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Professor Examines Asian American Representation Across Media, Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Oh “I think that also leads to a lack of opportunities for people to play interesting roles [in the dramatic arts],” said Oh, noting the underrepresentation of Asians in popular American media. For years, Oh has been studying Asian American representation along with matters of identity, critical media studies, and the diaspora.

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Film Director Joins Spelman Faculty as Director of Documentary Filmmaking

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Shola Lynch Spelman College has scored a major coup with the hiring of award-winning filmmaker Shola Lynch as its Diana King Endowed Professor in Film, Filmmaking, Television, and Related Media in the Department of Art and Visual Culture. It is amazing that Spelman has a documentary film program — it is the only HBCU with one.

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Supporting Your Social Media Manager in an Impossible Job

Campus Sonar

Your campus social media manager’s job is never done. On the flip side, they also have moments of pure joy when they make a valuable connection with their audience through content or conversation, when they can tie their work to an enrolled student or fundraising goal met, and when they gather with industry colleagues at professional events.

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Parnell Named President of NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amelia Parnell, vice president for research and policy at NASPA — Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education was named the organization’s president. Parnell has been with the organization since 2015 and will bring deep industry and organizational knowledge to her new role.

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Brown University Launches Revamped and Expanded Career Services Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Instead of offering just generalized career services, this revamped center will seek to have knowledge bases and advising about specific industry sectors. Through more internships, research opportunities and shadowing experiences, we can help students prototype career possibilities for themselves.

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Young working-class people being ‘blocked’ from creative industries, study finds

The Guardian Higher Education

Sutton Trust calls for improved access to creative education and industry dominated by upper middle-class Young people from working-class backgrounds are being “blocked” from entering the creative industries, which remain “elitist” and inaccessible, according to research.

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The Rise of Local News Deserts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

These losses have been incredibly damaging, especially in a time of social media misinformation, disinformation and isolation. In addition to the growing news deserts, researchers noted that the trend of diminishing news sources shows no signs of decreasing. The current media landscape isn’t uniform.

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