Dafna Lemish
Jay Needham's radio documentary Listening at the Border aired on Feb. 12th on Australia's ABC National Radio program 360 Documentaries.
Jay presented several of his sound works and a lecture titled Several Alternate Histories of Place in Chicago to The Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology on Feb. 18th
Cologne based curator Wilfried Agricola Cologne is featuring Jay Needham's piece OPENED during the month of February as a part of “Horror Vacui? - What is Happening Next?” along with eight other US based artists.
The nomination made by Associate Dean Deborah Tudor and Dafna Lemish of Amy Goodman, (an independent American broadcast journalist and investigative reporter one of the founders and principle hosts of Democracy Now! The War & Peace Report) for the University Honorary Degree was approved by the university. Amy Goodman has been invited for the May Commencement Ceremony of MCMA.
Lisa Brooten gave an invited presentation entitled: Democratization in Thailand: The Role of the Media in Asia to the Peoria Area World Affairs Council, Peoria, Illinois. Thursday, February 17, 2011.
David Burns was awarded a $3,000.00 William A. Minor Grant, for his research-creative project Chrysalis.
David Burns exhibited his 3D animation, Rebirth, at the Allen Priebe Art Gallery's National Juried Exhibition, Systems.
David Burns' 3D computer animation student, Will Roberts, was selected and participated as a student ambassador at SIGGRAPH Asia in Seoul, Korea.
John Hochheimer was invited to join the editorial board of research materials Spirituality of a Personality, methodology, theory and practice.
Cinzia Padovani has published the following:
John Hochheimer has published:
“Communication, Reconciliation and the Human Spirit:
Reconnecting Without and Within Through Five Media Forms" in "Media, Spiritualities and Social Change," edited by Stewart, M. Hoover and Monica Emerich. New York: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011
Dafna Lemish has published:
Lisa Brooten has published:
4 items in the Sage Encyclopedia of Social Movement Media (2011) edited by John D.H. Downing and published by Thousand Hills, CA: Sage.
Bev Love presented two papers at The Hawai'i International Conference on Arts & Humanities, (Jan 9-12, 2011) : Black Characters Say "Ain't," White Characters Say "Isn't": Black Representation In Media; as well as The Inclusion of Bloom's Taxonomy In State Learning Standards: A content Analysis.
Eileen R. Meehan was one of four scholars invited to participate in Fudan University's International Symposium on Critical Communications Research in Shanghai, China from December 15-16, 2010. Meehan presented research on "Cultural Studies and Critical Communications Research" at the symposium and lectured to approximately 200 students on the topic "Markets: Theory versus Practice."
Paul Torre attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas during the first week in January as part of his research into new and emerging media technologies. The Consumer Electronics Association provided him with an all-access pass which made the trip significantly more affordable.
Dafna Lemish participated in the Fred Forward Roundtable: Collaboration around a national framework for excellence in children’s media. Fred Rogers Center, Northwestern University, Erikson Institute, American Center for Children and Media and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. Chicago (January 2011)
We get various faculty updates with publications and conference presentations. Here is a list of some events from November of 2010.
Radio-Television - RT Chair Dafna Lemish
Dafna Lemish gave a keynote address about media in the lives of immigrant families and children at a European Union Network of Communication Researchers in Lisbon
Radio-Television - H.D. Motyl
H.D. Motyl latest video work, Nudes Descending a Staircase # 2, was selected for the 8th Annual PPP [Process Performance Projection] exhibition at the Surplus Gallery at SIUC. The show, which ran Nov 2-5 is curated by faculty members from the School of Art and Design, SIUC. This piece is also in the annual Combined Faculty Exhibit at the University Museum, running until Dec 14.
Radio-Television - H.D. Motyl
H.D. Motyl was selected to participate in the Faculty Seminar, presented and coordinated the Emmy Foundation, a branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. He, along with 19 other faculty members from colleges and universities across the country, had direct access to the movers and shakers of the Los Angeles television industry, including showrunners, network program schedulers, writers, directors, editors and producers of current TV programming.
Radio-Television - David R. Burns
David R. Burns was invited to present his paper, Borders, surveillance, and control in the digital age, and digital animation, Visit-US, at "Soft Borders Conference & Festival – Upgrade! International 2010" in São Paulo, Brazil. “Soft Borders” is an international conference and festival for new media art, and art related technology under umbrella of the Upgrade! International network of new media artists and curators.
Radio-Television - David R. Burns
David R. Burns exhibited his digital animation, Visit-US, at the SIUC Museum Combined Faculty Exhibition.
Radio-Television - Eileen R. Meehan
Eileen R. Meehan presented a paper on “A Legacy of Neoliberalism: Transindustrial Conglomeration in the Entertainment-Information Sector of the U.S. Economy” at the Historical Materialism Conference hosted by the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London on 12 November 2010.
Radio-Television - John Hochheimer
John Hochheimer attended the annual convention of the National Communictaion Association in San Francisco November 14-17.
