Consider This a News Short Update About the CUNY College President Shown the Door in July

Where is she now?

This picture worth thousands & thousands of words. D:F/M colleagues a while back celebrating erstwhile Jay Roman’s 15 years as department chair. Later, at a college awards ceremony orchestrated by the former Hunter president subsequently shown the door, he dutifully listened as she trashed his department as “schizophrenic.” I‘ve been’ trying to run down rumors that there was considerable applause at the trashing down. I know there was snickering, that’s for sure.

Celebrating 15 years? Resonates like a plot element from the Yellowjackets TV series. During Roman’s lengthly tenure as chair:

– Enrollment significantly down, course offerings significantly reduced. Campus image of department not so good.

– Significant reduction in full-time instructors and support. A sinister, committed, dumbing down of the curriculum — especially undergraduate film which was never much regarded by the honchos who run the department and a disruption of several undergraduate journalism award-winning projects. Department in a sad state of despair for years.

– Faculty lines reduced by 5 at the time of the fêtes in the above department meeting and college award ceremony.

– Desperately needed administration funds normally dispersed to Hunter departments significantly reduced for Film&Media Studies whose chair was once forced to take a leave in the wake of controversy caused by the summoning of public safety to a faculty meeting to forcibly remove a Black…