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Nilita Vachani looks to her left as she rests her head on her right hand

Alumni 9 Aug 2016

Giving Voices to the Disenfranchised: Filmmaker, Novelist, Investigative Journalist, and Alumna Nilita Vachani (M.A.C. ’83)

Vachani’s work shares a common thread: giving a voice to the disenfranchised.

Desmond Patton (back row, center) and Owen Rambow (far right) and the rest of the data science research team who will be working on the ROADS-funded project.

Faculty News 5 Aug 2016

Professor Desmond Patton Collaborates with Data Scientist on ROADS-funded Project to Prevent Gang Violence

Dr. Desmon Patton and Owen Rambow plan to develop an algorithm that analyzes the language used by gang members online.

Photo of an individual reading a book, photo credit Christian Wiediger / Unsplash

Research 20 Jul 2016

New Study Shows Reading Harry Potter Lowers Americans’ Opinions of Donald Trump

Even when controlling for party identification, gender, education level, age, and other factors, the effect remained.

Cover of Weiyu Zhang's 'The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making'. The left third of the cover is red, with Chinese characters right-aligned at the top. In the middle, slightly to the left is a drawing made of dotted lines that appears to be a light bulb. The other two-thirds is split horizontally. The top has what appears to the top quarter of the Earth drawn with bright yellow lines. Its background is red. The bottom half is orange and has the title and author name.

Graduate Student News 2 Jun 2016

Annenberg Student and Alumna Collaborate To Crowdsource Book Translation

Weiyu Zhang (Ph.D '08) and doctoral student Kecheng Fang collaborated on the Chinese translation of The Internet and New Social Formation in China: Fandom Publics in the Making.

Marwan Kraidy in a suit and tie standing in front of the Annenberg School for Communication. The picture is from the chest up.

Research 23 May 2016

New Book by Marwan Kraidy: The Naked Blogger of Cairo

Kraidy's 10th book explores the creative insurgency behind the Arab Spring: its self-immolations, graffiti, puppetry, videos, slogans, and satire.

Cover of Guobin Yang's 'The Red Guard Generation and Political Activism in China' . The background is a star made of red and white star outlines. In the middle is a red rectangle bordered by a white line. In the center of the rectangle is the title in yellow. Below the title is a drawn black and ivory thumb of a hand that is holding the rectangle. Partially under the tip of the thumb is a yellow star.

Research 18 May 2016

New Book by Guobin Yang Explores the Red Guard Generation in China

Yang explores what happened to the "sent-down" generation and how their experiences shaped China for decades to come.

Joan Garry seated at the head of a table in front of a white board. She is seated with students, and is laughing with one to her left.

Undergraduate News 28 Apr 2016

Undergraduates Become Consultants in Joan Garry’s Course on Nonprofit Communication

Student teams work with local non-profits to design and help implement a comprehensive communication strategy.

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