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David D. Perlmutter. Featured speaker on “Planning & Tactics for P&T.” Professional Development Session on Tenure and Promotion, University of Alabama, Birmingham. August 27, 2010.

New presentations:

David D. Perlmutter. Discussant. Visual Communication Division, best papers. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Denver, Colorado, August 3-7, 2010.

David D. Perlmutter. Speaker and panelist. “The State of Political Discourse in America: Reevaluating the Role of the Media in the Political Process,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Denver, Colorado, August 3-7, 2010.

I also attended a workshop for new deans & directors of JMC schools and attended my first meeting as a member of the AEJMC Standing Committee on Research.

A quote from me was used on the A.Word.A.Day site and list to illustrate the meaning of the word sacerdotal on January 11, 2010. USAGE: "My student came from a country where professors hold a sacerdotal status and so took my jest as a brushoff." From: David D Perlmutter; Are You A Good Protege?; Chronicle of Higher Education (Washington, DC); Apr 18, 2008.

David Perlmutter and Jim Cremer (Chair, Computer Science, Univ. of Iowa) have been awarded an Academic Technologies Advisory Council 2009 Innovations in Teaching with Technology Award by Iowa Information Technology Services. Totaling about $6,500, the funding will pay for the technology for the “Create an iPhone App. Class” to be taught in Spring 2010.

See our discussion about the class on the Daily Iowan.

Another essay in my "P&T Confidential" column appeared. David D. Perlmutter. "Avoiding a 'Nuclear Veto' in Hiring." Chronicle of Higher Education, December 3, 2009. It's about what I call the "nuclear veto" in hiring. You as a candidate may write or speak tens of thousands of words in your job-application materials, interviews, and presentations; 99.9 percent of your comments may find a favorable response with members of the hiring committee. But if you make one remark that hits a sour note, is misinterpreted, offends someone, or upsets some pet idea or theory, that single misstep can be fatal to your hiring…what can you do about it?