{"id":75703,"date":"2022-07-18T14:01:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T18:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/?p=75703"},"modified":"2024-07-29T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T14:00:36","slug":"met-health-communication-program-cofounder-helps-examine-neighborhood-iconography-in-visual-media-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/news\/met-health-communication-program-cofounder-helps-examine-neighborhood-iconography-in-visual-media-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"MET Health Communication Program Cofounder Helps Examine Neighborhood Iconography in Visual Media Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent a contribution to <em>The Journal of Visual Communications<\/em>, visual literacy expert Dr. Domenic Screnci, who helped to found Metropolitan College\u2019s groundbreaking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/degrees-certificates\/ms-health-communication-online\/\">MS in Health Communication<\/a>, turns his eye to a different kind of medium: the religious lawn shrines of Italian American neighborhoods like the East Boston one where he grew up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBathtub Madonnas as Media in an Italian American Neighborhood in Transition\u201d is an analysis of the visual and historical significance of creative devotional iconography by Dr. Regina Marchi, a Rutgers University professor of journalism and media studies, herself a fourth-generation East Bostonian. Screnci, an advisor to BU MET\u2019s Health Communication degree program, was interviewed in the article as a subject expert, given his East Boston roots. The article was the basis of a presentation the pair gave for the Boston Public Library. In addition to <em>The Journal of Visual Communications<\/em>, the article also appeared in <em>Primo Magazine<\/em>, a general interest publication that highlights the work of Italian Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Screnci recently published a chapter in <em>System Thinking for Instructional Designers: Catalyzing Organizational Change<\/em>, from Routledge Press. His contribution, \u201cRethinking Management Structures in Higher Education,\u201d sheds light on the ways organizations can think differently about managing institutional services supporting teaching and learning in higher education.<\/p>\n<p>For his work in the educational space, Screnci was also honored by the Pirandello Lyceum society with the 2021 I Migliori in Mens et Gesta Award, or, \u201cThe Best in Mind and Deed,\u201d for his contributions to his profession, to society, and to the Italian-American community.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"\/met\/files\/2022\/07\/screnci-award.jpg\" alt=\"2021 I Migliori in Mens et Gesta Award - awarded to Domenic Screnci by the Pirandello Lyceum society\" width=\"275\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-78146\" \/><span class=\"image-caption\" style=\"font-size: 14px\">Translation: President and Curators of Pirandello Lyceum | Domenic Screnci, Jr. Ed.D. | I like to choose among the Best Minds and Deeds in Boston City | A.D. October 9. 2021 | Dr. Dominic Amara, President<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BU MET\u2019s Master of Science in Health Communication degree program offers concentrations in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/degrees-certificates\/ms-health-communication-healthcare-promotion-media-marketing-online\/\">Healthcare Promotion, Media &amp; Marketing<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/degrees-certificates\/ms-health-communication-visual-digital-online\/\">Visual &amp; Digital Health Communication<\/a>. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/15551393.2020.1862665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0to read the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent a contribution to The Journal of Visual Communications, visual literacy expert Dr. Domenic Screnci, who helped to found Metropolitan College\u2019s groundbreaking MS in Health Communication, turns his eye to a different kind of medium: the religious lawn shrines of Italian American neighborhoods like the East Boston one where he grew up. \u201cBathtub Madonnas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19676,"featured_media":78144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[118,37],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75703"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87666,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75703\/revisions\/87666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/met\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}