Academic Conferences

Here is a list (including links) of academic conferences presented in the Fall 2006 and Fall 2007 sessions of CTCS 506.

American Anthropological Association

The American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Studies Association

Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast

The Association for Asian Studies

College Art Association

Console-ing Passions

Cross-Cultural Perspectives of Visual Communication

(dis)junctions

Domitor (An International Association Dedicated to the Study of Early Cinema)

Experience Music Project

Film and History Association

Healthy Teen Network

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts

International Globalization, Diversity, and Education

International Studies Association

Media in Transition

Midwest Popular Culture Association

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association

SFSU Cinema Conference

Society for Cinema and Media Studies

Society for Visual Anthropology

Note: These are all recurrent conferences. (The conferences that are one-time only have been omitted.)

Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET)

As shown in class, CET maintains a very useful site for anyone interested in teaching, including those of you who will be TAing next year. By clicking on the "Teaching & Learning" link on their page, you can find a plethora of resources. Here are a just a few of the things you'll find on the site:
*information on how to create a CV/portfolio
*rules on plagiarism
*how to start the academic job search
*information on how to facilitate discussion

In addition, their Teaching Nuggets page has helpful suggestions on every aspect of TA teaching, from holding office hours to suggestions on how to energize large classes. There is a lot of information on the site so chances are if you're looking for somethingin particular, you'll find it there.

When visiting our class, Lawford Anderson also mentioned The Future Professoriate Program offered by the Center. It is a year-long interdisciplinary professionalization program designed to help doctorate and postdoctorate students in their penultimate year. The class meets once a month, and revolves mostly around workshops. For more information, visit the Frequently Asked Questions page.

CET not only maintains a useful website, but offers mentoring/individual consultations for those who want to ask questions and get feedback from the CET Faculty Fellows in person. Also be sure to check out the calendar for upcoming CET workshops.

USC Library Resources

As a brief overview of resources and databases that were mentioned during our library visit, these sources can get you started when doing library research. The most important is the Remote-Access Portal, which allows you to do research from anywhere off campus. Just type in your USC username and password (the same ones you use for your email), and you'll have access to a variety of library databases. For example, if you want to access full journal texts, click on that link after logging in. From there, you can look up journals alphabetically, or look through the databases directory.

FIAF is a good database to use if you're looking up articles from the past thirty years. I've also found JSTOR to be helpful when looking for academic journal articles. Yet another database mentioned during the library visit is the Film & Television Literature Index . Just make sure you're logged into Remote Access when accessing these databases.