DEAN COSTA ON CREATIVITY + ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAMD STUDENTS ARE MAKING THEIR MARK NEW RESEARCH IN GAME DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE
COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA AND DESIGN
CONTENTS
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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Creativity + Entrepreneurship
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INFOGRAPHIC
By the Numbers
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STUDENTS
Making Their Mark
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NEW AT CAMD
Practice What You Teach
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Crowd-sourced #CAMD
Word Becomes Flesh at Northeastern Center for the Arts in September, 2013
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NORTHEASTERN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Art in Action
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
All Over the Map
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RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK
Designing Tomorrow
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ALUMNI
Passion in Practice
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ALUMNI
Back on Campus
Dean XAVIER COSTA Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs ALAN ZAREMBA Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research JANE AMIDON Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs PETER WIEDERSPAHN Associate Dean for Administration and Finance THOMAS MICHAEL Director of Student Enrollment KATE BENSON Director of Northeastern Center for the Arts BREE EDWARDS Director of Development JAMES POULOS Director of Communications & Marketing ALISON CASHIN Communications & Marketing Manager EVAN OZIMEK-MAIER Communications & Social Media Specialist ALEXIS DITKOWSKY Contributors WRITER: MARIN HEINRITZ PHOTOGRAPHERS: BROOKS CANADAY; KENT DAYTON; SKYLAR SHANKMAN, AMD’13 DESIGNER: PIXEL PARLOR Contact us For editorial questions and comments, email us at camd@neu.edu or call us at 617.373.3682. Copyright © 2014 Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design. CAMD is published annually by the Office of Communications & Marketing, College of Arts, Media and Design, 360 Huntington Avenue, 112 Ryder Hall, Boston, MA 02115. Opinions expressed are those of the authors or their subjects and are not necessarily shared by the university or the editors. northeastern.edu/camd
MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
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ince 2010, the College of Arts, Media and Design offers a unique combination of disciplines with vast potential to push boundaries in the visual and performing arts, communication, journalism, architecture, and design. As our faculty, students, and alumni work to unlock that potential in innovative new ways, I continue to be awed by their fearless creativity and bold entrepreneurial spirit. That spirit fills the pages of this magazine. In our review of the college in 2013, you will read about how students in Communication Studies, Music Industry, and Art + Design are forging their own paths and making their mark on the world. You will get a preview of cutting edge research by faculty and students in Game Design and Architecture. And you will meet alumni from Journalism and Theatre who continue to engage with their alma mater in distinct and important ways. You will also see a portrait of our young college as a place of intense energy and growth, with new undergraduate and graduate programs in emerging areas, from data visualization to sustainable urban design; new faculty at the top of their fields in industry and the academy; and a revitalized Northeastern Center for the Arts with an exciting new interdisciplinary mission. We are proud of the strides that we have made in our few short years as a college community. Whether you are an alumna or alumnus, a parent, or a current or future student, I hope you share in our sense of accomplishment.
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aby steps? Not us! Though we are one of the youngest colleges at Northeastern University, the College of Arts, Media and Design has grown in leaps and bounds since our programs moved from the old College of Arts and Sciences to form CAMD in 2010. Here are some highlights from three bustling years.
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & CO-OP
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FACULTY SINCE 2010 CAMD FACULTY HAVE PUBLISHED
34 BOOKS
171% 183% INCREASE IN AVERAGE ALUMNI GIFT SIZE
129 PEER-REVIEWED CHAPTERS & ARTICLES
INCREASE IN SUPPORT FOR THE COLLEGE
FACULTY 187 CONFERENCE PAPERS
SHOWN WORK IN
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TENURED & TENURE-TRACK FACULTY HIRED
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PROFESSORS OF THE PRACTICE
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$8.7 million IN RESEARCH FUNDING
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AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA AND DESIGN, STUDENTS PURSUE THEIR PASSIONS IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, STUDIO, AND LAB—AND OFTEN END UP CHANGING THE WORLD.
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ommunication Studies major and Boston native CHRISTINE UMEH always dreamed of being in film and TV, but experiences abroad showed her that she also wanted to use her talents for social good. Belgium native ELIE LAMAZEROLLES’s passion for music started at his grandfather’s knee, and his persistence—along with Northeastern’s co-op program—brought him to one of the biggest record labels in the world. And NABILA ABULJADAYEL, from Saudi Arabia, defied expectations that she study business in the United States, instead pursuing the arts and breaking barriers as a woman in her field. These three students from around the globe, with unique goals and radically diverse backgrounds, have each made the most of what CAMD offers. Forging their own paths with a creative and entrepreneurial spirit, they each are making their mark on the world.
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CHRISTINE UMEH IN THE VIDEO FOR R2BEES’ “SLOW DOWN” FEATURING WIZKID AND DIRECTED BY JUSTIN CAMPOS OF GORILLA FILMS
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hen Christine Umeh, AMD’14, was a little girl growing up in Boston, she spent a considerable amount of time in front of the bathroom mirror imitating what she saw on television. She practiced her Diane Sawyer interviews for when she got famous and she mimicked soda commercials, scrutinizing the way she sipped for the imaginary camera. All that rehearsal paid off. While on study abroad in Ghana last year, the communication studies major appeared in a Coca-Cola television ad that aired worldwide. Her work in that ad led to various roles in music videos. “Media is my love,” Umeh said. “I love to be in front of the camera.” But in fulfilling her lifelong dream of visiting Africa, her parents’ native continent, she found herself asking, “Is that what Ghana really needs?” “You can’t minimize someone’s passion, but it’s a matter of thinking beyond it,” she said. She then began asking herself “What purpose will you fulfill in helping Ghana?”
