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COMM 306, Web Design
Department of Communication, Manhattan College

This course focuses on the developmental process of the Internet and the World Wide Web. The history of the technology and the strategies behind it will be covered, as well as HTML, the language of the Internet. The class will gain a greater understanding of the growing possibilities and advantages of using and communicating through interactive multimedia in the place of traditional media.

Syllabus, Spring 2011 (pdf)

Required & recommended texts are as follows:

• Krug, Steve. Don't Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. 2nd ed. Berkeley: New Riders, 2005.
• Niederst Robbins, Jennifer, and Aaron Gustafson. Learning Web Design: A Beginner's Guide to (X)HTML, Stylesheets and Web Graphics. 3rd ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2007.
• McFarland, David. CSS: The Missing Manual. 2nd ed. Sebastopol: O'Reilly Media, 2009. (Recommended.)
• Van Duyne, Douglas K., et. al. The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2007. (Recommended.)

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Educational History

• BA, Communication (Minor, Studio Art), 2003
  Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
• MA, Media Studies, 2008
  The New School, New York, NY

Writing & Publications

• Master of Arts in Media Studies thesis, From Stovetop to Screen: A Cultural History of Food Television (2008)

Research Interests

• Television, American culture and food & drink
• Design and usability
• Geosocial media
• Internet literacy vs. OS literacy