He chaired two sessions:
Radio Television Department Professor John Hocheimer and Department Chair Dafna Lemish toured the new video control room at the renovated SIU Arena. Radio Television students are working in the arena's video operations as part of a new partnership with Saluki Athletics.
Radio Television Department Professor John Hocheimer and MCMA Dean Gary Kolb toured the new video control room at the renovated SIU Arena. Radio Television students are working in the arena's video operations as part of a new partnership with Saluki Athletics. Students are producing game-day broadcasts for the new video scoreboards at the Arena and adjacent Saluki Stadium.
College of Mass Communication and Media Arts
Class Preview Day
Friday February 26, 2010
This Friday we are holding a first-time special event called MCMA Class Preview Day to give students the opportunity to sample some of the cool classes we will be offering in the fall and to meet some of our wonderful instructors. We hope you join us on Friday for all or part of the day!
WHO: All students planning to take Fall 2010 classes
WHAT: College of Mass Communication and Media Arts Class Preview Day
Come check out some of the classes that will be offered in the Fall!
WHERE: SIUC Communications Building
WHEN: Friday, February 26 10am until 12:35pm
15 minute class preview sessions will run from 10am until noon, then again from 12:20 until 12:55. At noon there will be a 15 minute break with free pizza available. Look for signs to indicate where and when the various classes will be held.
COMM 1032
JRNL 396 Online Journalism Anita Stoner
COMM 1046
RT 325 Media Industries Paul Torre
COMM 1018
10:20-10:35am¬CP 102 Introduction to Sound and Image Production Angela Aguayo
COMM 1032
JRNL 435 Advanced Graphic Communication Aaron Veenstra
COMM 1046
10:40-10:55am CP 230 Introduction to Digital Photography Antonio Martinez
COMM 1032
RT 489 Media Industries ProSeminar Jim Wall
COMM 1046
11:00-11:15am CP 470D Web Production I: Creating Web Portfolios Robert Spahr
COMM 1032
MCMA 592 Proseminar John Hochheimer
COMM 1052
11:20-11:35am RT 389 Corporation/Industry Media Workshop Eileen Meehan
COMM 1032
11:40-11:55am RT 477 Investigative Reporting for TV, Radio or Online Eileen Waldron
COMM 1032
RT 476 Creative Audio Producing Todd Herreman
COMM 1052
12-12:15pm Pizza Break
12:20-12:35pm RT 483 Script to Screen H.D. Motyl
COMM 1032
MCMA 560 History of Media Jake Podber
Contact: Dr. John Hochheimer, professor, SIUC Radio-Television Department, (618) 453-6950, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Carbondale, IL - Jazz music returns to WSIU Radio, a public media arm of Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), with the the new local radio series, Rhythm in Bloom. Beginning October 11, listeners can tune in every Sunday at 7pm to WSIU 91.9 FM, 91.9 FM HD, 90.3 FM, and 88.9 FM to hear a full hour of jazz and blues tunes that have helped to shape America's musical landscape.
Rhythm in Bloom is hosted by Dr. John Hochheimer, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television in SIUC's College of Mass Communication and Media Arts. After receiving a large collection of record albums from his late friend and jazz enthusiast, Augie Blume, Hochheimer felt that a jazz show would be the ideal outlet to share the music with others. Some of the artists featured will include John Coltrane, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Lee Morgan, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, and Duke Ellington.
Hochheimer has been affiliated with the radio business for over 40 years, getting his start in the news department at WBAI in New York, then working as a disc jockey at several stations. "I've always been interested in where music comes from," he says. "When I was a kid, I went to the local public library, expressed my interest in jazz music, and checked out three records - one each by Nat King Cole, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. Those were three great places to start."
Hochheimer is excited to return to his radio roots while paying tribute to his friend and the world of jazz music. "I hope the show will inspire a greater appreciation of jazz among listeners of all ages."
More information about Rhythm in Bloom will be posted to WSIU's website at www.wsiu.org later this month.
WSIU Public Broadcasting is licensed to the Board of Trustees of Southern Illinois University and is an integral part of the College of Mass Communication & Media Arts on the Carbondale campus. It operates three digital public television channels, three public radio stations, a website, local TV and FM production units, and an education and community outreach department - reaching more than three million people across five states and beyond. WSIU's mission is to improve the quality of life of the people they serve. The WSIU stations partner with other community organizations to promote positive change and to support the academic and public service missions of Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Visit wsiu.org for more information.
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A senior in the radio-television department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is among 14 students nationwide to win a $5,000 scholarship from a leading industry group.
The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation selected Oscar Schlenker, of Carbondale, for the honor for the 2006-2007 academic year.
John Hochheimer, professor and chairman of the radio-television department in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIUC, said support for radio is important.
