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SCMS Critical Media Pedagogies SIG
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Official page for the Society for Cinema and Media Studies Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
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O15 – Saturday, April 6 @ 9:00–10:45am
WORKSHOP: Can We Teach Palestine?
O15 – Saturday, April 6 @ 9:00–10:45am WORKSHOP: Can We Teach Palestine? Swissotel CHAIR Karen Redrobe, University of Pennsylvania CO-CHAIR Bishnupriya Ghosh, University of California, Santa Barbara Marc Siegel, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Laliv Melamed, Goethe University, Frankfurt Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group; Middle East Caucus; War and Media Studies Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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K15– Saturday, April 5 @ 9:00–10:45am
ROUNDTABLE: Adapting Media Studies Pedagogy for Today’s Global Media Ecosystem @areum.bsky.social @acafanmom.bsky.social @tbaudinette.bsky.social
K15– Saturday, April 5 @ 9:00–10:45am ROUNDTABLE: Adapting Media Studies Pedagogy for Today’s Global Media Ecosystem Swisshotel Katherine Morrissey, Arizona State University (chair) Lori Morimoto, University of Virginia (co-chair) “Gaze Problems: Western Theory & Non-Western Media” Katherine Morrissey, Arizona State University “Researching/Teaching K-Pop in a Western Setting” Areum Jeong, Arizona State University “Media Fan Studies and the Convergent Classroom” Lori Morimoto, University of Virginia “Teaching Queer Media Theory from/through Asia” Thomas Baudinette, Macquarie University “Tackling Global Streaming via Student-Fan Pedagogy” Latina Vidolova, Northwestern University Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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K08 – Saturday, April 5 @ 9:00–10:45am
ROUNDTABLE: Teaching & Pedagogy Committee: Politicized Pedagogy
K08 – Saturday, April 5 @ 9:00–10:45am ROUNDTABLE: Teaching & Pedagogy Committee: Politicized Pedagogy Fairmont Kimberly Hall, Wofford College (chair) Anirban Baishya, University of Wisconsin Madison “‘A Lie is a Truth Until You Recognize it as a Lie:’ Media (Studies) and the Paradox of Truth as Politics” Hannah Goodwin, Mount Holyoke College “Fostering Curiosity in a Space of Dogma” Tony Grajeda, University of Central Florida “The Illiberal Erosion of Academic Freedom” Kimberly Hall, Wofford “The New Skills of Critical Media Literacy” Hunter Hargraves, California State University Fullerton “The Climate is Different” Carolyn Jacobs, Central Connecticut State University “Teaching Truth Through Media Studies” Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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J27 – Friday, April 4 @ 6:15–8:00pm
ROUNDTABLE: New Approaches to Teaching Silent Film @lizclarke100.bsky.social @martinlj.bsky.social @oksana2024.bsky.social
J27 – Friday, April 4 @ 6:15–8:00pm ROUNDTABLE: New Approaches to Teaching Silent Film Swisshotel Liz Clarke, Brock University (chair) Martin Johnson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (co-chair) “Silent Film as Global Cinema” Oksana Chefranova, Yale University “Race, Early Cinema and International Expositions” Joshua Mitchell, University of Southern California “Melodrama and Politics in Children Who Labor” Constance Balides, Tulane University “Teaching Latin American Silent Cinema” Mariana Johnson, University of North Carolina, Wilmington “Teaching About Film Preservation” Sabrina Negri, University of Torino Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group; Silent Cinema Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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I26 – Friday, April 4 @ 4:15–6:00pm
ROUNDTABLE: Teaching Queer Media
I26 – Friday, April 4 @ 4:15–6:00pm ROUNDTABLE: Teaching Queer Media Swisshotel Pam Butler, University of Notre Dame (chair) “Integrating Queer Memetics in Classroom Discussion” Anna Wald, University of Notre Dame “Framing Queer Conversation in a Catholic Context” Jason Ruiz, University of Notre Dame “How to Successfully Close-Play Queer Games for Classroom Analysis” Ashlee Bird, University of Notre Dame Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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H25 – Friday, April 4 @ 2:15–4:00pm
WORKSHOP: Finding Work-Work Balance: Integrating Teaching into Research and Vice Versa @caradickason.bsky.social
H25 – Friday, April 4 @ 2:15–4:00pm WORKSHOP: Finding Work-Work Balance: Integrating Teaching into Research and Vice Versa Daniel Herbert, University of Michigan (chair) Elsie Walker, Salisbury University Elizabeth Nathanson, Muhlenberg College Paul Reinsch, Texas Tech University Cara Dickason, Johns Hopkins University Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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G09 – Friday, April 4 @ 11:00am–12:45pm
ROUNDTABLE: The Actor and Performance in the Film and Media
G09 – Friday, April 4 @ 11:00am–12:45pm ROUNDTABLE: The Actor and Performance in the Film and Media Studies Classroom Scott Balcerzak, Northern Illinois University (chair) “Screen Acting as Labor in Contemporary Hollywood” Jon Lewis, Oregon State University “Acting from the Outside In: Costume, Makeup, Hair” Adrienne L. McLean, University of Texas at Dallas “Tsai Ming-Laing and Robert Bresson” Catherine Russell, Concordia University “A Character’s Performance in Screen Acting Courses” Miguel Gaggiotti, University of Bristol Sponsored by Critical Media Pedagogies Scholarly Interest Group; Performance and Stardom Scholarly Interest Group
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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F09 – Friday, April 4 @ 9:00–10:45am
PANEL: Lessons Learned: Approaches to Media (as) Pedagogy
F09 – Friday, April 4 @ 9:00–10:45am PANEL: Lessons Learned: Approaches to Media (as) Pedagogy Fairmont Nathaniel Laywine, York University (chair) “Ideological Iterations: Remakes of Fairy Tales as Pedagogical Tool” Elissa H. Nelson, Bronx Community College “‘A Wilder Ride’: The Magic School Bus and the Rise of Multimedia Edutainment” Michael Meindl, Radford University and Matthew Wisnioski, Virginia Institute of Technology “Critical Film Pedagogy as Collaborative Speculation: An Experiment in Praxis” Jasmine Nadua Trice, University of California, Los Angeles “Ambivalence at the Spin Gym: Reflections on Intersubjectivity and Mediated Pedagogies” Nathaniel Laywine, York University
March 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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A week from today, on 22 November, we are hosting with the SCMS Professional Development Committee a virtual roundtable on evaluating effective teaching. Topics will include job market teaching demos, peer evals, and student learning outcomes assessment. Please come! Registration link in comments.
November 15, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Let's hear it for our new co-chair @jennblaylock.bsky.social and our new steering committee members Lisa Jacobson and Amanda Greer! 👏

