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The current version of the CGSA website is a wiki-based website, powered by Wikidot, where people are encouraged to contribute to the contents. If you are not sure what wiki is and want to learn...
Graduate students often go to conferences or brown bag talks and use A/V for presentations. Unfortunately, they seem to have some fear of using a projector, screaming like "I don't see my...
The CGSA Buddy Program pairs current new incoming students with current students to help out with their transit to UMass. The Social Coordinator pairs all incoming graduate students with current...
Graduate Student Social Events
For all social events, contact Sunny Lie at ude.ssamu.mmoc|eils#ude.ssamu.mmoc|eils.
Social calendar 2009-2010
Welcome hangout drinks Fall 2009
When: Sunday, Sept...
Constitution of the Communication Graduate Students Association
University of Massachusetts
First Edition
Author’s Preface
Introduction: The following pages present the first edition of the...
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to be an introduction into the workings of the Western media: their goals and values, their organization, and, most importantly, their effects on the way...
COMM 212 (online): Cultural Codes in Communication
Important note: Responses to content-related questions will be delivered in the Discussion/Logistic section and, in case of emergency, by email....
When: Jan 24th, 2009, 7:30pm-11:59pm
Where: 58 Hawley Street, Apt 4, Northampton, MA 01060
Contact: Robin Anderson (919-271-2066) or Han Lee (773-910-0971)
Come have fun at the comm grad spring...
Comps Preparation Tips
You study for a few months. Then they put you in a little stinky room and you write for 3 or 4 hours non-stop. You do that 5 or 6 times. Then you go to another small room...
The Communication Graduate Student Association has a history of hosting exciting and well-organized conferences at the University of Massachusetts. What was initially conceived as a mildly...
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Article originally from The Chronicle of Higher Education
Research Yields Tips on Crafting Better Syllabi
By PAULA WASLEY
Many professors don't give much thought to what students take away from...
COMM 212 (online): Cultural Codes in Communication
Important note: Responses to content-related questions will be delivered in the Discussion/Logistic section and, in case of emergency, by email....
HomeCGSA Executives 2009-2010
*Co-Chairs: Robin Anderson & Dawn Lovegrove
*Secretary: Jinni Pradhan
*CDSJ: Anilyn Diaz
*Alumni & Outreach: Fadia Hasan
*Personnel: Brian Myers
*GEO Stewards:...
As an f-1 student, it is important that you remain your full-time student status while in the U.S.
1. When you are on Program/Continuation Fee (GRADSCH 999-1LEC), in other words you no longer take...
We've created a Facebook page for people to social network. Don't forget to become a fan of our Facebook page to stay connected with the current graduate students and the alumni.
Facebook Analysis
General description: Please look at the “Facebook profile” as an analyzable text, which is always determined by one or more ideologies, and which is also a highly significant...
Have you ever been engrossed in your studies, mid-semester, like a good comm grad, only to suddenly stop receiving emails until you have this conversation with someone, "Hey I tried to send you an...
Carnegie Categorization by salary.
Getting ready for job interviews
We encourage our friends and alumni/ae to help the Communication Graduate Student Association by contributing to the Department of Communication. Your contributions allow the department to offer us...
Core Courses
611: INTRODUCTION TO THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF HUMAN COMMUNICATION
Seminar. This course explores the role and function of theory in the field of communication as well as the processes...
Amherst Brewing Company (A.B.C) is located in downtown Amherst, right on N. Pleasant St. A.B.C is a great place to grab a bite to eat, relax and drink refreshingly smooth homemade brews. A.B.C has...
Living
Find a place to live UMass
Make the best of health benefits (Graduate Employee Organization site)
Make the best of dental/vision benefits (GEO site)
Autorize UMass Human Resources (HR) to...
Identifying Your Needs:
How much money will you need? How soon will you need this money? Over what time period will you need these funds?
Answering these questions will allow you to target possible...
When the Graduate School notifies students that their statute of limitations is about to expire, you should contact your advisor and make sure s/he knows what progress you've made toward the...
Finding a reasonable place to live in the Amherst area may be a difficult task if you are coming from elsewhere and new to the area, but we can help you. There are a couple of options available:...
One tip for getting ads for external funding is to join listservs on campus, for instance, Women's Studies listserv, Stonewall Center listserv, and GSS listserv. These departments occasionally seek...
The UMass Amherst campus is located in Western Massachusetts and can be easily accessed via air, bus, train, and private vehicle. Please visit the UMass Campus Visit site for your trip plan....
Describe your research.
Have a good articulate rap down pat in short and longer versions, for experts and non-experts.
What audiences are you addressing, what are the other hot books or scholars in...
To What End?
It is important to start by describing where you want to end. In other words, what are your objectives as a teacher? The rest of your philosophy statement should support these...
At the publishing workshop yesterday, Han recommended Refworks, a free web-based tool that assists in managing citations, creating bibliographies, and importing references from online databases....
Often, grant and fellowship applications require applicants to create a curriculum vitae (c.v.), which is a comprehensive biographical statement emphasizing your professional qualifications and...
Please post any kind of assignment that might be useful to anyone teaching in the department (in-class assignments, take-home assignments, etc.).
Facebook analysis - COMM 121 Media and Culture
I. What needs to be reviewed?
All research that involves interacting or intervening with humans needs to undergo review. (Research
by undergraduates as part of a class does NOT generally need to be...
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Institutional memory within the Communication Department is not in good shape - particularly within the graduate student body. Grad students have been teaching dozens and dozens of different...
Selective List of Graduate Students
Robin Anderson
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Robin is a 3rd year Ph.D. student in the Communication department. Prior to coming to UMass, he...
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Setting the default term
SPIRE does not currently reset your default term to the current one, so you need to change it manually. Each term is assigned a 4-digit code. To look up the 4-digit code...
Chris Boulton. Porn and Me(n): Sexual Morality, Objectification, and Religion at the Wheelock Anti-Pornography Conference. Communication Review; 2008, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p247-273. Available at:...
Please post your syllabi here.
COMM 212 online - Cultural Codes in Communication
COMM 121 - Introduction to Media and Culture
http://chnm.gmu.edu/tools/syllabi This is an excellent syllabus...
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Please mark your calendar for the second "New Cohort" social event for incoming UMass Amherst...
1. If you rent or own off-campus, CommunityAction provides Fuel
Assistance — and grad students generally qualify, even if heat is
included in your rent. You might get back $500 per person — or...
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NYC and Boston are within 3 to 4 hours from Amherst, and graduate students often visit the cities for fun. Here are some useful tips and discount coupons for economic graduate student...
The Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA) is a professional and social community of all communication graduate students at UMass Amherst. Our objective is to improve the scholarly,...
Dissertation Proposal Workshop
