Information
Science Professor Emerita Patricia A. Reeling,
a nationally renowned scholar in the field
of government information, died on May 19
at age 75. A SC&I professor for 35 years,
Reeling was devoted to her research, faculty
colleagues and students, and was known as
an excellent teacher and outstanding mentor.
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SC&I DONORS
Philanthropic Giving
Thomas and Marti Mattia Give Back
to Help the Next Generation
Alumnus Thomas Mattia and his wife Marti have contributed
$50,000 to SC&I to establish the Thomas Mattia (RC’70)
and Marti Mattia Endowed Scholarship in Journalism and
Media Communications.
The scholarship will be awarded to full-time, first generation
undergraduate students in the Department of Journalism and
Media Studies who are in their sophomore year or higher. It will
be awarded based on academic merit, with recipients required
to have and maintain a 3.0 GPA or better, and financial need as
determined by university rules in effect on the date of the award.
“As I celebrate the 45 th anniversary of my graduation from
Rutgers, I feel it is an honor to be helping aspiring young
students who have financial needs,” Thomas Mattia said.
In his global career, Thomas Mattia has worked under four
corporate CEOs and two university presidents, directed public
affairs networks in Asia and China, taught graduate studies,
and overseen sustainability and water conservation programs
around the world.
Alumnus Thomas Mattia and his wife Marti
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The retired Senior Vice President of Worldwide Public Affairs
and Communications for the Coca-Cola Company, Thomas
also served as the Chairman of Edelman China, the Chief
Communications Officer of Yale University, the Corporate VP
of Communications for EDS and the Interim VP of Marketing and
Communications for Carnegie Mellon University. He has also held
senior international positions at Ford Motor Company, Hill and
Knowlton and IBM, and served as an adjunct professor at George
Washington University. Thomas and Marti have three children.
“As I celebrate the 45 th anniversary
of my graduation from Rutgers,
I feel it is an honor to be helping
aspiring young students who
have financial needs.
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Bracelet Honors MCIS
Alums’ SC&I Connection
As a very special thank you for serving as her
maid of honor, Lindsey Hanlon-Back presented
Evangelia (Lia) Papamarkou with a custom-made
bracelet engraved with the
latitude and longitude of
4 Huntington Street to
signify where they met.
Lindsey Hanlon-Back and
Evangelia (Lia) Papamarkou
TOC
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Cultivating connections.
Inspiring insights.
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