Catherine M. Hastings, Ph.D. Department of Communications Susquehanna University 514 University Ave. Selinsgrove PA 17870 USA

Voice: 570-372-4359 Fax: 570-372-2757 Office: Apfelbaum Hall 104 Office hours Spring 2011: MWF 3-4; T 9:30-10:30

COURSES, Spring 2011
COMM:231:W1    Newswriting and Reporting              MWF 1:45-2:50       AH 132

COMM:331:01����� Editing� ���������������� ���������������� ���������������� �� MWF12:30-1:35���� STL 108
FILM:220:01�������� International Film�������������� ���������������� � T 12:35-4:05 ������ ������ STL 106
COMM:501:01      Practicum (Crusader)                          T 4:15-6                 Degenstein Campus Center

I am the faculty adviser to The Crusader , the Susquehanna University student newspaper.

I am a comma aficionado. I have some comma usage rules so that my students know how to please me.

My current research concerns the lives of African-American residents of Milton, Northumberland County, Pa., especially as reported in the local newspapers. It's called the Milton Roots Project .

"There's nothing wrong with wanting an education to achieve the good life, but the privilege of education commits you to a life of doing good." --James Applegate, president of the National Communication Association , keynote address to the Eastern Communication Association , Portland, Me., April 2001.