Cinema Studies Faculty FAQs

The Cinema Studies front desk can be reached at 212-998-1600. For specific staff members, use the following contact information:

FRONT OFFICE

Administrative Director (Ken Sweeney)
212-998-1603 / kenneth.sweeney@nyu.edu

Department Coordinator (Melanie Daly-Castilla)
212-998-1594 / melanie.daly@nyu.edu

Department Administrator
212-998-1615

Administrative Aide (Gordon Leary)
212-998-1504 / gordon.leary@nyu.edu

FILM STUDY CENTER / 212-998-1617

Study Center/Events Coordinator (Cristina Cajulis)
212-998-1649 / cristina.cajulis@nyu.edu

Operations Administrator (Anthony Gonzalez)
212-998-1605 / ag8896@nyu.edu

ARCHIVE

Film Study Center Manager/Archivist (Ann Harris)
212-998-1606 / ann.harris@nyu.edu

Archive Administrative Aide (Molly Brown)
212-998-1619 / meb683@nyu.edu

MIAP

MIAP Program Manager (Niki Korth)
212-998-1618 / nk3900@nyu.edu

MIAP Technician (Dylan Lorenz)
212-998-1732 / dl119@nyu.edu

Faculty positions include:

• Chair
• Associate Chair
• Director of Graduate Studies
• Director of Undergraduate Studies
• Director of the Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program (MIAP)
• Associate Director(s) of the Moving Image Archiving & Preservation Program (MIAP)
• Co-Director of the Certificate Program in Culture & Media

Descriptions for each of these positions are available in the department’s by-laws.

The Department maintains a number of listservs through Google Groups, including BA students, MA students, PhD students, faculty, current adjuncts, current TAs, staff, and alumni. If you have information to distribute to any of these listservs, please send it to a front office staff member to forward along.

There is a private, faculty-only listserv for internal discussions that exclude the staff. All faculty are signed up to be able to send to the group (with the address tisch-cinemastudies-facultyonly@nyu.edu). If you lose access, please contact the Administrative Aide (Gordon) who administers our lists.

The Department also maintains an Announcements listserv that anyone can sign up to receive. If you know someone who is interested in receiving information about Cinema Studies events, offers, invitations, and announcements, direct them to sign up here: https://groups.google.com/a/nyu.edu/forum/#!forum/tisch-cinemastudies-announcements

Concerns about facilities can be addressed via email to the Study Center at studycentervideo@gmail.com.  Please note that room temperature is an ongoing issue in the department. We do not have access to the thermostats. HVAC operates the system via computer. If a classroom or office is having a temperature issue, please contact the Study Center so information can be relayed to Facilities Management. If there is a temperature or facilities emergency outside of normal working hours, please contact FCM directly (212-998-1001 or fcm.helpdesk@nyu.edu).

Other common facilities issues – such as locks, lightbulbs, and restroom issues, for instance – can be reported to the Study Center at studycentervideo@gmail.com where a work order will be placed with NYU Client Services.

If the fire door between the 721 and 719 sides of the floor closes due to a fire alarm, call the NYU Security desk in the lobby of the building (212-998-1332) or the Campus Safety Office (212-998-1306) to reopen the door in a timely manner so that classes can resume.

For all emergency issues, call 911 or the Office of Campus Safety (212-998-2222 - this is only an emergency number.)

The Study Center provides faculty with keys to their offices and the copy center workroom (Room 655). Visiting faculty, adjuncts and teaching assistants are required to return keys at the end of each semester at the time grades are submitted. The Film Study Center and your projectionists will unlock classroom doors approximately 30 minutes before the start of class. TAs can pick up keys (as trained) in the Film Study Center. If you have questions, please contact the Film Study Center 212 998-1617 or studycentervideo@gmail.com.

All proposals for departmental events should be submitted via an online form with as much information about the event as possible.

