New Courses for Spring 2009
For Spring 2009, the International Communication Program has many new and exciting courses:
SIS 628.016 (Meets with 496.TBA) Gabriel Weimann
Theater of Terror: Modern Terrorism & the Mass Media
SIS 628.005 (Meets with 419.005) Prof. Yael Warshel
Children, Media and Conflict
SIS 628.012 (meets with SIS 496.012) Craig Hayden
Global Perspectives on Public Diplomacy, Media, and Information Politics
SIS 628.017 (meets with SIS 496.017) Elizabeth Fox
Health Communication in Developing Countries
SIS 628.015 (meets with SIS 496.015) Nanette Levinson
Communication, Culture & Social Entrepreneurship
For more information on individual courses, please go to the Course News page or contact ICSIS@american.edu.
Upcoming IC Events
Intercultural Management Institute 10th Anniversary Colloquium
March 12-13, 2009
IC 40th Anniversary Colloquium
March 25, 2009
Butler Boardroom
Recent IC Events
The IC/ICSF Forum: Nick Couldry
Presented by the International Communications Program/ICSF and the Center for Social Media
Thursday, October 16, 2:00pm
Battelle Atrium
"An Ethical Deficit? Accountability, Norms, and the Material Conditions of Contemporary Journalism"
For more information on this presentation, please go to the IC Forum page.
IC Distinguished Alumni Book Launch
Monday, October 13, 5:00pm
Butler Boardroom
With Mark Overmann (MA IC '05) and Dr. Sherry Mueller (BA '65), authors of Working World: Careers in International Education, Exchange, and Development (Georgetown University Press, 2008)
Sherry L. Mueller had her first international experience as a student on an Experiment in International Living program in Germany. Several years later she led an Experiment group to the then-USSR. Her work abroad ranges from serving as a State Department speaker on NGO leadership in Saudi Arabia to teaching English in Brazil. She currently serves as president of the National Council for International Visitors, a national network of program agencies based in Washington DC, and more than 90 community-member organizations throughout the United States. Dr. Mueller is also the founding president of the SIS Alumni Association.
Mark Overmann made his first trip abroad during college to study in France. Following his graduation from the University of Notre Dame, Mark spent a year in Northeast China teaching English and studying Chinese. He subsequently earned his master's degree in International Communication from American University, and then worked as a program associate at the National Council for International Visitors. Mark currently serves as the Director of College Communications at Georgetown University, where he works closely with the university's international exchange programs, specifically those with China.
IC Welcome Celebration
Tuesday, September 2, 5:00pm
Butler Boardroom
Honoring the 40th anniversary incoming class and celebrating our 40th anniversary.
Fall 2008 Workshops
SRP/Thesis Workshop
September 24, 3:30pm, SIS 205
Concentrations Workshop
October 22, 3:30pm, SIS 205
Oral Comprehensive Exam Workshop
November 12, 3:30pm, SIS 205
IC Link
The International Communication Program Link is the IC program's newsletter. Past issues are available below in PDF format.
- Vol. 1, Issue 1 - January 2008
- Vol. 1, Issue 2 - April 2008
- Vol. 1, Issue 3 - August 2008
- Vol. 2, Issue 1 - Fall 2008
- Vol. 2, Issue 2 - Winter 2009
IC professor Gary Weaver with students at the 2008 IC Welcome Celebration