We also wish to thank Sarah Choi for her four years of service on the steering committee and outgoing chair @tanyagoldman.bsky.social!

Fun fall plans coming soon!
Margot Robie as Barbie clapping.
July 16, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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Congrats to SIG co-chair @stephbrown.bsky.social who, with Amanda Brown, has published an essay on Abbott Elementary in new volume TELEVISION SITCOM AND CULTURAL CRISIS, edited by Holly Willson Holladay and Chandler L. Classen, and out from Routledge.

Signed,
SIG co-chair @tanyagoldman.bsky.social
June 17, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Looking to celebrate the leap year? Join us this THURSDAY at 12:30pm ET for a roundtable discussion about using digital tools in the media studies classroom. We've got a stellar lineup! Register here!
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February 26, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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We're even more excited to share an updated poster for our "Using Digital Tools in the Media Studies Classroom" on Thursday, February 29 at 12:30PM EST.

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February 13, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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We're excited announce our upcoming roundtable "Using Digital Tools in the Media Studies Classroom" on Thursday, February 29th at 12:30 PM EST. Registration below. Please share widely!
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February 13, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Our next Critical Media Pedagogies “Office Hours” will be THIS Friday at 3pm ET. Anyone interested in talking pedagogy is welcome! Sign up for Zoom link ⬇️
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October 2, 2023 at 6:07 PM
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👋 Meet the Critical Media Pedagogies SIG’s leaders:

co-chairs @tanyagoldman.bsky.social @stephbrown.bsky.social

grad rep
Tamar Hanstke as our new graduate rep.

Steering committee
Isra Ali, @jennblaylock.bsky.social, Sarah Choi, Nicky Hentrich, Jean Ketterling, Regina Y. Lee
September 29, 2023 at 4:38 PM