COMMUNICATION STUDIES NEWS
Announcing Mayterm 2012
Earn 5 units of upper division communication studies electives in the Middle East and Europe next spring studying the construction of sacred pilgrimage. The itinerary includes Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Ireland, and England. For more information, please visit:
http://www.westmont.edu/_academics/departments/communication_studies/Mayterm2012.html
Com Alums Start Graduate School
Several recent graduates are enrolled in programs this fall:
- Vanassa Hamra, the Draper Program in Humanities and Social Thought at New York University
- Kelsey Lahr, Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University
- Stephanie (Strasner) Stout at Whittier Law School
- Cameron Sublett in the doctoral program for Educational Leadership at UCSB; and
- Ben Watson in the dual JD/MA program in International and Comparative Law at American University, Washington College of Law.
Lauren Cano Amoro is mid-way through her Ph.D. program in communication at ASU, Kirby Ifland is finishing his law degree at Harvard, and Lisa (Brown) Raser is finishing her Ph.D. in communication at Southern Illinois.
Welcome Bernadette Gailliard
We are happy to have UCSB doctoral student Bernadette Gailliard with us for Fall 2011. She is teaching Public Speaking during Lesa Stern's sabbatical.
Mayterm 2010 in Northern Ireland
Students traveled to Northern Ireland to study conflict and reconciliation -- the fourth such trip since 2002. In this photo, students gather on the steps of Stormont, the Northern Ireland Assembly building with Paul Maskey, Sinn Fein Representative for Belfast West. Students attended a hearing and were briefed by members of Sinn Fein, the DUP, and SDLP on current issues facing Northern Ireland's peace process and a devolved government.
Greg Spencer Publishes Book About the Quieter Virtues
“Many forces today argue against the practice of contentment,” Spencer says, “such as advertising, ‘helping’ the economy recover, an individual’s desire to control circumstances — and perhaps also personal uncertainty about contentment itself.”
In this, his fourth book, Spencer explores whether contentment is desirable or just another word for complacency. “Why should I be content when there are so many problems facing our world?” Spencer asks. “Is worry the same thing as discontentment — and isn’t worrying simply a normal part of everyday life?” The lecture will introduce the idea of “quieter virtues” and address the nature of contentment and its relationship to a media-saturated culture.
Alumni Gather in Chicago
Megan Moe, Lisa (Brown) Raser, Dave Tell, Lauren (Cano) Amoro, and Don Waisanen gathered at the National Communication Association convention in Chicago, November 2009.