The department’s Events Committee, which consists of the special events coordinator, a faculty advisor, and a student from each degree group, reviews and discusses all proposals. The goal of the committee is to program the Friday Night Series, which is done one semester in advance. For example, proposals for the fall semester should be submitted during the spring prior.

The Special Events Coordinator (Ina) manages the event logistics and consults with the Study Center Manager (Ann) and Operations Administrator (Anthony) regarding staff and technology needs, respectively.

If a student or faculty member proposes an event that the committee would like to program, they will be expected to serve as the liaison to the guest in coordinating the event and communicating with the Special Events Coordinator the budgetary, technical, and travel needs.

All mail and courier packages are sent through the front office, except those relating to events which can be coordinated with the Special Events Coordinator (Ina.) The department cannot reimburse shipping expenses; everyone must use NYU Mail Services or pay out-of-pocket. Materials for sending mail and for shipping packages are kept at the front desk. Mail sent via the department through Mail Services should never have postage on it. Letters and small packages addressed domestically can be dropped off in the Outgoing Mail tray. International USPS packages must have customs forms attached; please ask the front desk workers for assistance. Larger packages or time sensitive packages can be sent via UPS by contacting the Department Administrator and providing the vital information, including a recipient phone number.

Mail and packages sent via UPS, FedEX, and other private carriers are delivered directly to the Cinema Studies front desk. Mail and packages sent via the US Postal Service are initially delivered to NYU Mail Services for sorting and then dropped off to the front desk, often resulting in a slight delay in delivery time. All mail should be addressed to:

[Your Name]
ATTN: Department of Cinema Studies
NYU / Tisch School of the Arts
721 Broadway, 6^th Floor
New York, NY 10003

When mail is received, the front office sorts it into faculty and staff mailboxes, located just outside of the copy room, 655. All faculty (full-time and adjunct) and staff members have mailbox slots in that location.

The Administrative Aide (Gordon) works with faculty to distribute letters of recommendation for PhD students and alumni who are applying for teaching jobs and postdocs. Faculty are asked to submit a generic, dated letter to the office. The student or alum then sends the Administrative Aide email addresses, physical addresses, or links to online services where the letters should be submitted. If the letter requires specific language, it is up to the faculty member to make those adjustments. If an online service requires additional information, the Administrative Aide will email the faculty member for answers to those questions before submitting the letter. Faculty and students/alumni are responsible for submitting updated letters as needed.

The department does not have a similar system in place for any other letters of recommendation. Faculty are expected to manage recommendations for BA and MA students.

“Comp” is short for “comprehensive examination.” MA and PhD students are required to take the exams, in addition to their coursework, in order to receive their degrees. Students taking the exams are given a series of questions and a week in which to write essays in response to those questions.

The MA comp exam is offered three times each year. MA students can take the comp after completing 24 points of the required 36.

PhD students are required to take two comp exams – one covering history, the other covering theory – in the spring and summer of their first year of coursework. A third comp exam is given in the form of the dissertation proposal defense.

Faculty are assigned to comp committees each year by the DGS. Faculty provide the questions for the exam each year, and grade the exams once they have been completed. The exam is administered by the Department Administrator.

The front desk student employees primarily act as receptionists for the department. They greet guests, answer phones, stock supplies, and facilitate departmental mail and shipping. Front desk student employees execute faculty photocopy, scan, and print requests for materials for Cinema Studies courses (see “Is there someone who can scan and/or photocopy articles and chapters for my classes?” in the Teaching section for more information and instructions.) They are able to point you in the right direction for any questions you might have in the department, and are able to help when you need supplies or when the photocopier jams. Since their primary function is reception, the front desk student staff is not available to do work for faculty outside of the front desk.

The Department hires a staff of 25 to 30 students each year who work part time in the Film Study Center, the archive and as class projectionists. Most of these are Cinema Studies students, both graduate and undergraduate, and MIAP grad students, although there are usually a few from other programs. They are all part of the same staff:  your projectionist probably also works some hours either in the study center or the archive or both.

