News
The latest news from Comparative Media Studies/Writing at MIT.
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Distinguishing Truth in Communications
With a new National Science Foundation grant, Justin Reich and collaborators will apply information literacy research to communities outside the formal education system.
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“A Cellular Symphony”: A featured piece from Angles 2021, the best of MIT’s introductory writing subjects
“I’m ready for the lyricism of the lab,” writes biological engineer major Laura Schmidt-Hong.
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Video: Victoria Cain, “Educated Viewers: Civic Spectatorship, Media Literacy, and American Schools”
The struggle of successive generations of education reformers who attempted to meet massive social and economic crises through careful instruction in media viewing and collective discussion.
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Faculty job opening: Assistant Professor of Media Studies
This tenure-track position has a focus on media industries and/or computational media. Application deadline: Nov 1, 2021. Full information at academicjobsonline.org
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English Language Studies joins Comparative Media Studies/Writing
The move places all of MIT’s Institute-wide writing and communications instruction under one academic roof.
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Transformative truth-telling at the MIT Open Documentary Lab
The lab’s artists and technology scholars are exploring representation and reality — and shaping the future of storytelling.
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MIT’s “3 Questions”: Making the 2021-22 School Year Work for Students
Associate Professor Justin Reich co-authors a new report on reimagining schools for a post-pandemic world.
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Current CMS/W Job Openings
Job openings at CMS/W, including for postdocs and visiting scholars.
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Jing Wang, professor of Chinese media and cultural studies, dies at 71
Wang, a beloved CMS/W colleague who founded the China-based media activism nonprofit NGO2.0, taught at MIT since 2001.
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Sue Ding, ’17, wins L.A. Area Emmy Award
Congratulations to the CMS master’s alum, who shared the award as director and producer of Light & Space, part of KCET’s Artbound series.
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2021-2022 INSPIRE-Math Coaching & Leadership Fellowship
Led by the our Teaching Systems Lab for all who currently teach or coach math in a district or charter school in Boston for all or part of their day in grades 3-8. Learn more on July 19.
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Congratulations to the class of 2021!
It’s been a bizarre year-plus. But the twenty three of you made it! You’re still standing.
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Andrea Kim, ’21, awarded Fulbright Fellowship
Kim’s Fulbright research in South Korea will investigate how virtual reality can facilitate cross-cultural learning and live performance art.
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CMS/W Head Professor Eric Klopfer to serve as a co-director of Responsible A.I. for Social Engagement
“We want to make sure that all people are empowered to use A.I. in constructive, creative, and beneficial ways”
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The 2021 Karmel Writing Prizes Winners
Working in every genre, from fiction to technical writing, more than four dozen pieces were prize winners this year.
