Media, Culture, and Communication

office of Graduate Studies

As the semester winds down, this will be our final newsletter for the year. We share our best wishes for a resful summer break and congratulations to all the graduates!

- Christian, Priya, and Winnie

Graduation

We're excited to celebrate our graduates at Steinhardt's Valedictory Ceremony in Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, May 18 from 3-5pm. Please note that tickets will be accessed by the MSG app. Guests may download the MSG app or use a screenshot of their ticket that shows the QR code to be scanned for entry. All guest tickets, including lottery tickets, for all ceremonies, will be distributed the week of May 8, 2023.

Diplomas

Please note that diplomas take a while to print for the entire University and you should expect them 8-9 weeks AFTER graduation. The diploma will be mailed to you permanent address on Albert, so be sure the information is current. For more information about applying for graduation and diplomas, visit Graduation and Diplomas, or contact the Office of the Registrar at graduation@nyu.edu

MCC Exit Survey

All graduating students, please complete this exit survey (5 min) to share your thoughts about your time at MCC. We care about your student experience would love your feedback. Thank you!

MA Student Accomplishments!

Please see below for some of the accomplishments from MA students this semester.

Cynthia Nahhas: wrote "Is Record-Smashing Heat a Big Story? Depends Where It Happens" which was later published in FAIR, received two summer internships at FAIR and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, and created two conference papers for the 2022 and 2023 Media Ecology Conference.

Sarah Brill: Received an internship offer from NBCUniversal in the CNBC Events Department for Summer 2023.

Shauna Siggelkow: had her work at the non-profit Define American recognized by The Tides Foundation, and was awarded a sizable grant as part of the Immigrants Belong Project. As the lead facilitator of the grant, over the next year Shauna and her team will lead a group of 10 immigration organizations to develop a coalition based media strategy to combat xenophobic mis and disinformation narratives online.

Rosalie Wells: worked as a Course Assistant for Mario Khreiche's undergraduate course Data and Society, and will be attending LSE's Media Futures Conference in June.

Mary Ainomugisha | NYU Migration Network

The NYU Migration Network brings together NYU faculty and affiliated researchers whose work engages with questions of migration and mobility.

This semester, MCC MA student Mary Ainomugisha has been working on a study with the NYU Migration Network, engaging with media representations of East African migrant domestic workers from Uganda and Kenya in the Middle East. This study analyzes the production and circulation streams of their experiences in traditional media, as well as their use of digital platforms as sites for self-narration and self-fashioning.

In addition, Mary presented at a conference last week on Rethinking African Media at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The inaugural conference brought together a dynamic group of senior graduate students and scholars, with an emphasis on emerging scholars, to re-examine and reimagine the role of media in forging dynamic identities, communities, social structures, and futures across the African continent. Mary's presentation was entitled: "Where Rafiki meets Jambula Tree: Literary, Sonic and Visual Resonances of Queer Life in Kenya and Uganda".

MASA E-Board Election

We are grateful to the leadership and service from this year's MASA eboard. Thank you Corey Schwaitzberg, Khadijah Muhammad, Hadiqa Shahid, Ashley Chenery, and Sidney Steele for your commitment to support the MA student community! Your leadership paved the way for the incoming eboard below. Congratulations, all!

For anyone else who might be interested in joining MASA, Events Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, International Student Representative positions are still open. The First Year Representative will also be chosen in the fall

On Campus Job Opportunities

Graduate Student Assistant Position at NYU Tandon

Job Title: Graduate Student Assistant
Position Description:
NYU Tandon’s Department of Technology, Culture, and Society is hiring a graduate student assistant to work with Professor Danya Glabau. This role will be focused on assisting and supporting Professor Glabau’s research, with some additional academic program and curriculum development duties assigned periodically. The position’s responsibilities will include:

- Collect data and assist with analysis for Professor Glabau’s research on digital health trackers
- Conduct interdisciplinary social science literature research on topics including history of medicine and science, anthropology of childhood, and tech ethics/HCI/STS/sociology studies of digital health trackers
- Write short reports summarizing literature research and providing topical bibliographies
- Research and use research software for citation management, data collection, and data analysis as needed
- Complete human subjects research ethics training
- Assist with marketing the Feminism and STEM and STS minors
- Support the Ethics and STS instructor team, including updating shared documents, organizing meetings, communicating with faculty, and attending 2-3 program events per semester

The position will include 5-10 hours per week with a schedule to be determined with Prof. Glabau. Supervision and feedback will be provided in regularly scheduled weekly check-ins. This role can be virtual, hybrid, or in person in the TCS department offices.

Ideal candidates will have an interest, possibly reflected by prior coursework, in topics related to Professor Glabau’s research, such as History or Anthropology of Medicine, HCI, Feminist Studies, Communication, Sociology, or interdisciplinary fields/coursework that draw from one or more of these areas. Additionally, candidates should be comfortable and adaptable with working with digital communication and collaboration tools. Experience managing communications with a variety of participants and stakeholders (from students to faculty to administrators) a plus. Experience with teaching and/or curriculum development is a plus.

Preference for candidates who can start during Summer 2023 and continue through the next academic year (2023-2024).

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Law, the hourly base salary range for student employment positions are $15-$17 per hour for undergraduate students and $27.50-$28 per hour for graduate students.

For more information about the Graduate Student Assistant opportunity, please see here.

Join the Changemaker Center Team

The NYU Changemaker Center is seeking a Communications and Design Assistant to support our efforts in promoting social impact initiatives. We are looking for someone who is proactive, passionate about all things digital, and skilled in graphic design and video production. In addition to your design and content creation skills, you have a keen eye for user experience and are familiar with UX design principles. If this sounds like you or someone you know, search posting 781789 on Handshake.

This is a chance to work with a vibrant, collaborative team and learn first-hand what it takes to create engaging content with university-wide impact. The hourly base salary range for student employment positions are $15-$17 per hour for undergraduate students and $27.50-$28 per hour for graduate students. Click here to learn more about the opportunity to join the Changemaker Center.