My classes this semester

MCC-GE 2001 Media, Culture, and Communication Core Seminar
Monday 7:15 - 9:25 pm (section 1)
Rodney Benson
Class number: 3235 (4 credits)
Examines theoretical approaches that are central to the study of media, culture and communication. Provides students with a historical and critical framework for understanding the literature and research traditions within the field of media studies with an emphasis on media and communication as institutional actors, technological artifacts, systems of representation and meaningful cultural objects

MCC-GE 2182 Communication Processes: Gender, Race and Cultural Identity
Deborah Borisoff
Wednesday 4:55 - 7:05 pm
Class number: 3243 (4 credits)
Students examine the processes and approaches to the study of communication theories, language and aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication with a particular focus on gender, race, and cultural identity. These processes are examined in both personal and professional contexts, across relationships (e.g. friendships, romantic, marital, and work settings) and are connected to current local and global media representations.
S. Douglas & M. Michaels (2004), The Mommy Myth; S. Keen (1991) Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man; L. Arliss & D. Borisoff (2001), Women & Men Communicating: Challenges & Changes; S. Hewlett (2002), Creating a Life; A. Hochschild (1997) The Time Bind. Course readings include also works by Julia Wood, Cheris Kramarae, Marsha Houston, Ronald Jackson, Frank Wu, Judith Butler, Fern Johnson, Pepper Schwartz and others who have written widely on the topic.
[MA Areas of Study: Interaction and Social Processes & Global and Transcultural Communication]