Twitter account for the Professional Development Committee of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (@SCMStudies). Tweets by @kfortmueller (chair)

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The @SCMStudies PDC is hosting a roundtable w/ @AffusoElizabeth (Pitzer College), Ben Aslinger (Bentley Univ.), and @kristenwarner (Cornell Univ.) who will share “Lessons from the Search Committee.” This event will be moderated by PDC Chair @kfortmueller (Georgia State Univ.).
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
We are thrilled to announce our Graduate Student Symposium: Spill Your Guts! This virtual symposium is for students to share their works-in-progress and receive helpful feedback from fellow Horror Studies SIG members. The CFP is on our website: horrorsig.wixsite.com/mysite…
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This Friday (May 17 at noon) we're talking to a group of scholars who have recently accepted faculty positions. Come prepared to ask questions about how to successfully navigate the academic job market!
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Panelists include scholars who have recently accepted their first faculty positions. They will discuss their experiences on the job market as well as strategies for navigating a process that is often confusing and stressful. RSVP for link: forms.gle/hUUYAKPK9y3wnRnV7
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Emails with the link to Lessons from the Search Committee have been sent! If you did not receive the link, check your spam/quarantine or follow the PDC's FB group (the link is available in the private group).
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As a complement to the webinar featuring search committee members, we will also be hosting a webinar that provides an overview of how early career scholars can prepare the job market this fall.
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Panelists include scholars who have recently accepted their first faculty positions. They will discuss their experiences on the job market as well as strategies for navigating a process that is often confusing and stressful. RSVP for link: forms.gle/hUUYAKPK9y3wnRnV7
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Coming up this Friday!!
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The @SCMStudies PDC is hosting a roundtable w/ @AffusoElizabeth (Pitzer College), Ben Aslinger (Bentley Univ.), and @kristenwarner (Cornell Univ.) who will share “Lessons from the Search Committee.” This event will be moderated by PDC Chair @kfortmueller (Georgia State Univ.).
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The Best Practices doc gives a good sense of the steps and requirements on a search. RSVP here for discussion of how search committees handle these materials: forms.gle/P6sMvtk8uSSsBEZg6
In advance of the PDC event next week, "Lessons from the Search Committee," we encourage you to take a look at the @SCMStudies Best Practices for Job Searches. docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
2 May 2024
📢 Attention Caucus & SIG Leadership 📢 Friendly reminder about Election Guidelines: Elections should be held from April to June, and September to October, report results to the SCMS Home Office promptly using the election results form. More details here: cmstudies.org/page/electionr…
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Every year ABDs and PhDs flood social media with questions and complaints about the academic job market. There are several different factors that make applying to faculty positions cumbersome, opaque, and stressful. Questions? RSVP for the event here: forms.gle/DLa7g9ZWEHBDL8gdA
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The @SCMStudies PDC is hosting a roundtable w/ @AffusoElizabeth (Pitzer College), Ben Aslinger (Bentley Univ.), and @kristenwarner (Cornell Univ.) who will share “Lessons from the Search Committee.” This event will be moderated by PDC Chair @kfortmueller (Georgia State Univ.).
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
27 Apr 2024
oh and a link to the TOC - imho an ideal lineup of labor historians and scholars that I want to hear from on each of the various trades: rutgersuniversitypress.org/h…

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Interested in the answers to these questions? RSVP for the June 7th event: forms.gle/dGZxLkdeQ4n9zbad7 Preoder the book: rutgersuniversitypress.org/h…
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
25 Apr 2024
SCMS congratulates Jennifer Alpert and Suzanne Enzerink, Editors of Teaching Media, on receiving the 2024 Collective Distinguished Service Award. 👏🎊
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
17 Apr 2024
SCMS needs you! Our call for committee volunteers is now live. To find out more about committees and submit a nomination follow this link: conta.cc/4aWw2oz
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
18 Mar 2024
Join us on Monday, April 8 at 4:00 PM EDT for a career webinar about teaching in public high schools. Register now: bit.ly/3VmmgY6
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SCMS Professional Development Committee retweeted
12 Mar 2024
SCMS attendees — Welcome to Boston! Documentary Educational Resources invites you to a free virtual screening series exclusively curated in celebration of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies Conference.
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