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Like a true entrepreneur, Umeh discovered a need and sought to fill it using her talents. While studying at the University of GhanaLegon, Umeh was dismayed by the rampant unemployment rate coupled with what she saw as poor business practices and scarce opportunities for young people to get a leg up in starting their careers. Umeh returned to Ghana almost immediately after study abroad on a co-op as a public relations assistant at a recruiting firm. Inspired by Northeastern’s co-op program, she pitched the idea of creating an internship program. Her boss liked the idea, but the logistical difficulties and cultural roadblocks were prohibitive. She also found a more racialized culture than she had anticipated: giant billboards for skin lightening cream loomed and Umeh herself was regularly stopped and searched at police check points because she had dread locks, which are associated with Rastafarian culture and the use of marijuana. But these experiences only further ignited her passion to, in her words, “be part of the change.” And despite the many challenges, Umeh remains determined to return to Ghana on a one-way ticket after she graduates and gains more experience in her field. “I will find a way” she said. “Because if done correctly that could be major, starting an entire internship culture for Ghana.”
“ I want to be INVOLVED. I try every way possible. I FIND MY WAY. There’s always no harm in asking. When you don’t ASK, when you don’t approach things, nothing COMES TO YOU.”
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lie Lamazerolles, AMD’15, started his DJ career in Europe when he was 13. He bought his first turntables with money from his Bar Mitzvah, and at 15 he started spinning at parties in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. Music was central to the music industry major and music recording minor’s childhood, largely because his grandfather had been a blues and jazz radio host and had an enviable collection of more than 500 vinyl records. “He gave me the basis of starting to learn to love jazz. You can hear jazz in pretty much anything,” Lamazerolles said. His grandfather’s record collection contrasted with his mother’s love of ‘80s and ‘90s pop and the electronic music Lamazerolles played as a DJ, but it helped him appreciate a variety of music. “I listened to all kinds of genres. In the music industry you have to not necessarily like all genres, but be able to respect them,” he said.
Lamazerolles got an insider’s perspective on the music industry last fall when he landed a six-month paid co-op with Island Def Jam Music Group (part of Universal Music Group) in New York. During the internship he did everything from statistical research to helping find new talent to attending Avicii, Kanye West, and Fall Out Boy shows as a VIP to running up Broadway to fetch coffee at Starbucks. And every task convinced him he was exactly where he wanted to be. “I hadn’t been 100 percent sure, but after this co-op it really solidified—this is what I want to do after college,” he said. “I know a lot more about the industry now. At first I wanted to be a producer or a tour manager because I love live music, but then I thought to myself ‘I’m very down to earth. Do I really want to do that when I’m 40 years old and I have a family? Do I want to be touring and not have a steady home?’ The answer is ‘no.’” CONTINUED4
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“With the KNOWLEDGE I’ve had from the record label I can see HOW IT ALL CONNECTS.” Lamazerolles was always interested in the full spectrum of the music industry, though he realized early that being a musician wasn’t his path. He played a little piano, and guitar “wasn’t my thing,” he said. But entrepreneurship came naturally from the start. “I didn’t just DJ. I created my own business making money. I was my own manager in Belgium. We don’t have all these great internships there, so I just started doing what I loved and finding a business aspect to it.” He brought that instinct to CAMD, where he learned fundamentals about music, theory, and the industry, all of which prepared him for his
work at Island Def Jam. Now that he’s back on campus, he is infusing his classwork with hands-on experience, and as the Council for University Programs’ executive vice president, Lamazerolles is heading up Springfest at Northeastern. “I’m in charge of the big concert. It’s finding who you want to have play, headliners, openers, and organizing the entire event,” he said. “With the knowledge I’ve had from the record label I can see how it all connects.” Having made those connections, Lamazerolles is eager to get back to work. Unlike other students who do various co-ops to gain experience and try different possibilities in the field, his focus is precise. Ideally he’d like to return to Island Def Jam after he graduates in May 2015. “I want to get back into it as soon as I can,” he said.
NABILA ABULJADAYEL BY ALI AL ZOBAIDY
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hen she was young, Nabila Abuljadayel, AMD’16, and her siblings regularly read books together while listening to Chopin at their mother’s behest. At the time she thought, “No, mama. Mariah Carey. Black Eyed Peas! But it was a great balance. I know everything classic and everything hip,” said the digital arts major with minors in cinema studies and graphic design. “It was very strange that someone at my age knew all these things in Saudia Arabia. It was like I was an alien.” 10
When Abuljadayel expressed interest in photography as a child, her mother found her a camera. “It was a passion of mine from family vacations,” she said. “Some of the images were really bad because I was just a little girl, but as I grew up they got better and better.” And when her mother brought a piano into the house, Abuljadayel taught herself to play by watching YouTube videos. By the time she arrived at Northeastern and took piano lessons, she was critiquing Bach, so her instructor encouraged her to compose her own music.
Inspired by her mother’s example, Abuljadayel from an early age has cultivated an utter disregard for obstacle. Or, as she calls it, “an entrepreneurial approach to life.”
While the people she knows in Saudia Arabia are happy for her success, they don’t fully understand because it’s so new, she said. “So in some ways I’m alone in this journey.”
“When I hear about something I want to be involved. I try every way possible. I find my way. There’s always no harm in asking. When you don’t ask, when you don’t approach things, nothing comes to you,” she said. “They say no? Build a better portfolio. They say no again? You build the best portfolio. You find a way.”
But she is driven and shows no signs of easing up. Her remaining goals include getting an Oscar and becoming the team photographer for Real Madrid, the Spanish football club she has been obsessed with since she was a kid. “It would be like an Oscar. I think I’ll be the first female photographer as well,” she said. “I can’t emphasize how much I love this team. It’s excessive love.” She is trying to get a co-op with the team this summer.
