1. Marketing Communication
Emerson College
Peter Seronick
Affiliated Faculty
In August, Peter Seronickwas invited to judge the Connecticut Ad Club’s annual
advertisingaward show. It was a day and a half of judging work from Connecticut
Ad agencies, designstudios,marketing firms and in house departments. This is the
12th
show he has judged throughout his career.He has previously beena judge for
international,national,regionaland local shows.
Welcome to the first Marketing Communication
Newsletter
Our Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni have lots of news to share. This first
edition of the Marketing Communication Newsletter is just a sample of
what’s to come! We are looking for your news, accomplishments, projects
and “wins”. Send your information to: Sakshi Bathija
(sakshi_bathija@emerson.edu). We will be publishing the newsletter twice
per semester. Cast a wide net! Tell us what our Alumni are doing. Share
news of your recent publications and appearances. Bring us up to date on
your travel, out-of-work activities and any other news you’d like to share. We
look forward to hearing from you. Thank you to those who shared news for
this first edition!

2. Paul Mihailidis
Associate Professor
Faculty member, Paul Mihailidispublishedhis report during the summer of
2016, “Digital Crossroads: Civic Media& Migration,”with support fromIDA
based in Stuttgart, Germany. The project explores the role of medialiteracy in
enabling state and non-state actors to engage critically and skillfully with
information and communication in digital spaces. Please visit the linkto view an
abstract and executive summary:
https://docs.google.com/document/d1eYnmARZ6RlfUTTG_y98FSJCP8e0tb3M9WvOncqb
9zs0/edit?usp=sharing
Paul is also finishing his participation in the Salzburg Academy on Mediaand Global Change,
which is now in its 10th
year. To learn more about the story of the Academy, please click:
https://medium.com/engagement-lab-emerson-college/the-2016-salzburg-academy-on-media-
global-change-media-migration-the-civic-imagination-597efca7c8ea#.mhum3ynv8
For more information about the Salzburg experience, please visit:https://move.community/how-
36-professors-and-70-students-from-around-the-world-are-re-imagining-migration-
aeef343aa168#.n7d0azb4p
Don Hurwitz
Senior Executive-In-Residence
Don Hurwitz served as a judge for the National Collegiate ECHO
Marketing Challenge sponsored by the Marketing Edge (formerly the
Direct Marketing Association).This year’s challenge involvedthe
creation of a multi-faceted campaign for a new Facebook business
offering. Don also joined the 2016 cohort of Emerson’s Inclusive
Excellence Faculty Fellows and attended a three-day programin May.

3. Lu Ann Reeb
Senior Executive-In-Residence
Lu Ann was asked to speak at a June conferencein Beijing, the 2016
InternationalMediaInnovation and Entrepreneurship Education Forum.
The theme of the conference was “Rocking DreamTogether.”Reeb’stalk
was titled “Entrepreneurial Education Intersectswith MediaInnovation.” To
learn more about the conference,read: http://www.emerson.edu/news-
events/emerson-college-today/reeb-gives-talk-education-innovation-china#.V-
QYroFVdFR
Brenda Wrigley
Associate Professor and Chair
BrendaWrigley was the faculty recipient ofthe 2016 Inclusive Excellence
Award. Each year, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion honorscommunity
members who have demonstrated leadership in inclusion at Emerson. The
Inclusive Excellence Awards recognize staff, faculty, and students who are
selected based on their creativity and innovation in contributing to the College’s
inclusion-related goals.This recognition reinforces Emerson’s commitment to
diversity and inspiresother community members to find their own ways to
advance Inclusive Excellence at Emerson. Pleaseclickon the link to read The
Luminary, The Office of Diversity and Inclusion ‘s Newsletterat Emerson
College:
http://www.emerson.edu/sites/default/files/Files/AboutEmerson/diversity-
luminary-may2016.pdf

4. Paul Hackett
Affiliated Faculty
During the summer, Affiliated Faculty member Paul Hackett was an academic
advisor at Cambridge University in the UK and this appointment will continue into
2017. The project is looking at Corvid (members ofthe crow family of birds)
Cognition.Specifically,he is investigating the structuralmake-up of their cognitions
and developinga psychometric test battery to assess these. He is doing this with
Professor Nicole Claytonand Dr. JessicaSchwarzenbach,fromCambridge and
Dr. Rachel Shaw from VictoriaUniversity Wellington,New Zealand, with whom
he is psychometrically investigatingNew Zealand Robins. He has also been
appointed to a visiting chair (visiting full professor)in the Psychology Department
at the Gloucestershire, UK, for the period of 2016-2019.
King’s College, Cambridge
A group of academics (including Paul 3rd
from
the left) at Granchester Tea Garden,
Cambridge.
Paul has also just received an image of the cover of his latest
book. It is from the Springer series Briefs in Philosophy.The
book will be published on January 7th
, 2017 and is about how we
perceive and understand three-dimensional abstract art, focusing
to some extent upon land art. The book presents an extension
of his previous two books on the perception ofabstract art, that
focused upon two-dimensionalworks. The new bookoffers an
extension ofhis mereological account usinga mapping sentence
couched in a facet theory rubric.

5. Jenessa Carder
Affiliated Faculty
During the summer of 2016, Affiliated Faculty member JenessaCarder worked
on the Save The Food ad campaign below, which launched in April 2016.
To learn more about the campaign, visit: www.savethefood.com