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MODDs

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Moody Open Door Discussions MODDs

Moody Open Door Discussions (MODDs) are online, informal office hour sessions.

MODDs are designed so students and faculty can connect, ask questions and learn more about each other. Students, we encourage you to seek this opportunity to learn more about Moody College and how your curiosities fit into the whole spectrum of communication.

You are welcome and invited to register for a MODD session featuring any faculty member, including those outside of your major, as well as the Dean's Office team.

Structure

MODDs are conducted online via Zoom. Participation is limited to 12 students.

Please register online -- and encourage your friends to do the same.

Frequency and focus

Each academic unit and the Dean's Office will conduct at least one MODD session per week, from Sept. 21 to Nov. 23.

Week of Sept. 21

Monday, Sept. 21, 4 p.m.: Associate Dean Cassandre Giguere Alvarado, “Meet the New Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education”

Monday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m.: Liberty Hamilton, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 6 p.m.: Keri Stephens, “Disasters & The Importance of Communication”

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.: Ben Bays, “CGI and Animation”

Tuesday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.: Robert Quigley, “How we put together a hit podcast”

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 4 p.m.: Laura Brown, “Living, learning and interning in New York City”

Wednesday, Sept. 23, 5 p.m.: Tom Johnson, “Politics and Covid Conspiracy Theories”

Thursday, Sept. 24, 1 p.m.: Laura Bright, “Social Media and Advertising”

Week of Sept. 28

Monday, Sept. 28, 11 a.m.: Mike Mackert, “Health Communication”

Monday, Sept. 28, 5 p.m.: John Daly, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion Group”

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 5 p.m.: Kate Dawson, “Straddling Different Worlds in Storytelling”

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 4 p.m.: Noah Isenberg, “Cinema and Television, Past and Present”

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 5 p.m.: Mary Beth Schmitt, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Thursday, Oct. 1, 1 p.m.: Mira Lippold-Johnson, "Entertainment Industry Update from UTLA/Making Progress Toward Career Goals During a Shutdown"

Thursday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m.: Amy Sanders, “Law School - What do do during undergrad to make yourself a strong applicant”

Thursday, Oct. 1, 7 p.m.: Craig Watkins, “Digital media and wellness”

Week of Oct. 5

Monday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m.: Madeline Maxwell, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion”

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.: Mark Bunting, “Entrepreneurship and Communications”

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 5 p.m.: Kathleen Mabley, “How we are building the Moody College brand and general marketing practices”

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 5:30 p.m.: Michael Butterworth, “The Politics of Sports”

Thursday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m.: Mary Bock, “Police Accountability Video Research: Rights/Responsibilities”

Thursday, Oct. 8, 5 p.m.: Alisa Perren, “Hollywood & the Comic Book Industry”

Thursday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.: Mirza Lugo and Natalie Czimskey, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Week of Oct. 12

Monday, Oct. 12, 5 p.m.: Deepak Chetty, “Expanding your filmmaking toolkit/Preparing for new technologies”

Monday, Oct. 12, 5:30 p.m.: Maddie Redlick, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion Group”

Monday, Oct. 12, 6 p.m.: Robert Carroll, “D&I in the Business World”

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 5 p.m.: Dean Jay Bernhardt, “Dean’s Office Informal Discussion Group”

Wednesday, Oct. 14, 5 p.m.: Kevin Robbins, “The Wide World of Sports”

Thursday, Oct. 15, 11 a.m.: Erin Reilly, “Immersive Media”

Thursday, Oct. 15, 4 p.m.: Amy Sanders, “Law School - The Law School Application Process/Choosing a Law School”

Thursday, Oct. 15, 5 p.m.: Raj Koul, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Week of Oct. 19

Monday, Oct. 19, 5:30 p.m.: Maddie Redlick, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion Group”

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1 p.m.: Mira Lippold-Johnson, “An update from LA with UTLA Program Director/How are you keeping up momentum in your creative career?”

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 5 p.m.: Mallary Tenore, “How to be your own best editor”

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1 p.m.: Meme Drumwright, “Leadership and Ethics”

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 5 p.m.: Corinne Jones, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Wednesday Oct. 21, 6 p.m.: Michael Pearson, “Journalism and Media Informal Discussion Group”

Thursday, Oct. 22, 4:30 p.m.: Associate Dean Rachel Davis Mersey, “Meet the New Associate Dean for Research”

Week of Oct. 26

Monday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m.: Jun Wang, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Tuesday, Oct. 27, 5:30 p.m.: Senior Associate Dean Anita Vangelisti, “Dean’s Office Informal Discussion Group”

Wednesday, Oct. 28, 5 p.m.: Sharon Strover, Alexix Schrubbe, “Journalism and Media Informal Discussion Group”

Thursday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.: Gary Wilcox, “Graduate Programs in Advertising”

Thursday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m.: Johanna Hartelius, “Expertise in Public Discourse 2020”

Thursday, Oct. 29, 5:30 p.m.: Mirasol Enriquez, “Radio-Television-Film Informal Discussion Group”

Week of Nov. 2

Monday, Nov. 2, 5 p.m.: Rosemary Lester-Smith, “Vocal Health and Voice Disorders”

Monday, Nov. 2, 6 p.m.: Andrew Shea, “Directing Actors”

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 3 p.m.: Brad Love, “Study Abroad”

Wednesday, Nov. 4 5 p.m.: Wenhong Chen, “Where is US-China relation heading? Tech, media, future”

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6 p.m.: Joe Cutbirth, “Fake News and What Just Happened on Election Day”

Week of Nov. 9

Monday, Nov. 9, 5 p.m.: Suzanne Scott, “Fandom and Fan Culture”

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.: Joshua Barbour, “Playing games to build empathy and make connections”

Tuesday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.: Natalie England, “How are you preparing to change the world?”

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 4 p.m.: Tracy Dahlby, “Traveling to the heart of the story”

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m.: Tamara Bell, “PR Writing”

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 5 p.m.: Dean Jay Bernhardt, “Dean’s Office Informal Discussion Group”

Wednesday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m.: Chang Liu, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Thursday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m.: Gina Masullo, “How to talk to people who disagree with you about politics”

Week of Nov. 16

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 11 a.m.: Andrew Garrison, “Adapting a Short Story to Film”

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 1 p.m.: Lucy Atkinson, “What are you binging on Netflix/Hulu/Apple right now?”

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5 p.m.: Julia Campbell, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Tuesday, Nov. 17, 5 p.m.: Associate Dean Ya'Ke Smith, "Using Media to Comment on Issues of Social Justice" 

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 5 p.m.: Diana Dawson, “Always growing as writers”

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 5:30 p.m.: Susan Nold, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion Group”

Week of Nov. 23

Monday, Nov. 23, 3 p.m.: Erica Ciszek, “Strategic communication and social change”

Monday, Nov. 23, 5 p.m.: Dina Inman Ramgolam, “Communication Studies Informal Discussion Group”

Monday, Nov. 23, 5 p.m.: Vanessa Uhlig, “Fundraising for your short film”

Monday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m.: Courtney Byrd, “Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Informal Discussion Group”

Monday, Nov. 23, 6 p.m.: Christian McDonald, “About our DMN Innovation Projects & Confluences of Technology and Journalism”

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