Lectures and Events

communication department

FALL 2009

Sarah Schulman, "Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences," December 7, 2009, 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008

Sarah Schulman is the author of 9 novels, including After Dolores, People in Trouble, Rat Bohemia and The Child, as well as 3 non-fiction works, My American History: Gay and Lesbian Life During the Reagan/Bush Years, Stagestruck: Theater, AIDS and the Marketing of Gay America, and Ties that Bind: Familial Homophobia and Its Consequences, and several plays including Carson McCullers. Schulman has been both a Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, and among her many awards she has been a two-time winner of the American Library Association Gay and Lesbian Book Award.
One of the earliest chroniclers of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S, Schulman was an active member of ACT UP (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), and co-founded the activist group Lesbian Avengers. With filmmaker Jim Hubbard, Schulman founded in 1987 The New York Lesbian and Gay Experimental Film Festival. In 2001 Schulman and Hubbard founded the ACT UP Oral History Project, which has received over half a million dollars in grants from the Ford and Warhol Foundations. This fall the ACT UP Oral History Project will premiere as part of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and Harvard Art Museum’s exhibition "ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987–1993."

A screening of "United in Anger: A History of Act Up," followed by a question and answer period with Sarah Schulman, December 6, 2009, 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121
Fulton Debate Series, Topic: Don't Ask/Don't Tell, November 16, at 7:15 p.m., McGuinn 121
Fulton Debate Series, Topic: Health Care Reform, October 11, 2009, at 7 p.m., McGuinn 121

SPRING 2009

Dr. Jeffrey Bennett (Georgia State University), "Banning Queer Blood," April 23, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., Fulton 511
117th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: Congress should repeal the Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act," April 15, 2009, at 7 p.m., Gasson 305 (The Fuilton Debate Room)
Fulton Debate Series, "Resolved: That college football should adopt a playoff system for determining the national champion," March 19, 2009, at 6 p.m., Higgins 300
Dana Mastro (University of Arizona), "The Mass Media’s Influence on Real-World Racial & Ethnic Stereotyping," March 17, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Fulton Debate Series, "Resolved: That fleeting expletives are protected speech under the First Amendment." February 24, 2009, at 6 p.m., Cushing 101
Mia Consalvo (Ohio University), "Where's My Montage? The Performance of Hard Work and its Reward in Film, TV and MMOGs," February 2, 2009, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008

FALL 2008

Fulton Debate Series, "Resolved: That Massachusetts should not decriminalize marijuana," November 18, 2008, at 7 p.m., McGuinn 121
Dave Wedge (Boston Herald), "Media Madness: Life in a Tabloid World," November 5, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Fulton Debate Series, "McCain or Obama: Who Should be Elected President?" October 28, 2008, at 7 p.m., McGuinn 121
Town Meeting with Congressman Michael Capuano (D. Mass.), October 22, 2008, at 4 p.m., Devlin 101
Janie Ho (Comunication '02; amNew York), "How to Make it in the Big Apple and the Media," September 18, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121

SPRING 2008

116th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That Senator John McCain should be elected President of the United States." April 15, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Richard Pineda (University of Texas at El Paso), "Flag-Waving and Border Patrolling: Two Perspectives on the Argumentative Strategies in Immigration Discourse," March 11, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121
Dana Cloud (University of Texas at Austin), "'She's Not Here for the Right Reasons': Mythic Romance vs. the Traffic in Women in 'The Bachelor,'" February 18, 2008, at 7:00 p.m., McGuinn 121
Peter Andersen (San Diego State University), "Health Communication on the Ski Slopes: The Go Sun Smart Campaign," February 7, 2008, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121

FALL 2007

John Jordan (University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee), "Reshaping the Pillow Angel: Plastic Bodies and the Rhetoric of Surgical Solutions," November 6, 2007, at 7:30 p.m., Cushing 001
Marta Tracy (television and media strategist), "Starring You! How to Use Media Techniques to Brand Yourself in Today's Job Market," October 17, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Fulton Debate v. British National Debate Team,
October 2, 2007, at 6 p.m., Gasson Hall 100

SPRING 2007

115th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States Supreme Court should overrule the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Morse v. Frederick," April 21, 2007, at 3:30 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Anja Niedringhaus (Associated Press), "Courage with a Camera," April 19, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Archana Bhatt (University of Richmond), "The Sita Syndrome: Marriage, Gender, Power and Domestic Violence amongst the U.S. South Asian Diaspora," March 26, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121
Tobe Berkovitz (Boston University), "News U Can Use From O'Reilly to 'Oh Really?' How The Media Food Chain Works To Deliver News, Information and Junk," March 21, 2007, at 6:30 p.m., Higgins 300
Joshua Gamson (University of San Francisco), "'Be Fabulous': Lessons from the Life of Sylvester, Queen of Disco," March 15, 2007, at 7 p.m, Fulton 511
Jason Edward Black (University of Alabama), "Rhetoric, Collective Memory and Anglo-Native Identities," February 27, 2007, at 6:30 p.m, McGuinn 121

