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Dear Friends,
I am very sorry to inform you of the passing of John Newhouse. John was a beloved friend and colleague to many of us; he was a truly wonderful person. In addition to his many achievements as a faculty member and administrator at Southwestern College,
John was a founding member of BINACOM and contributed generously to it success.
There will be a celebration of his life on Monday July 17th in Mayan Hall at Southwestern College.
Best regards,
Bob SchneiderAutonomous University of Baja California, Mexicali
Photography ProgramSusana Espinosa Velázquez sesepinos@fch.mx1.uabc.mx
Born in Mexico City Aug. 11, 1953. Obtained a B. A. in Information Sciences from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Studying for a degree in English. Has also completed programs in Editorial Production, Development of Reasoning Skills and Formation of Values. Her professional experience is in the area of social communication and strategic planning in the public sector and teaching in the educational sector. Currently coordinator of the program of Professional Practice in the Bachelors program in Communication and full time professor at UABC Mexicali.Graciela Paz Alvarado grace@fch.mx1.uabc.mx
Born in Bellas Fuentes Michoacán, México, June 14, 1960. Obtained the B. A. in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Baja California. Her principal area of work is organizational communication. Her professional experience is in the area of communication planning, and in the academic sector, she has worked in various areas of UABC as a teacher and administrator. Currently she is coordinator of the Bachelors program in Communication Sciences, as acting full time professor.Armando Gutiérrez asterion_oq@yahoo.com
Luis Rodriguez Araiza fenestra@yahoo.com
Yazmín Vargas Gutiérrez yazminvargas@yahoo.com.mx
William Snead william.snead@gcccd.net
Hope Warren Shaw March 1935- April 2005 MEMORIAL PAGE
Hope Shaw received her M.A.from San Diego State University and her B.A. from Smith College. She also studied in the Department of Drama, University of Bristol and at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. Her professional media work includes eight years as Documentary-Public Affairs Producer, Channel 10; Writer-Producer, University of Washington Medical School and other video and documentary projects. Among her selected papers and awards are: "The Global Village in a Digital Age,"--Fifty Years Development Communication, New Delhi, India, 1998; "Use of Video in Psychiatry," Hyderabad, India, 1992; "The Two Faces of Baja," (with Natalie Best); National Federation of Press Women, First Place Documentary; "From This Day Forward," documentary with commentary by Margaret Mead, International Family Conference, Rome, Italy. Shaw is Chair of the Department of Communications at San Diego City College.Laura Castañeda Presspasslc@aol.com
Laura Castañeda is an adjunct professor at City College where she teaches introductory newswriting for broadcasting and co-facilitates the city's only weekly student newscast, Newscene. In addition, Castañeda is a freelance journalist and operates her own video production company, Press Pass International. Most recently, Castañeda reported for Channel 4 Cox Cable's "San Diego Insider News Magazine Show." Prior to that she reported and anchored at KGTV, the ABC affiliate in San Diego. Ms. Castañeda has been nominated twice by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In 1998, she was awarded top honors by the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting. In 1997 she also received a first place award by the San Diego Press Club for a series of reports on immigration. Ms. Castañeda began her television news career in 1987 as a production assistant at WLS-TV, ABC in Chicago. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Illionis-Urbana.San Diego State University, School of Communication
Patricia Geist pgeist@mail.sdsu.edu
Patricia Geist received her Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University in 1985. She is a Professor in the School of Communication at San Diego State University where she teaches organizational communication, health communication, ethnographic research methods, and gender and organizational communication. Her research interests focus on negotiating identity, ideology, and control, particularly in health and illness. Her book, Negotiating the Crisis: DRGs and the Transformation of Hospitals (with Monica Hardesty) published in 1992 examines communication among nurses, physicians, and hospital administrators as they negotiate a controversial change in hospital policy and structure. In addition, she co-edited with Linda A. M. Perry a book of biographies and narrative studies, entitled Courage of Conviction: Women's Words, Women's Wisdom, published in 1997. Her third book (co-authored with Eileen Berlin Ray and Barbara Sharf) Communicating Health: Personal, Social, and Political Complexities was published in 2003.Robert Schneider rschneider@swc.cc.ca.us
Founding member and first vice president of BINACOM. Professor, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, California 1972-present. Co-founder of the Telemedia program at Southwestern. Taught courses in photography, film and video production in the School of Fine Arts and Communication. Curated, organized and participated in numerous art exhibitions, lectures, workshops and conferences. Advisor to Links Program ( to increase participation of woman students in technological careers). Past president of the American Federation of Teachers at Southwestern College. Coordinated the video documentation of the International arts event Insite94 by five member institutions of the BINACOM. Founded Borderlands Television with other members of BINACOM to produce Bi-national programing of and for the region. Member of the Broadcast Education Association, American Film Institute and National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Photographic Arts. Founding board member of the Normal Heights Community Development Corporation and Save Our Canyons. Published Blended Beauty, This is a Book, co-published Scenes of Wonders and Curiosity in Southern California. Producer of a number of arts related documentaries including: Revelaciones, The Art of Manual Alverez Bravo and Jay Johnson, Look In Out, Painted Sculpture. Bachelor and Master of Arts, San Francisco State University.Universidad de las Californias