But her determination is about far more than just getting what she wants. It’s about changing the world. “How do you change the world? By doing something that has never been done before. And that’s what I want,” she said. “People who change the world are the only people who did that in their society at the time. If you want to be one of those leaders, you have to be one of the few.” Abduljadayel has already proven herself as a leader. After years of persistence, she recently broke ground as the first female cartoonist for the Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, the Middle East’s equivalent of The New York Times, and The Majalla, the leading political affairs magazine and one of the most popular magazines in the Arab world.
And no doubt she’ll find a way to make it happen, because she’s prepared for luck to strike.
“ How do you CHANGE THE WORLD? By doing something that has never been done before.” “You always need to be ready because luck comes. Luck always comes. Everyone is lucky, but the difference is the successful ones actually exploit the fact that luck came to them,” she said. “For the other ones, luck passed them by and they didn’t even realize it was an opportunity.” •
Nabila Abuljadayel with Princess Ameerah Al-Taweel of Saudi Arabia at Harvard Arab Weekend NABILA ABULJADAYEL AND PRINCESS AMEERAH ALTAWEEL OF SAUDI ARABIA BY KARIMAN ABULJADAYEL
Though just 21, Abuljadayel has already manifested some of her greatest desires with this approach. Though she first came to Northeastern on a scholarship tied to a major in business, she found a way to change majors to pursue her passion. And it has paid off— last fall she landed a gig as the official event photographer for Harvard Arab Weekend, the largest pan-Arab conference in North America.
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PRACTICE what you TEACH IN FALL 2013, THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA AND DESIGN WELCOMED OUR INAUGURAL PROFESSORS OF THE PRACTICE TO CAMPUS. THESE RENOWNED INDUSTRY LEADERS ARE SHARING THEIR EXPERTISE IN ARCHITECTURE, GAMING, MUSIC, FILMMAKING, AND POPULAR CULTURE WITH THE CAMD COMMUNITY. 12
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ward-winning filmmaker and producer TRACY HEATHER STRAIN is dedicated to telling stories and supporting her students. We asked her a few questions about how she has channeled years of experience as president and CEO of the Film Posse into her role as professor of the practice of Media and Screen Studies.
WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS AS AN EDUCATOR? I want students to be inspired by the work and effectively learn the basics of telling stories on a screen. Making films is a complicated process involving many, many details and decisions which can be overwhelming even when you do it all of the time. I am working with faculty in Media and Screen Studies to develop courses and experiences that will move students beyond the basics. Eventually I would like to see CAMD students represented in more film festivals and competitions like the student Academy Awards.
HOW ARE YOU INTEGRATING YOUR WORK INTO THE CLASSROOM? I organize the coursework in my classes so that the assignments correspond to real-life production practices mixed with readings, screenings, and discussions about documentary filmmaking. I try to focus students on the key skills required to succeed in this
HIGHLIGHTS • Producer for the recently released Silicon Valley and The Rise and Fall of Penn Station for PBS’s American Experience • Director, producer, and writer for films in Blackside’s I’ll Make Me a World: A Century of African-American Art, which won a George Foster Peabody Award and Organization of American Historians’ Erik Barnouw Award
business. One is learning to tell a story. Another is developing and executing a process to manage a lot of details. Even though some students may not be interested in pursuing media-making jobs after graduation, most fields today use video to get their message out to the world and everyone wants organized employees.
WHAT ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM YOUR TIME AT CAMD? As someone who is typically working with just a few people at our company, the highlight has been meeting and interacting with the faculty and staff. I really enjoy the Tuesday lunches in the Dean’s Office as well as spending time in the Media Studio in Shillman. I always meet new faculty in studio. There are so many talented and interesting people working in CAMD, and I will count myself blessed if I get a chance to develop a media project with some of them.
TRACY HEATHER STRAIN
Tracy Heather Strain on location in Alaska for Building the Alaska Highway
COURSES AT CAMD
COURTESY OF TRACY HEATHER STRAIN
• Topics in Documentary Production
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he Professors of the Practice at CAMD are entrepreneurial, unyielding, and committed to the future of their fields. Their accomplishments include launching an international game-making competition, leading groundbreaking music ensembles, founding the TED conference, and building some of the tallest buildings on the planet.
SUSAN GOLD
PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF GAME DESIGN Game designer and entrepreneur Susan Gold comes to CAMD with years of experience in technology, art, education, and community engagement. HIGHLIGHTS • Founder and president of the Global Game Jam, an annual event that challenges game enthusiasts worldwide to create a playable game in 48 hours
GLOBAL GAME JAM BY KRISTYN ULANDAY
• Serves as an advisor to the Office of Science Technology Policy in the Obama White House COURSES AT CAMD • The Business of Games • Game Design Capstone
Game designers hard at work during Global Game Jam
GARY HANEY
PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF ARCHITECTURE
GARY HANEY BY BRUCE BYERS
Gary Haney is an award-winning architect whose expertise in tall buildings and sustainable design strategies has taken him—and his work—around the world. HIGHLIGHTS
AL HAMRA TOWER BY NICK MERRICK OF HEDRICH BLESSING PHOTOGRAPHERS
• Design partner at one of the world’s most prestigious firms, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) • Recent projects include the Al Rajhi Bank Headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; the Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City; and the Al Sharq Tower in Dubai COURSES AT CAMD • Year-long graduate research and design studio focused on tall buildings 14
Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City, designed by Gary Haney
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PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF MUSIC Gil Rose is an internationally-regarded conductor and founder of Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). HIGHLIGHTS
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• Three time Grammy Award nominee • Recently founded Odyssey Opera, which gave its inaugural performance in fall 2013 • Artistic Director of Monadnock Music festival
BOSTON MODERN ORCHESTRA PROJECT (BMOP) BY CLIVE GRAINGER
COURSES AT CAMD • 20th-Century Music • Master Class of student composers focusing on performing and recording student compositions
Gil Rose conducts a performance by BMOP
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE AT THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA AND DESIGN Described by Fortune magazine as an “intellectual hedonist” with a “hummingbird mind,” Richard Saul Wurman has worked as an author, architect, cartographer, designer, and professor, among other roles.
