Scott Fosdick Associate Professor Office: DBH 216 Phone: 408-924-7556 E-mail: sfosdick@casa.sjsu.edu Office hours: Tuesday 2-4

Scott Fosdick worked as a drama critic and/or entertainment editor for 10 years in Chicago, New Jersey, and Baltimore before earning his doctorate at Northwestern University.  His articles have appeared in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including Stagebill, American Theatre, Family Life, Parenting, The San Jose Mercury News and The Sunday New York Times, as well as a variety of refereed scholarly publications.

Magazine Program Information

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Internships

Classes:

MCom 103 - History of American Media. Development of mass communications in the United States from colonial times to the present. Social, economic and political factors which shaped modern media and the impact of mass media on the society.

MCOM 139 - Review Writing. (Official name: Specialized Writing.) This class lets students explore the popular and fine arts while learning to forge their opinions into reasoned critical reviews, reviews that earn the attention of readers.  We will attend performances and exhibits, meet some artists and critics, read selected writings in criticism and aesthetics, and learn to support our opinions with evidence. Fall semesters only.

Journalism 153 - Magazine Writing and Editing. Overview of magazine field with focus on reporting, writing, and editing. Students learn how an idea progresses from manuscript through art meetings to the printed page. Prepares students to produce San Jose State’s student magazine, Access, in JOUR 155.

Journalism 155 - Magazine Editing and Production Media Lab. Editing and producing print and online versions of award-winning Access magazine. Staff edits articles, art and photography submitted by media lab students and other SJSU freelancers.

Graduate classes:

MCom 210 - Media & Social Issues. Overview of the popular, professional and academic literature in mass communications. The purpose of the course is to provide graduate students with a foundation on which to draw for studies in mass communications.

Open letter to graduate students looking for an advisor.

Education:

Ph.D., Theater, Northwestern University

M.A., Journalism, University of Wisconsin - Madison

B.S., Philosophy, University of Wisconsin - Madison