Professor Gerald J. Baldasty

Office: 343 Communications 
Office hours: Wednesdays, 2-3; Thursdays, 8:30-9:30.
E-mail: professorbaldasty@hotmail.com
 
 

TAs
Maria Garrido (migarrid@u.washington.edu) LEAD TA is a PhD student interested in the use of the Internet as a tool of economic development and social change for underdeveloped communities in Latin America. She is currently working on a project trying to map and understand how social networks are created and maintained in cyberspace and the how these networks are empowering social movements, particularly the Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico.

Kelly Aldrich (kaldrich@u.washington.edu) is a first-year M.A. student doing a concurrent M.A./J.D. degree with the law school.  She is interested in Mass Media Law in general, with a focus on First Amendment issues.  She is, as yet, undecided as to a specific thesis topic, but plans to trace a media law issue through history to detail how the Supreme Court has dealt with and, perhaps, changed their interpretations of the First Amendment.

Ying-Chia "Hazel" Lin (yclin@u.washington.edu) is a 

second-year PhD student interested in new media study, 

critical theories and visual culture. She is particularly 

interested in the role of the Internet in the process 

of globalization. Currently, she is working on a project 

about how national and ethnic identities 

are represented and constructed through multilingual 

websites.

Nicole Kim (yjkim121@u.washington.edu) is a second 

year M.A. student.  Her interest is in international 

relations, particularly in how the mass media factor into 

the communication process in the international arena. 

She is currently working with Professor Lau in developing 

and promoting a new program, Master's of Communications 

in Digital Media.  She is also working on her Master's thesis, 

investigating the existence of the concept of "International 

Media Echo" to study the role of media in international

communication.

Irina Gendelman (irinag@u.washington.edu) is a second year

M.A. student interested in the uses of public space for 

communication. She has a background in comparative literature

and mural painting. Irina is currently working on a comparative

study of the governance of communicative action in urban

public spaces. For her thesis she is examining various uses of

building walls as a medium of communication.

Announcements

1.- Exam 2 --> May 14th from 1:30-3:20 (Kane Hall 120)