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PHOTO OF RICHARD SAUL WURMAN AND WILL.I.AM COURTESY OF RICHARD SAUL WURMAN
• Founded and chaired the annual TED conference series from 1984-2002 • Written and designed 83 books • Coined the term “Information Architecture” COURSES AT CAMD • Special Topics: Curiosity, Conversation and Connection • Curated three conversations in partnership with Northeastern Center for the Arts Richard Saul Wurman with musician and entertainer Will.i.am
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eveloping creative opportunities for students is the cornerstone of CAMD’s social media presence. Whether it’s a start-of-the-semester photo hunt, a fall-themed digital exhibition, or playlists submitted by students, faculty, staff, or alumni, we bring the community together to share, collaborate, and have fun.
Using some nonverbal communication...peace, love, and CAMD #challenge12 #iwantCAMD @emilymccahthy
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“Put Your Passion Into Practice� students show their talent in this CAMD video
PLAYLISTS
Each week, a CAMD student, faculty, staff member, or alum curates a playlist around the theme of their choice.
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Heart Cat Power 4 Spoiled Sebadoh 5 Hanging on the Telephone The Nerves 6 Watching the Dectectives Elvis Costello 7 Coax
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he revitalized Northeastern Center for the Arts has an expanded interdisciplinary mission, new leadership, and even stronger campus and community connections. We sat down with director BREE EDWARDS to talk about the center’s history, unique interdisciplinary focus, and engagement with students on and off campus.
WHAT IS THE HISTORY AND MISSION OF THE NORTHEASTERN CENTER FOR THE ARTS? The Northeastern Center for the Arts has organized public events in the performing arts for the university and local community since 1993. In 2010, the center became part of the newly-formed College of Arts, Media and Design, which strengthened our connection to CAMD faculty and students. If I were to give a short description of the center at this moment, I would say that we are energetic and collaborative. I consider the center to be the front door of the college, providing the entire campus access to the work we are passionate about. The center also brings world-class artists, writers, and performers to the Northeastern campus, giving all students direct access to the world’s most fascinating thinkers, makers, and intellectual leaders.
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HOW DOES THE CENTER ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS? In addition to presenting a very full season of public programs, including concerts, performances, public readings with authors, and artist talks, the center creates a sense of community, a hub, and a gathering place for our students. From day one the center’s collaborative ethos also has involved getting out into the city of Boston and working with our neighbors in the communities surrounding the Northeastern campus. We have fostered collaborative relationships with other cultural organizations in Boston, such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Boston Center for the Arts; and Artists for Humanity. And these relationships are a wonderful resource for students interested in pursuing a co-op in the arts. We also work very closely with our college’s Creative Leaders, curating programs that give them direct access to the guest artists we bring to campus. In fall 2013 Creative Leaders had a lunchtime conversation with Doris Duke Award-winning artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE IMPACT OF THE CENTER’S INTERDISCIPLINARY FOCUS? This interdisciplinary focus is what makes our center truly distinct among university arts centers. In addition to presenting traditional performing and visual art in Northeastern’s Fenway Center, Blackman Auditorium, and Gallery 360, our programming highlights the ways in which the arts are engaged in productive dialogue with other disciplines such as journalism, political science, history, urban planning, law, and the sciences. While I am all for art that hangs on gallery walls, I am also an advocate for art that causes a shift in perception and changes the way we inhabit the world. Art is a means of tapping into creative power, and creativity is a means of problem-solving. Ultimately, creativity becomes a way to have greater agency in the world. The center expresses this agency by presenting “art in action.” •
FEATURED EVENTS SPRING 2014 JAN GLOBAL GAME JAM
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FEB BLACK HISTORY 101 MOBILE MUSEUM EXHIBITION & LECTURE
MAR DRUGS! PIRATES! MURDER! Build a video game in 48 hours! MEET THE AUTHOR MAR LEARNING BY APR DESIGN EXHIBITION
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or some, experiential learning is a pathway to a future career or creative inspiration. For others, it’s a chance to venture outside their comfort zone and get their hands on something new. But for all CAMD students who pursued global experiential opportunities in 2013—from co-op to study abroad to Dialogue of Civilizations programs—it was a way to find confidence in their futures and embrace a spirit of adventure.
“IT’S ALL BEEN PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS FOR ME.” – anthony gulizia
ANTHONY GULIZIA The Boston Globe Boston, MA
ANTHONY GULIZIA BY MARIAH TAUGER
When the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals faced off in Game 1 of the 2013 World Series at Fenway Park, Anthony Gulizia, AMD’14, was there – though not as an anxious spectator. Instead, the senior Journalism major was wrapping up a hectic day of writing and reporting as a member of The Boston Globe’s coverage staff.
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Gulizia, a Revere, Mass. native, first started writing for the Globe while on co-op in January 2011, and has since graduated from covering local high school basketball and football for the paper to reporting on pro sports throughout New England, including the Red Sox, Bruins, and New England Patriots. The baseball playoffs and the tight deadlines they required yielded the richest experiences for Gulizia. Though it was a “chaotic experience,” Gulizia is well aware of and good humored about the impact it’s had on his personal and professional growth. “It’s all been part of the learning process for me.”