Jorge Camarillo jorge.camarillo@udc.com.mx o jccgovea@yahoo.com.mx
Jorge Camarillo received his B.A. in Communication from Universidad Autónoma de Baja California and is about to receive his M.A. in Education from Universidad Pedagógica Nacional. He has also taken seminars in the Administration of Family Business at ITESM and the seminar on Research Methodologies at UPN. He has been coordinator and reporter for Revista Ciclos, producer for the radio program "Sin Máscaras," at UABC's AM station 1630, and political news reporter for channel 45's "Hoy por hoy." At UDC he teaches courses in journalism, radio and television production and video editing. His research has focused on ethics in journalistic practice. Currently he is the coordinator of the B.A. program in Communication at UDC.Antonio Carrillo carrillova@hotmail.com
Universidad Iberoamericana Noroeste, Tijuana
Cecilia Castellanos Barone cecilia@calafia.tij.uia.mx
Tatiana Lechuga tatiana@tij.uia.mx, tatislr@hotmail.com
Nora Perez noraliz@hotmail.com
Lisset Aracely Oliveros RodrÀguez lolivero@guaymas.uson.mx
Lisset Aracely Oliveros Rodriguez received his B.A. in Communication from the University of Sonora. He currently teaches classes in research methods in the social sciences and regional research in communication and education. His research interests are in the areas of communication and education and he is director of the project, "Educational Profiles of B.A. Communication Science students."Luis Felipe Larios Velarde lflarios@rtn.uson.mx
Luis Felipe Larios Velarde received his B.A. in Law and Sociology from the University of Sonora and his M.A. in Administration in Higher Education from the National Institute of Public Administration (INAP) in Mexico City. He currently teaches classes in sociological theory and research methods in the social sciences and the sociology of communication. He has served as the Director General of University Extension and Coordinator of the Communication Science Program. He has worked as a producer, editor, and writer for local newspapers, radio productions, and university publications. His research areas are in political communication and the history of higher education.M.C. Gustave Adolfo León Duarte gustavol@guaymas.uson.mx
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Department of CommunicationClaudio Fenner López
Daniel C. Hallin dhallin@ucsd.edu
Daniel C. Hallin received his B.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and has taught in the Communication department at UCSD since 1980. His books include The "Uncensored War": The Media and Vietnam and "We Keep America on Top of the World": Television Journalism and the Public Sphere. His work focuses on the political role of the news media, and he has written on the media and war, coverage of elections, and the development of journalism as a profession. Much of his recent work is comparative, including studies of media and politics in Mexico and in Western Europe.Magalí Muriá mmuria@weber.ucsd.edu
Magalí Muriá is a doctoral student in Communications at the University of California at San Diego. She received her M.A. in International Communication at Boston University and her B.A. at El Colegio de Müxico, in International Relations. Magalí has worked for several years on government and non-government institutions at the border region and as a student she is interested in political and intercultural communications between Mexico and the United States.Ruth Wallen rwallen@ucsd.edu
Ruth Wallen's photographs, installations and artists books have been widely exhibited including solo exhibitions at the Exploratorium, New Langton Arts, and Franklin Furnace as well as public installations at the Tijuana River Estuary and San Bernardino Children's Forest. Major themes in her art work and critical writing include promoting ecological awareness and the development of border culture. Two recent web projects include, If Frogs Sicken and Die What Will Happen to the Princes? and a documentation of Jewish/Palestinian dialogue. Ruth teaches at the University of California, San Diego, and is also on the Master of Fine Arts Program faculty at Goddard College. She was a Fulbright lecturer in photography at the Autonomous University of Baja California, Tijuana. She recieved her B.A. from Swarthmore College and M.F.A. from UCSD.
Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
Kristin C. Moran kmoran@sandiego.edu
Kristin C Moran (Ph.D. University of Washington) joined the faculty at the University of San Diego in 1999. Her research interests include international communication and the consequences of the technological interconnectedness of cultures on an increasingly smaller globe. Dr. Moran also researches the potential impacts of television on children and adolescents. Currently she is bridging these two interests and looking at the expansion of children's television networks in a global context. Dr. Moran teaches classes on international media, theories of media, children and electronic media and other media studies courses.
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Armando Gutiérrez, UABC MexicaliVicepresidenta.Vice-President
Kristin Moran, USD
Secretary US/Secretaria EU
Daniel Hallin, UCSDSecretaria México/Secretary México
Bertha Luz Chávez Alfonso CETYSTesorera
Laura Casteñada, San Diego City CollegeNOTE: All correspondence regarding this web site should be addressed to Ruth Wallen rwallen@ucsd.edu.
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