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The next big thing in reality TV
By Evan Yang
February 14, 2012
Lights, camera, action! Well, almost. This quarter, the Department of Communication is offering a course on reality TV under COM 495: Special Topics. Part-time lecturer Florangela Davila and Matt Chan, president and general manager of Seattle-based Screaming Flea Productions, both teach the class of 26 students. Chan and Davila’s goal is simple: to teach their students how to successfully write and pitch an idea for a reality TV show.
Read more about the new class on Reality TV >>
Knobloch testifies on Oregon CIR
Last week, the Oregon House Rules Committee called upon Communication PhD candidate Katie Knobloch to testify on her evaluation of the Citizen Initiative Review report. This was the fourth time the CIR research team has testified on their evaluation. Mark Henkels, a professor from Western Oregon University, assisted with additional testimony.
The Oregon Citizen Initiative Review is conducted to educate voters on ballot measures by giving them unbiased implications.
Nishime selected for research by Simpson Center
Assistant Professor LeiLani Nishime has been selected as a member of the Simpson Center Society of Scholars next year. In this position (which carries a research release for two courses) she will research mass media images of multiracial Asian Americans, exploring what the visual representation of multiracial people can tell us about the cultural invention and perpetuation of hierarchical racial categories. The Society of Scholars brings together 3 graduate students and 9 faculty across ranks and UW campuses for a yearlong residency. The group, comprised of scholars from History, English, Anthropology, French & Italian Studies, and Communication, will meet biweekly to present and discuss research.
Congratulations to Dr. Nishime!
Joseph receives grant to co-edit WIRED volume
Congratulations are in order for assistant professor Ralina Joseph who, in collaboration with Janine Jones (School of Education) and Alexes Harris (Sociology), has received a Simpson Center Collaboration Studio grant.
Joseph and colleagues are co-editing WIRED: Critically Resisting, Reshaping and Engaging An Institution of Higher Education, an edited volume comprised of theoretically rich and critically engaged chapters that outlines, describes and critiques the experiences and ideas of women of color on tenure-track here at the University of Washington.