JACQUELINE LASRY The Walt Disney Company Madrid, Spain
A younger Jacqueline Lasry, AMD’14, might have told you there was no way she would ever be “stuck doing an office job.” But over the summer of 2013, she was doing just that…and loved it.
JACQUELINE LASRY, COURTESY OF THE SUBJECT
“It was as though I had just joined a tight-knit family that immediately integrated and trusted me,” Theatre major Lasry said, describing her early impressions of the Walt Disney Corporation in Madrid, Spain. While on co-op there, she tackled everything from cataloguing every “Disney classic” from Snow White to Wreck-it Ralph (in both English and Spanish) to sound mixing the movie Planes. “This co-op helped me see that even ‘office jobs’ offer infinite variety within the work.”
“EVEN ‘OFFICE JOBS’ OFFER INFINITE VARIETY WITHIN THE WORK.” RYAN GAGNEBIN, COURTESY OF THE SUBJECT
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“ HALFWAY ACROSS THE WORLD THERE IS NO TIME TO BE SCARED, ONLY TIME TO ADAPT AND GROW.” – ryan gagnebin
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RYAN GAGNEBIN ZEROLABOFFICE Shanghai, China
Architecture major Ryan Gagnebin, AMD’15, is clear about the value of his time spent on co-op in Shanghai, China. “Of course, I learned a lot at work during my very first co-op working at ZEROLABOFFICE,” he said. “But most important to me is that I learned a lot about myself and what I’m capable of.” Though the work was challenging, and culture shock abounded, Gagnebin took it all in stride. “When you have that experience halfway across the world there is no time to be scared, only time to adapt and grow,” he said. But the real question: Would he do it all over again? “I would do it a hundred times over, but I don’t want to go back. That’s how you know you made the most of it: when the memories feel like yesterday, but you’re looking forward to what tomorrow will bring.”
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DESIGNING TOMORROW
FROM SUPER-TALL STRUCTURES TO “CITIZEN SCIENCE,” RESEARCH SOMETIMES COMES IN UNEXPECTED FORMS AT THE COLLEGE OF ARTS, MEDIA AND DESIGN. WE SAT DOWN WITH RESEARCHERS IN ARCHITECTURE AND GAME DESIGN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOUNDARY-PUSHING THINKING THAT INSPIRED THEIR PROJECTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS FOR AN ENTIRE INDUSTRY.
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n fall of 2013, the School of Architecture launched a new graduate research studio on tall buildings with Professor of the Practice Gary Haney (read more about Professor Haney on page 14). We spoke with graduate student VERONIKA ORTEGA, AMD’12, M.Arch’14, about the research studio and how her team’s work will inform her future practice.
VERONIKA ORTEGA
WHAT ARE “TALL BUILDINGS” AND WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT FOR ARCHITECTS TO UNDERSTAND? For the purposes of our research studio, “tall buildings” are super-tall structures usually measuring 1,500 feet or more. Since the late 19th century, architects have been interested in building tall structures; discovering new materials, such as steel, that allow for higher construction; and designing devices such as the elevatorsrthat transport humans to great heights. Researching how to build these super structures is key for our generation of architects because we are constantly looking for ways to break the mold and “go higher.”
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TALL BUILDINGS AND HISTORIC CENTERS? When building any type of new structure in a part of a city where historic buildings dominate, we as architects and designers need to take into consideration not only the aesthetics of the building, but also people’s tastes and opinions. Tall structures in historic city centers have a particularly delicate relationship with their surroundings, making it especially important to conduct environmental analyses such as wind and water table tests. At the same time, it is important to meet the public’s demands whenever possible. A successful design focuses not only on aesthetics, but also on pleasing the people that inhabit the building and its surrounding areas.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR TEAM’S RESEARCH FINDINGS WILL INFORM YOUR OWN ARCHITECTURE PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD? Our research meticulously breaks down tall buildings and analyzes their structure, with the goal of changing specific aspects of the building to see how those changes potentially affect the building’s overall performance. I have much more knowledge about how tall structures behave depending on their height,
“ We as ARCHITECTS and DESIGNERS need to take into consideration not only the aesthetics of the building, but also PEOPLE’S TASTES and OPINIONS.” shape, orientation, and so on. Moving forward in my architecture career, I will feel confident if presented with the task of designing one.
Additional findings from the research studio can be found in the School of Architecture’s publication, Efficiency: An Analytical Approach to Tall Office Buildings. CAMD | 23
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umans are already helping computers solve complex scientific puzzles. But how can “citizen science” be more democratic and have a broader impact? With the help of a College of Arts, Media and Design faculty grant, Assistant Professors of Game Design CASPER HARTEVELD and GILLIAN SMITH and CAMD student NOLAN MANNING, AMD’16, are working to answer that question. We sat down with the research team for a conversation about their project, “A Game-Based Platform for Crowdsourced Experimentation and Citizen Science.”
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THIS PROJECT? CH: Games are a great way for humans to help computers solve problems. People spend a tremendous amount of time playing games on a computer anyway with no productive output—just think of all the time people spend playing solitaire. What if you could actually get something out of it? 24
GS: Human cognition is very strong compared to computers. Some games that have already been developed put humans to work to help solve problems that computers can’t. Players can even be used to solve scientific problems— this is what we call “citizen science.” But in many existing citizen science projects, a team of research scientists dictates the problem that the players are trying to solve. This maximizes the game’s usefulness for the researchers, but the players are doing work without any real gain. They are basically unpaid workers in a large-scale virtual factory.
