Elizabeth Alsop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CM 314 \u2014 Film and Television<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 301 \u2014 Mass Media Ethics<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 203 \u2014 Intro Communication & Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 320 \u2014 Digital Storytelling<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 304 \u2014 The Mediated Globe<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 490 \u2014 Topics in Communication and Media: Introduction to Digital Journalism<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Nina Hien is a cultural anthropologist specializing in visual and media cultures. Her doctorate comes from Cornell University with a dissertation based on ethnographic research in Ho Chi Minh City that explored the ways Vietnamese people, and political and media institutions use photographic images. She also has an M.A. in print journalism from The University of Missouri-Columbia, an M.A. in Anthropology from The New School for Social Research and a B.A. in English Literature from SUNY at Stony Brook. Beyond teaching at SPS (since 2012), she has taught at NYU and Cornell. She also has practical experience working as a journalist and a photographer, and for 10 years, she owned and managed a restaurant in Ithaca, NY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The courses I commonly teach at SPS are: <\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 309 Communication and Cultural Change <\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 499 Senior Capstone: From Capstone to Career <\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 308 The Mediated City <\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 330 Frameworks of Photography (forthcoming) <\/p>\n\n\n\n COM 110 Digital Literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Sarah Ruth Jacobs received her doctorate in American literature and new media from the CUNY Graduate Center and her MFA in creative writing from the New School. She teaches Writing for Digital Media at SPS. Her writing and research interests include innovative pedagogies, the demographics of American media consumption and representation, the history of media, and how media compete and cooperate with one another. She is one of the founding members of the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times<\/em>, The Chronicle of Higher Education, <\/em>andInsideHigherEd. <\/em>She currently contributes to articles for HigherEdJobs.com. <\/em>She has worked in book publishing and editing for two years and is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, Poets House, Poets & Writers, and the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program: CM 311 \u2014 Writing for Digital Media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 490 \u2014 Topics in Communication and Media: Television and Popular Culture<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 203 \u2014 Intro Communication & Media<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 310 \u2014 Visual Communication<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 330 \u2014 Frameworks of Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have had the great pleasure of teaching at CUNY since 2018. I have taught Adolescent Education, Cognition & Educational Technology, Corporate Communication, Social Media, and Writing for Digital Media at SPS and Hunter College. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of my professional work, I have produced media for AOL, CBS newsmagazine \u201c60 Minutes,\u201d CNN, the New York Times, the United Nations, and Viacom\u2019s vh1. My documentary films have screened at festivals in New York and Los Angeles, academic institutions such as Berkeley, Cambridge, Columbia, Harvard, Oxford, and Pennsylvania, as well as the United Nations headquarters in New York. My work has been broadcast on CBC, CTV, Discovery USA, Globe & Mail, IFC, Life, MTV Canada, MuchMoreMusic, One, Pridevision, and PrimeTV. My digital storytelling has been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was previously a digital media consultant at Columbia. I also taught digital storytelling at Adelphi University as well as a short workshop at Harvard. In the tri-state area, I have taught at Adelphi, Columbia, CUNY, Hunter College, NYU, OCAD, The College of New Jersey, and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In terms of academic training, I earned a Doctorate, Master of Arts, and Master of Education in Instructional Technology and Media at Columbia University. I earned first class honors for my Master of Philosophy thesis at the University of Cambridge where I also performed with the Footlights comedy troupe. No joke! I previously studied at Columbia Law School\u2019s School Law Institute and the Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme. I was previously a research fellow and affiliate at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have performed storytelling at the Moth StorySLAM in New York as well as across Toronto. I have performed stand up in Boston, Calgary, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Shanghai, and Toronto. I was selected to perform standup at the Calgary Comedy Festival.For more information, please visit www.DinoSossi.com<\/a> or www.TheHomeFilm.com<\/a>. Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program: CM 333 \u2014 Corporate Communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Courses regularly taught in SPS’s CM program:<\/p>\n\n\n\n CM 302 \u2014 Web Design<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here you will find a list of the current CM staff\/faculty as well as courses they regularly teach at SPS. 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CM 316 \u2014 Film History<\/strong>
CM 490 \u2014 Topics in Communication and Media:\u00a0Women and Hollywood<\/strong>
CM 490 \u2014 Topics in Communication and Media:\u00a0New York Stories: The City in Film and Media<\/strong>
CM 499 \u2014 Communication and Media Capstone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nJohn Breslin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 306 \u2014 Studies in Mass Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nJanet Dunson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Courtney Garcia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 490 \u2014 Topics in Communication and Media: Intro to Podcasting<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nBradley Gardener<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 324 \u2014 Data Analytics and Visualization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAdam Glenn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Nina Hien<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nSarah Ruth Jacobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nCasey McCormick<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 316 \u2014 Film History<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAndrew Palladino<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 314 \u2014 Film and Television<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nJames Richardson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
CM 312 \u2014 Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAhmed Salvador<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Dino Sossi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nJetmir Troshani<\/h2>\n\n\n\n