Archive for December, 2013

Protected: Working Title: “Ten-Plus Years Teaching in the Most Corrupt Department at Hunter College” – Part 1

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

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Ending Workplace Bullying: Not Only in the Department of Film and Media Studies But Everywhere

Wednesday, December 18th, 2013

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What Would They Say Under Oath?

Tuesday, December 17th, 2013

Phony Violence in the Workplace Complaints have been filed against two members of the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College.
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Which Colleague Chaired the Infamous Four Barnacles of the Apocalypse D:F/M Grade Appeals Committee

Monday, December 16th, 2013

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Which Ones in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College Are the Most Likely to Participate in Academic Bullying?

Monday, December 16th, 2013
Colleagues in the Hunter College Department of Film and Media Studies were Academic Bullying is endemic.

Colleagues in the Hunter College Department of Film and Media Studies were Academic Bullying is endemic.

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Protected: The Four Barnacles of the Apocalypse: A True Story

Monday, December 16th, 2013

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Monday, December 16th, 2013

Another followup on the New York Times article, a weak follow on an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, about Hunter’s President. But this has more to do with a D:F/M Colleague.

When Ms. Anderson’s letter was released, Stuart B. Ewen, a professor who is an outspoken critic of Ms. Raab, tried to press the case against her with Matthew Goldstein, who was then CUNY’s chancellor. — From the New York Times story, “Amid Exits, President of Hunter College Is Assailed for Her Management Style,” by New York Times reporter Ariel Kaminer.

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Which Are the Most Likely to Participate in a Phony Violence in the Workplace Complaint Against a Colleague?

Monday, December 16th, 2013
Colleagues in the Hunter College Department of Film and Media Studies were Academic Bullying is endemic.

Colleagues, including retirees, of the Hunter College Department of Film and Media Studies which has a strong tradition of academic bullying.

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UMass Amherst’s Workplace Anti-bullying Initiative

Monday, December 16th, 2013

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This very successful kickoff was the result of some three years of dedicated, steadfast, often very challenging work by a cross-campus Committee on Workplace Climate and Bullying and the strong support of a new Chancellor, Kumble Subbaswamy, who offered welcoming remarks at the symposiumDavid Yamada.
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Living and Learning Through Eye Openers

Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

I went into journalism to fight for justice and encountered this eye opener at my first newspaper  job in Rochester, New York, quite a while back: Women couldn’t be police reporters because the editors – white, male – insisted the beat was too dangerous for them to be in the streets; Italian Americans were not allowed to write metro news and were consigned to the sports section; blacks were not allowed in sports and Spanish Speaking people were not allowed in the building, let alone the newsroom.

And so I wanted to teach college where I thought I could continue a good fight. And, of course, that led to another eye opener.

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