HOW WOULD YOUR PROJECT CHANGE THIS? CH: We envision a game-based platform that allows a global, multicultural audience of citizen scientists to actively participate in the scientific process by setting up experiments based on their interests and hypotheses and investigating the results. The platform will come with a set of tools to enable crowdsourced experimentation by amateur and nonprofessional scientists.
L-R: Casper Harteveld, Gillian Smith, and Nolan Manning In other words, we want our users to conduct science. That’s what we’re really excited about in our project—breaking down the barrier between citizen science and its problemsolvers and empowering people to set up their own research scenarios. GS: We also want to make sure that the project integrates art and science. Our co-op student from CAMD, third-year digital art and game design major Nolan Manning, is helping us art direct the game to make it visually fun and interesting—a little less like a science class.
HOW DO YOU ENVISION FUTURE STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT? CH: Nolan has been essential in helping us make our ideas concrete. Eventually, I can see us needing additional student help in testing, developing, and programming the game. We want to continue investing back in the college by working with students. NM: From my perspective as a student, this co-op experience is a stand-out for sure. Working on this project has given me a lot of creative freedom and my input on the game is treated as if I was a peer and not just an employee.
“ T hat’s what we’re really EXCITED about in our project–BREAKING DOWN THE BARRIER between citizen science and its PROBLEM-SOLVERS.” CAMD | 25
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORK
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ith a faculty committed to pushing the thinking in their respective fields forward, CAMD is a hive of creative, research based activity. Here’s just a sample of the innovative work accomplished by the CAMD community in 2013. DAN ADAMS and MARIE LAW ADAMS (Architecture) won a Progressive Architecture Award for Rock Chapel Marine, their transformation of a former 13 million-gallon oil tank farm on the bank of Chelsea Creek in Chelsea, Mass. into a shared-use community gathering area. MIRA CANTOR (Art + Design) showcased her recent work in Meltwater, a solo exhibition at Kingston Gallery in Boston. The groundbreaking exhibition explored the boundaries of landscape and how juxtapositions of mountain forms, light, and air shift those boundaries. NICHOLAS DANILOFF (Journalism) was named the New England Newspaper and Press Association’s Journalism Educator of the Year. ANTHONY DE RITIS (Music) premiered his new work, “At the River,” on opening night of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s summer season. BROOKE FOUCAULT WELLES (Communication Studies) won a CAMD Faculty Grant for her interdisciplinary team research project, “Cultivating ‘Network Thinking’ for Physical, Emotional and Social Wellness: A Pilot Study with Boston-area Adolescents.” JEFF HOWE (Journalism) published “Murder on the Mekong” in The Atavist, which serves as the topic of his spring 2014 talk at the Northeastern Center for the Arts, entitled “Drugs! Pirates! Murder!”
ANTONIO OCAMPO-GUZMAN (Theatre) made his operatic directorial debut with the rarely-performed New England premiere of The Merry Wives of Windsor for Boston Midsummer Opera. DIETMAR OFFENHUBER (Art + Design), graduate coordinator for CAMD’s new Information Design and Visualization MFA program, recently co-edited Accountability Technologies: Tools for Asking Hard Questions, which explores innovative approaches to bottom-up governance and the coordination of citizen-led data collection, visualization, and analysis in order to achieve social change. HILARY PORISS (Music) won a fellowship by the American Council of Learned Societies to complete her book, Writing a Musical Life: Pauline Viardot. JOSEPH REAGLE (Communication Studies) joined the Ada Initiative Advisory Board. The Ada Initiative works to increase the participation of women in open technology and culture through education and training. AMANDA REESER LAWRENCE (Architecture) published James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist, a detailed historical perspective on modernism and postmodernism through the lens of influential architect James Stirling. ALESSANDRA RENZI (Media and Screen Studies) co-authored “Property Must Be Defended: Investing in the Bio-political City-Sacrifice” in the journal Theory, Culture & Society. Using the case study of the 2010 G20 summit in Toronto, Renzi and Greg Elmer investigate how Canadian media and surveillance infrastructure indirectly contributed to the criminalization of social movements. WALTER ROBINSON (Journalism) joined a team of nationallyknown journalists and journalism educators to judge the 2013 Pulitzer Prize awards for Investigative Reporting.
JOSHUA JACOBSON (Music) marked 40 years as a choral director at Northeastern with a celebration concert at Jordan Hall in Boston.
IVAN RUPNIK, DAN ADAMS, MARIE LAW ADAMS, and JANE AMIDON (Architecture) took part in a symposium on Resilient Coastal Leisure Environments.
DAN KENNEDY (Journalism) explores the future of journalism in his new book, The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post Newspaper Age, which has been praised as “a brisk, efficient primer” by The Boston Globe and “a thorough and sober chronicling of one ‘post-newspaper’ news startup and its relationship to the city it covers” by the Columbia Journalism Review.
MAGY SEIF EL-NASR and ALESSANDRO CANOSSA (Game Design), in collaboration with Psychology Professor Randy Colvin, won a National Science Foundation Grant for “V-Pal,” or Virtual Personality Assessment Laboratory, to explore whether participants through their behavioral data in virtual environments exhibit unique personality traits.
