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Are you part of the Critical Media Pedagogies SIG? You should join our Discord server. It's a streamlined space for communication amongst SIG members to ask questions, stay engaged, & build community with other pedagogy-minded scholars! Join us on Discord: discord.gg/tnSHe5Jw

Calling all cinema and art history scholars! The CinemArts Scholarly Interest Group is gathering ideas for activities in the coming academic year. Whether you’re a longtime member or newly curious about joining, take a minute to fill out our short survey: forms.gle/CYXrxWamip1d...

Time to renew your membership! At the end of June, all memberships expired. A current membership ensures you will receive communications from SCMS and affiliated groups and allows you to submit your conference proposal! Follow the link in our bio to renew.

Looking for tips to sharpen (or start 😉) your SCMS proposal? Curious how proposals are processed? We are holding a VGSSIG workshop for submission to SCMS 2026 this Tuesday, August 5th at 3 pm EST -- Please join us if you're interested in learning more or if you have a CFP to pitch to the membership!

Co-chair of Precarious Labor Organization @scmstudies.bsky.social again. If you applied for waiver *prior* to 2:35pm on Friday, July 11, please reapply again at same link. There was an error in the survey and we did not properly capture names of applicants. 🤦‍♀️ Link here: shorturl.at/nom91

I’m so excited to be the grad rep for the Critical Media Pedagogies SIG of SCMS! I am so jazzed! @scmspedagogy.bsky.social @scmstudies.bsky.social #CriticalMediaPedagogies #MediaStudies #MediaScholar

We are lucky to have you on our leadership team!

Precarious scholar? Are you thinking of submitting to #SCMS2026 but no institutional support for membership? Co-chair, grad rep, or on an SCMS committee? Apply for a 2025/26 SCMS membership fee waiver from the PLO! Deadline August 1st! More here: conta.cc/4lrwcdk

We’re excited to share a few important leadership updates for the SCMS Queer and Trans Caucus! @scmstudies.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Hey folks! When we joined, Blue Sky was super new so our follow options were limited, but now our timeline isn't necessarily showing us much fan studies content. So if you want to be followed, drop a reply here! Tell us what you're working on!

All memberships will expire on June 30th! Don't forget to renew to avoid missing important communication from SCMS. Renew here: cmstudies.org/page/Membership_Renew

Are you a media studies graduate student invested in pedagogy? Do you want to get more involved in @scmstudies.bsky.social? If so, consider nominating yourself to serve as our next grad rep! I'm a former chair and currently on the broader SIG steering committee and happy to answer any Qs.

Here's a thread 🧵 on how I'm managing participation — beyond the Zoom room — in my online course. Hope folks find it helpful/generative. Anyone else have strategies for facilitating participation? @scmspedagogy.bsky.social

It has come time for Tamar Hanstke to step down as Grad Rep. Thank you Tamar! If you are interested in serving as a grad rep, please send us your name, affiliation, a short bio, and a short explanation of what you hope to contribute to our SIG by Friday, June 20th to be put on the ballot.

A reminder that voting is underway for our TV SIG Board election! We're electing 2 positions this year: First Year Board Rep and Graduate Student Rep. (Check your email for further details and the link to the voting portal.) Voting will close on Friday, May 16th. #SCMSTV

Reminder: Friday, May 16, 2025 is the last day to volunteer for service. You can serve on an Award or Standing committee, or the 2026 Program committee. SCMS relies on its members to function at its best, so get involved! www.cmstudies.org/page/Volunte...

I am happy to announce the publication of the first part of a 2-part @jcmsjournal.bsky.social Teaching Media dossier on #ungrading that @lisawj.bsky.social and I co-edited. Please check out "Part I: Critical Reflections on Ungrading" here: quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach... Part two coming soon!

The wonderful @jennblaylock.bsky.social and I co-edited a 2-part Teaching Media Dossier for @jcmsjournal.bsky.social on #ungrading. "Part I: Critical Reflections on Ungrading" is now live, and we couldn't be prouder. Huge thanks to our contributors and editors! Look out for Part II soon! #teaching

As #scms25 approaches (first of the post-twitter era!), feel free to follow this conference feed in Bluesky to track the discourse:

New Teaching Media Dossier @jcmsjournal.bsky.social is LIVE! "Experiments in Ungrading in North American Classrooms," edited by Lisa Wells Jacobson + Jennifer Blaylock, both on steering committee of the @scmspedagogy.bsky.social Scholarly Interest Group. quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jcms/teach...

Please check out this thread for panels, roundtables, and workshops that Critical Media Pedagogies has sponsored at this years #SCMS25.

Come join us for a minute to unwind and celebrate authors before kicking off #SCMS25 on Wednesday, April 2, from 8 to 9 pm!

RESCHEDULED! The @scmspedagogy.bsky.social SIG is hosting a bell hooks "Teaching to Transgress" 30th Anniversary Book Discussion Group THIS Friday 31 January from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET. We've reopened the registration link for new attendees! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Hello, film & media studies educators! I'm excited to be co-organizing this virtual book discussion on Jan. 24 with @scmspedagogy.bsky.social in celebration of the 30th anniversary of bell hooks's Teaching to Transgress. Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Hope to see you there!

