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MEDIA
SPOTLIGHT
News & Notes
Talking Points
Dyson College Faculty in the Media
We need to have a certainty or confidence in our elections. This is an important
institution we have—you know, the same with the judiciary, the democratic process. We
have to have a way to guarantee that the votes will be cast and counted in November."
— GEORGE PICOULAS, lecturer, political science
News 12 (February 4, 2020)
When you receive that email from the president about a grim financial forecast with
words such as 'lower profits,' pay attention. If the email includes the line, 'We're going
to implement cost-saving measures and freeze all hiring,' dust off your resume and
update it immediately."
— JENNIFER LEE MAGAS, PHD, clinical associate professor, media, communications, and visual arts
"6 Signs You're About to Get Laid Off" U.S. News & World Report (April 1, 2020)
The traditional voyeuristic peephole in film suggests the person being watched is
under threat. . . . The peephole makes the person looking through the peephole into the
vulnerable one."
— CATHERINE ZIMMER, PHD, associate professor and chair, film and screen studies
"Who's Watching Your Porch?" The New York Times (January 19, 2020)
Started as an idea in
Clinical Associate Professor
Jennifer Magas's PR
Campaigns class, the
Entrance One public
relations agency officially
became a recognized
student organization on
the Pleasantville campus
during the fall 2019
semester. "In only a few
months, the members
of the club planned,
promoted, and executed
multiple events and worked
with my classes to create
the content for the new
monthly MCVA department
newsletter, The Pitch, as
well as our new department
blog, MCVA OffScript,"
Magas said.
Making an Entrance