LAUREL LEFF (Journalism) was interviewed in the documentary Reporting on the Times, the New York Times and the Holocaust, which was inspired by Leff’s book Buried by the Times: The Holocaust and America’s Most Important Newspaper. ISABEL MEIRELLES (Art + Design) outlined the data visualization process through a series of case studies in her recently-published book Design for Information: An Introduction to the Histories, Theories, and Best Practices Behind Effective Information. DENNIS MILLER (Music) had his mixed-media composition, “Echoing Spaces,” presented at the Understanding Visual Music 2013 conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina. THOMAS NAKAYAMA (Communication Studies) edited QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, which is published three times a year and brings together scholars, activists, public intellectuals, artists, and policy- and culture-makers to discuss, debate, and mobilize issues and initiatives that matter to the diverse lived experiences, struggles, and transformations of GLBTQ peoples and communities. 26
MAGY SEIF EL-NASR, ANDERS DRACHEN, and ALESSANDRO CANOSSA (Game Design) edited Game Analytics: Maximizing the Value of Player Data, a foundational first-of-its-kind book on the topic of game analytics. RONALD BRUCE SMITH (Music) received an Artist Fellowship in Music Composition from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. THOMAS STARR (Art + Design) curated We the Designers: Reframing Political Issues in the Obama Era, an exhibition of works by 23 graphic designers and design educators, for the National Design Center of the AIGA. JANOS STONE (Art + Design) aided the launch of Northeastern’s first 3-D printing studio, located in the Digital Media Commons in Snell Library. JUDITH TICK (Music) received a lifetime achievement award and a new scholarship fund named in her honor from the Society for American Music. •
PASSION IN PRACTICE
CAMD TAKES A LOOK AT TWO OF ITS ALUMNI TO EXAMINE THE ENDURING INFLUENCE ITS PROGRAMS HAVE HAD ON THESE SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.
PAULA RIES
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hen PAULA RIES, AS’05, was growing up on a farm in southwest Indiana, her mother made a little extra money by sewing. One day, drawn to an especially beautiful piece of fabric, Ries cut a small swatch to make a doll’s dress—directly from the center of a large piece. “I only did that once,” Ries said, laughing. Little did she know then that a passion for design would later bring her award-winning costumes from Hollywood to off-Broadway and back to her alma mater at Northeastern. Though Ries originally had her eye on fashion design, as a student in the Department of Theatre, she realized that costume design was her calling. “It had everything I loved about fashion and then the extended part,
“I decided this is what I want to do with MY LIFE and it’s going to be HARD but I couldn’t see myself doing ANYTHING ELSE.” 28
that things you designed you could go see later on stage,” Ries said. And she enjoyed collaboration. “In fashion you’re mostly working on your own projects. In theatre you have a whole group of people to bounce ideas off of.” As a student, Ries designed costumes for all but two student productions as well as two mainstage shows in the Studio Theatre. She also studied abroad in Italy, an experience she described as “eye opening” and “fabulous.” “Anyone who wants to do costume design needs to go to Europe,” she said. “You’re exposed to all the things you see in art books that you don’t usually get to see in person.” For instance, Carnival in Venice, with people wandering the streets in full 17th century dress, “was amazing for a costume designer.” Ries also sings the praises of the liberal arts education she received at Northeastern. “It makes you more creative and opens up your mind,” she said. “It helps you think in different ways and really develops your ability to solve problems.” After graduation, Ries moved to California and put those problem-solving skills to the test. She worked at a bookstore while designing costumes for little-known films with small budgets, such as one in which she had $500
to create authentic military designs and “crazy futuristic assassin’s wear.” She thrived on the creative challenge, and ended up using a yoga mat someone had discarded in her building’s laundry room for ersatz armor. “Sometimes it’s more fun to have to really think outside the box,” she said. Then suddenly, at 30, Ries was diagnosed with cancer and moved back to her family’s home in Indiana during treatment. “I don’t think she really realized how serious it was,” Ries’s mother Martha recalled. “People in our community call her a miracle because of what she went through.” Still, through treatment and recurrences in 2009 and 2010, Ries made her way through graduate school at Carnegie Mellon, where she graduated with an MFA in 2013. “You know the universe has other plans for you,” she said. “But I decided this is what I want to do with my life and it’s going to be hard but I couldn’t see myself doing anything else.”
including the acclaimed off-Broadway show Mayhem and Majesty and the hit television show America’s Got Talent. Now, as the costume shop manager in CAMD’s Department of Theatre, Ries has found a home at her alma mater designing costumes for department productions and inspiring students to follow in her footsteps. Her own mentor and now colleague, associate academic specialist and award-winning costume designer Frances Nelson McSherry, said Ries had impressed her so much when she was a student that she “hunted her down” to take the costume shop position. “I knew that she was by far the best person suited for this position,” McSherry said. “I’m so pleased to have known her when she was a student here and then to watch her through graduate school and then come back to Northeastern and pay it forward.” As Ries said, “It’s even better than I dreamed up.”
And she’s been going strong ever since, designing costumes for the stage and screen,
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hile a student at Northeastern working nights at The Boston Globe’s sports desk, JOHN “JACK” DRISCOLL, AS’57, and the other reporters would play a game with the carbon copies from each other’s type-written stories. For every word they could delete from each other’s carbons without hurting the story, they’d get 10 cents.
JACK DRISCOLL JACK DRISCOLL, COURTESY OF MIT CENTER FOR CIVIC MEDIA
It was a valuable collaborative exercise in the economy of language. As Driscoll put it, “It’s good discipline, group learning.” Indeed, whether at the helm of a Pulitzer Prizewinning newsroom or in the vanguard of digital media and citizen journalism, collaboration and communication are threads that connect Driscoll’s major pursuits throughout his 60year journalism career. Driscoll got his start in journalism covering high school sports for The Boston Globe in his hometown of Melrose, Massachusetts. He is the first to admit that he often missed descriptive details from football games because he was reporting them from the bottom of a dog pile on the field. While studying journalism and English at Northeastern, he earned his way through college by working nights at the Globe, where he made industry connections that provided the foundation for the rest of his career.