Mark your calendars! On January 24 @scmspedagogy.bsky.social will be hosting a virtual book discussion to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of bell hooks' seminal work "Teaching to Transgress." Date/time: January 24 from 1pm-2:30pm ET. Register here! @scmstudies.bsky.social forms.gle/aX9caSG1u5y9...

The @scmspedagogy.bsky.social is excited to announce our first event of the year: 'Teaching to Transgress' 30th Anniversary Book Discussion Group January 24. 2025 1pm-2:30pm Eastern / 12pm-1:30pm Central ------- Register here: forms.gle/aX9caSG1u5y9... (1/2)

Post @scmstudies.bsky.social symposium, I wanted to mention two service-oriented writing projects I collaborated on this fall: re-writes of mission statements for @scmspedagogy.bsky.social SIG + Nontheatrical Film + Media SIG. Drafts now w/ members for feedback. Votes to approve to commence in '25!

Thank you to everyone that showed up to our virtual SIG meeting today. It was lovely to see you all. Thank you for sharing your ideas and thoughts for SIG related events. Hope to see you in Chicago in the Spring. More details about our SCMS meet-up soon!

First post here for my first workshop at SCMS! Thrilled to be joining this crew and heading back to Chicago for #SCMS25 #SCMS2025

Our panel "Adapting Media Studies Pedagogy for Today's Global Media Ecosystem" has been accepted for the @scmstudies.bsky.social 2025 conference! See you in Chicago! 🙌🏻 @katiedidnt.bsky.social @acafanmom.bsky.social @tbaudinette.bsky.social

Excited to attend SCMS with a workshop on "New Approaches to Teaching Silent Film," which I'm co-chairing with Liz Clarke. We have five terrific panelists— @oksana2024.bsky.social, Joshua Mitchell, Constance Balides, Mariana Johnson, and Sabrina Negri. #SCMS25 #SCMS2025

If you got a pedagogy/teaching related paper/workshop/panel accepted to #scms25 let me, @jennblaylock.bsky.social and @scmspedagogy.bsky.social know!!

I'm feeling so much teacher love after today's pedagogy roundtable for @scmspedagogy.bsky.social. On top of that, I got a handwritten letter from my elementary school German teacher, and I'm going to visit some of my favorite teacher family members this weekend 🍏❤️

JOIN US TODAY!!! @tanyagoldman.bsky.social @lisawj.bsky.social @jennblaylock.bsky.social @stephbrown.bsky.social

Sharing again - my film and media history starter pack! go.bsky.app/12Wo3y5

A week from today, on 22 November, we are hosting with the SCMS Professional Development Committee a virtual roundtable on evaluating effective teaching. Topics will include job market teaching demos, peer evals, and student learning outcomes assessment. Please come! Registration link in comments.

Our virtual meeting is scheduled for Friday, December 6 @ 1 to 2pm USA Central Time. Hope to see you there!

On 22 November the @scmspedagogy.bsky.social + SCMS Professional Development Committee are hosting a virtual roundtable on evaluating effective teaching. Participants will discuss job market teaching demos, peer evals, student learning outcomes assessment, and more! Registration link in comments.

On 22 November, the @scmspedagogy.bsky.social + Professional Development Committee of SCMS is hosting a virtual roundtable on evaluating effective teaching in many forms—teaching demos on job market, peer evals, student learning outcomes assessment, etc. Register here! t.co/p8GjHU8QUY

It's AI course policy time! Join @scmspedagogy.bsky.social for a virtual roundtable on "Teaching with/around AI" on Thursday, September 12, 2024 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm (ET). Register here for the event: forms.gle/dh8LUZ3foyQe...

Let's hear it for our new co-chair @jennblaylock.bsky.social and our new steering committee members Lisa Jacobson and Amanda Greer! 👏 We also wish to thank Sarah Choi for her four years of service on the steering committee and outgoing chair @tanyagoldman.bsky.social! Fun fall plans coming soon!

Congrats to SIG co-chair @stephbrown.bsky.social who, with Amanda Brown, has published an essay on Abbott Elementary in new volume TELEVISION SITCOM AND CULTURAL CRISIS, edited by Holly Willson Holladay and Chandler L. Classen, and out from Routledge. Signed, SIG co-chair @tanyagoldman.bsky.social

Hi SCMS'ers! Our elections for a new co-chair are currently underway! We have two stellar candidates (link to their statements below). Check your SCMS emails for a link to cast your vote — the election will run through Monday, July 1 at 11:59pm! tinyurl.com/4s2shtcy

We're seeking nominations for a new Critical Media Pedagogies SIG co-chair. If you are interested in running, please contact current co-chairs @stephbrown.bsky.social and/or @tanyagoldman.bsky.social. Nomination due Monday, June 3 at 5pm ET.

The @scmspedagogy.bsky.social is a great place to get support on all things pedagogical! Very happy to help get SCMS folks onto the Discord!

A big THANK YOU to our colleagues for running these productive pedagogy-related events at SCMS 2024 last week! And to all who attended! Want to keep the conversation flowing more regularly? Contact steering committee member @jeanketterling.bsky.social for access to our Discord!

Talk pedagogy with us! For those at SCMS in Boston this week we're also planning a SIG lunch on Friday, March 15 at 1pm (during the lunch break). If you're a member, check your messages. Non-members also welcome. Message co-chair Tanya Goldman via her website www.tanyagoldmanphd.com