"Radio is the most used mass media in the world and the Bayliss Foundation has recognized not only radio's importance but that SIUC has one of the best programs in the nation for young men and women to learn this trade," Hochheimer said. "It's an indicator of how important our program is and by singling out Oscar it's a recognition of his fine work and hopefully an encouragement not only to him but other students to continue the study of radio."
Manjunath Pendakur, dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, said he "was thrilled" to learn of Schlenker's selection for the honor.
"It is also gratifying to see that we are in the company of some of the best universities in the country," Pendakur said.
Last year, the foundation's board of directors selected SIUC as having one of the top radio programs in the nation. Schlenker is the first SIUC student to benefit from the partnership between the foundation and the University that sprang from that distinction. Under the arrangement, students pursuing a career in radio at SIUC have a chance at the annual scholarship and several paid internships through the foundation.
The John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation has awarded more than 300 scholarships to students nationwide since 1985. Its board of directors select students on the basis of their academic achievement, extracurricular activities, their passion for radio and their desire to contribute to the overall advancement of the industry, said Kit Hunter Franke, executive director of the foundation.
Other colleges and universities whose students received scholarships are Bowling Green State University, Central Michigan University, Columbia University, Howard University, Ithaca College, Michigan State University, Monmouth University, Newbury College, Northwestern University, Syracuse University and the University of Southern California.
Creating friends who understand the University, its mission and its challenges is among the goals of Southern at 150: Building Excellence Through Commitment, the blueprint the University is following as it approaches its 150th anniversary in 2019.
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- A familiar face is the interim chair of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Department of Radio-Television.
Gary P. Kolb, interim dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, announced Monday (June 23) that Phylis A. Johnson, associate professor of radio-television at SIUC, is serving as interim chair. The appointment, subject to ratification by the SIU Board of Trustees, became effective earlier this month.
Johnson joined the radio-television faculty as an assistant professor in 1990 and became an associate professor in 1996. She chaired the department for three years beginning in August 2002.
Johnson's familiarity with the department is integral, Kolb said, noting that academic programs and ongoing faculty research initiatives will continue with very little disruption.
"She knows the college well and knows the institution well" he said. "She can step in pretty seamlessly. She will do a good job."
Johnson has "always been a student-centered professor. When she was chair she was a very student-centered chair. She will bring that to the job again" he said.
Johnson replaces John Hochheimer, who came to SIUC as department chair in summer 2006. Hochheimer remains a professor within the department and decided to step down for professional and personal reasons, Kolb said. The move allows Hochheimer more time for research based around reconciliation and journalism, and he will continue to be a ìmajor contributor to the research and teaching programs in the college,î Kolb said.
Kolb anticipates Johnson will serve as chair on an acting basis likely for little more than a year. The college is in the process of beginning a national search for a new chair. The application deadline is Oct. 15, and the college will work very aggressively to recruit a high-quality pool of candidates" he said. There are 14 tenure track and four term faculty members in the department.
There are already several people who have expressed interest in the post, he said.
"I'm really optimistic we are going to get a good group of people" Kolb said.
Johnson said she knows the challenges ahead but likes the strength of the faculty and what the department is accomplishing. She wants to continue working with curriculum revision, a task she calls "an ongoing process."
"We've done some exciting things in getting new faculty "the past several years, she said. "We are really on a strong path. We can do some wonderful things with the curriculum."
Because of her previous experience as department chair, Johnson said she has more confidence than she did the first time.
"I have so much patience this time around because I've been down this road. I think having been here for so many years I really understand the department, the college and the University" she said.
Because she enjoys the classroom and working with students, Johnson will teach six hours this fall in addition to her duties as department chair.
Her current research interest is new media, particularly virtual environments and sound culture. She is presenting at the University of Cambridge in England in September. Johnson's research also includes gender and cultural diversity issues.
Johnson has more than 20 years of professional experience in the radio industry, working in a variety of markets including Houston, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Carbondale.
She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Texas A&M University. Johnson earned a doctorate in institutional technology from SIUC's College of Education and Human Services in 2003.
Download John Hochheimer's CVCommunity radio, global media, media studies pedagogy, media history, spirituality and education, popular music.
Hochheimer is the founder of the journalism program at Ithaca College and an internationally published media scholar. His professional media experience includes work as a news reporter, producer and on-air personality on radio stations in New York, Boston and Los Angeles. He also worked as a union driver for the motion picture and television industry in Hollywood. With a doctorate in communication from Stanford University, Hochheimer's areas of expertise include community radio, global media, media studies pedagogy, media history, spirituality and education, and popular music.
Hochheimer earned a bachelor's degree in political science at California State University, Northridge. He received his master of arts degree at Stanford. Prior to holding an associate professorship at Ithaca College's Roy H. Park School of Communications, Hochheimer was an assistant professor at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa. He also taught at Stanford, San Francisco State University, at universities in Germany and Romania, and at Semester at Sea. He is the editor of two books, author of numerous papers and has organized conferences around the world. He hosts the weekly jazz radio program "Rhythm in Bloom" on WSIU.
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