“College did what it’s supposed to do as well, which is give me a very broad basis for learning in a variety of areas,” he said. This breadth of knowledge was a particularly valuable asset for a journalist. The skills he developed in his classes coupled with the hands-on professional experiences he gained through his co-op at United Press, now UPI, provided an education that sustained him, he said. CONTINUED4 CAMD | 29
Since Northeastern, Driscoll’s news instinct, leadership, and unwavering sense of ethics have earned him a distinguished and storied career as a journalist. He has been a news reporter, sportswriter, copy editor, and supervisory editor for weekly and daily newspapers and for United Press. As editor and executive editor of The Boston Globe, he oversaw major organizational transitions and several Pulitzer Prize-winning stories, including the paper’s 1975 coverage of school
“We’ve affected the lives of some 125 writers and photographers that have worked for us as part of the organization over the past 17 years,” said Donald R. Norris, one of the original members. “It’s just a marvelous opportunity to express yourself.” Driscoll started a similar publication called Rye Reflections in Rye, N.H. where he and his wife now live. And he is clearly proud of another venture called Junior Journal, an international online news magazine written and edited by kids ages 10–18. With more than 300 participants across the globe, Driscoll was the only adult advisor for the publication, which won the Global Junior Challenge in Rome in 2000. “They were something else,” he said. Driscoll wrote about his experiences with each of these online publications in his 2008 book, Couch Potatoes Sprout: The Rise of Online Community Journalism.
“COLLEGE did what it’s supposed to do as well, which is give me a very BROAD BASIS FOR LEARNING in a VARIETY OF AREAS.” desegregation and a 1984 series on racism in Boston. Driscoll also sat on the Pulitzer Prize Board of Trustees in the early 1990s. “He was just a top notch editor,” said Tom Mulvoy, associate editor of the Dorchester Reporter, who began working with Driscoll in the 1960s at the Globe and considers him a mentor. “He’s very hands on and had a vision about what good journalism is all about.” When The New York Times bought the Globe in 1994, Driscoll left the paper and joined the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as editor-in-residence. There, he worked on “community computing” projects, putting digital tools in the hands of citizen reporters—an early form of online citizen journalism. In 1996, Driscoll helped form the Silver Stringers, a group of retirees who publish The Melrose Mirror, an online monthly featuring stories and images culled from their lives in his hometown. “They’re probably the oldest internet publishing group in the world, if you can believe that,” he said. Though their numbers are dwindling, the original members are now in their 80s.
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These days, Driscoll still has an advisory role with the Silver Stringers and also stays in touch with some members of Rye Reflections. But most of his energy is focused on his large, far-flung Irish family—which with nine siblings and 100 nieces and nephews is a community unto itself. In 2012, he published Picnic For Twelve: A Memoir of the Driscoll Family, and is currently creating an interactive website for his family to share stories, genealogical history, photos, and to generally keep track of each other. As he puts it: “When you come from a big family you have to learn to communicate.” •
ALUMNI
BACK ON CAMPUS
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ur alumni return to Northeastern throughout the year to share their industry experience with students, reconnect with faculty, see how our campus has transformed—and maybe even grab a TKO from Chicken Lou’s. Here are six alumni who came back to campus in 2013 to speak with students about their time at Northeastern, their career paths, and lessons they’ve learned along the way.
STEVE CODY
As founder of Los Angeles-based Copious Management, Rick Callahan, AS’01, and his team represent photographers specializing in entertainment, advertising, editorial, and music assignments.
Steve Cody, AS’77, is the co-founder and managing partner of Peppercomm, an award-winning public relations agency named New York City's top workplace in 2012 by Crain's New York Business.
LESSONS LEARNED
LESSONS LEARNED
• Find ways to merge your passion and your work
• Step outside your comfort zone. Challenge yourself!
• Networking is essential in any industry
• Try stand-up comedy—it builds confidence, professionalism, and public speaking skills
STEVE CODY BY LIZZY FLANAGAN
RICK CALLAHAN BY BRUCE HAMILTON
RICK CALLAHAN
“ Always remember the POWER of EDUCATION, SERVICE, and your moral obligation to others.”
• Look for nontraditional ways to solve problems and help clients
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ALUMNI
JAMES I. GABBE
LESLIE MARSHALL
A filmmaker, writer, and photographer, James I. Gabbe, AS’66 is also the co-owner of New York-based gabbegroup, a public relations and marketing firm. In 2013, he and his wife created the James and Jill Gabbe “Creative Leader Scholarship” within CAMD to support undergraduates pursuing a creative endeavor in media, art, or design that will make a positive contribution to the greater community.
Leslie Marshall, AS’85, is a nationally syndicated talk-show host (The Leslie Marshall Show), television political pundit (Fox News), and blog columnist (US News & World Report and POLITIX).
LESSONS LEARNED • Follow what you love • Always remember the power of education, service, and your moral obligation to others
LESSONS LEARNED • Make the most of your early experiences—they can be more influential than you might think • Connections are incredibly important • Never burn bridges! • Be savvy about navigating the politics in your field
ERIN TRAUDT
DAVID NATHAN
As the senior marketing manager of global customer references for Amazon Web Services (AWS), Erin Traudt, AS’01, is responsible for customer engagement on the global marketing team, creating customer references and videos for AWS users all over the world.
In his role as senior vice president of radio/video promotion at Republic Records (Universal Music), David Nathan, AS’92, works with artists including Taylor Swift, Florence + the Machine, Of Monsters and Men, and Enrique Iglesias.
LESSONS LEARNED
LESSONS LEARNED
• Build and maintain relationships throughout your career • Industries may seem huge, but the circles of people are really small • Being a hard worker who is trusted and dedicated goes a long way • Be willing to take a calculated risk
• Embrace change so you can grow with your industry • Don’t be afraid to start at the bottom and work your way up
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