FALL 2006

Megan Gerson (Communication '00; U.S. Agency for International Development), "Anthrax, AIDS, and Avian Flu: Health Communication Careers in a Time of Calamity," November 9, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121
Brett O'Donnell (Liberty University), "An Inside Look at Political Debates," October 24, 2006, at 7 p.m., McGuinn 121
Bob Grip (WALA-TV), "Getting a Grip on Television News," October 2, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121

SPRING 2006

Herb Scannell (MTV/Nickelodeon Networks), "Brands, Cable TV and New Media: Can They Co-Exist?" April 27, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
114th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States should file a World Trade Organization (WTO) complaint against China for violating the intellectual property rights of U.S. business," April 20, 2006, at 7:30 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Thomas P. O'Neill III (Communication and English '86; O'Neill and Associates), "Politics and PR," March 29, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121
Joseph Nunziata (advertising executive), "Advertising: The Art, the Science, the Business," February 23, 2006, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008

FALL 2005

Ann Marie Barry (Boston College), "Being Beautiful," November 7, 2005, at 7 p.m., Higgins 300
Tim Linehan (Proctor and Gamble), "The Three Things That Keep Marketers Up at Night," October 12, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., Higgins 300
Sonja Williams (Howard University), "Painting Pictures in the Air," September 28, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Phil Keoghan (host of "The Amazing Race"), "No Opportunity Wasted," September 23, 2005, 2:30 p.m., Cusing 332

SPRING 2005

113th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States should substantially increase the corporate average fuel economy standards (CAFE) for cars and light trucks," April 26, 2005, at 7:30 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Christopher Sterling (George Washington University), "What's Happening in Telecommunications," March 22, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121.
Bonnie Dow (University of Georgia), "Framing Feminism: Early Television News Coverage of the Women's Liberation Movement," February 9, 2005, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008.

FALL 2004

Traug Keller (ABC Radio), "Making Waves: Getting Started in the Media Business," October 27, 2004, at 6:30 p.m., Higgins 300
James Pinkerton and Ellen Ratner (Fox News Channel), "Bias, Balance, and Spin," November 9, 2004, at 7:00 p.m., Higgins 300
Andy Saks (Career Catlyst), "The Path to Right Livelihood: How to Build Your Perfect Career," September 27, 2004, at 7:15 p.m., The Heights Room (Lower Campus Dining Facility)

SPRING 2004

112th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States Supreme Court should strike down regulations prohibiting indecent broadcasting upheld in the Federal Communication Commission v. Pacifica Foundation decision," April 29, 2004, at 7:00 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Jeff Cross (IBM Corporation), "The World of Crisis Communication and Corporate Accountability," April 13, 2004, at 6:30 p.m., Higgins 300
Stan Grossfeld (Boston Globe), "The World through the Eyes of Stan Grossfeld, Photojournalist," April 7, 2004, at 6:30 p.m., Merkert 127.
Corey Flintoff (National Public Radio), "There's No Success Like Failure," Thursday March 18, 2004, at 6:30 p.m.,Devlin 008

FALL 2003

Thomas Bohn (Ithaca College), "Pinball, Motorcycle Maintenance and Blue Highways: Escaping the Trap of Technology," November 13, 2003, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
Jennifer Sherwood (Communication '98; 60 Minutes), "The Ins and Outs of Producing a TV Newsmagazine," October 20, 2003, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121

SPRING 2003

111th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States Supreme Court should hold that the University of Michigan's admission policy using racial and ethnic preferences violates the U.S. Constitution," April 24, 2003, at 7:00 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Ann Marie Barry (Boston College), "Images: Self, Media, & Eating Disorders," March 18, 2003, at 7 p.m., McGuinn 121
Jack Lule (Lehigh University), "News as Myth: Daily News, External Stories," March 12, 2003, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 008
"Media and the Crisis in the Church," February 12, 2003, at 7:30 p.m., Robsham Theater (a video stream of this panel discussion is available on Front Row)
Michael Real (Ohio University), "The Super Bowl: Mythic Spectacle," January 21, 2003, at 6:30 p.m., McGuinn 121

FALL 2002

Town Meeting with Congressman Michael Capuano (D. Mass.), December 2, 2002, at 2 p.m., McGuinn 121)
"Spotlight on Scandal: How the Boston Globe Broke the Story and Covered the Sexual Abuse Crisis," October 23, 2002, 7 p.m., Robsham Theater (a video stream of this panel discussion is available on Front Row)
James Carey (Columbia University), "Globalization, Democracy, and Free Communication: Can We Have All Three?," October 21, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., Shea Function Room

SPRING 2002

John Murphy (University of Georgia), "The Rhetorical Presidency of George W. Bush," April 18, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., Fulton 511
Stan Grossfeld (Boston Globe), "Lecture and Slideshow," on April 10, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., Devlin 010.
110th Annual Fulton Prize Debate, "Resolved: That the United States Federal Government should reform Social Security to privatize a portion of the retirement benefits," April 9, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., Fulton Debate Room (Gasson Hall 305)
Bruce Gronbeck (University of Iowa), "Images of Terror, Narratives of Redemption: American Culture Responds to 9/11," March 14, 2002, at 6:30 p.m., Gasson 100
Christopher Hunter (Communication '97; University of Pennsylvania), "Filtering the Future: Porn, Public Access, and the Future," February 26, 2002, Gasson 100