Students in the study center take viewing and checkout requests, assist projectionists with problems and work on events projects and AV equipment / computer projects with the Study Center Staff. They can show you how to produce clip files for your classes and other projects, using the setups we maintain in the study center. Students in the archive work on maintaining our film, video and paper collections; handle facets of digitization projects; catalog and prepare new materials for classes and research.  

Projectionists are assigned to most classes and are scheduled to arrive in the study center a half hour before class to pick up materials and then setup the class. This is more efficient when we have all the materials in advance, even materials you are bringing or have borrowed. Student projectionists work specific hours, and are assigned to classes, not to faculty. Classes should proceed more smoothly when you deliver information for projectionists to the Study Center staff, rather than just to the students. All requests should be sent to studycentervideo@gmail.com so that the whole Study Center staff receives it. While we assign the same student for your class every week, there are absences and substitutes, so letting full time staff know what's going on can avoid problems.

Finding Items in the Film Study Center

All staff, faculty, adjuncts, and Cinema Studies students have access to the department’s online catalog, ArchCat.

New faculty and adjuncts will receive an email at the beginning of the semester with their username and password. If you don't have a login (or have forgotten your login info) please contact the Study Center Coordinator (Ina) to confirm your username and password.

The Film Study Center has a dedicated computer where you can search the catalog yourself, or one of the Study Center staff can assist you at the desk.

Please note that if you are accessing the catalog from home or outside the NYU network, you will need to use a VPN.

NYU IT provides instructions for installing the VPN on a Mac and on a PC. NYU IT provides support for using the VPN via the IT Service Desk. Contact the service desk if you need help installing the VPN or have issues.

If you have any other issues accessing the catalog with the VPN, please contact the Archive Aide.

Checking Out Items from the Film Study Center

Staff, Faculty (including Adjuncts) and current TA’s teaching classes are able to checkout audiovisual materials such as DVD/Blu-ray discs from the department’s collection. Books and periodicals, however, cannot be checked out. Materials can be requested through the online catalog (see above) or in person at the Study Center. All questions should be directed to studycentervideo@gmail.com.

The Study Center collections are not stored onsite. This means that items are not available unless they have been requested in advance.  Video and print materials requested before 12:00 PM on a weekday will be delivered by 12:00 PM the following business day, pending availability. Requests for checkout should be placed in addition to any collection materials needed for class. Please note that students are not able to checkout materials and must access them onsite during Study Center hours.

It is advisable that students make appointments in advance to ensure that the materials will be available.

Fall 2021: Appointments can be made online using our Google Calendar.

The department stocks standard supplies in Room 658. Any standard supply needs can be brought to the front desk work studies for them to fulfill. If we are out-of-stock, please allow 24-48 hours once the Department Administrator has been notified.

Specialty supplies must be purchased using faculty research funds. This includes printer cartridges for home use and any other personal or non-standard item (i.e. any item not usually stocked by the department.)

If you notice any supplies missing, including pantry items (coffee, tea, cups, etc.), please let the Department Administrator know.

The department provides business cards for all full-time Cinema Studies employees. Business cards can be requested through the Department Administrator. A proof will be generated for your review and ordered from NYU Reprographics upon your approval. Business cards take approximately 3 weeks to arrive once ordered.

The department provides general letterhead and envelopes for all faculty, available from the front desk. Personalized digital letterhead can be requested from the Administrative Aide (Gordon.)

As defined by the University, “the title of Visiting Scholar may be granted to scholars who hold academic appointments elsewhere, to scholars who have no academic affiliation, or to younger scholars who are sufficiently proficient in their disciplines to be accepted as colleagues by the University’s faculty, but who have yet to obtain academic appointments.”

Faculty are regularly approached by those seeking to spend time at NYU. The Visiting Scholar program is intended for those who will work directly with faculty members on specific research. The program is not intended for graduate students to take classes for free or to gain access to the NYU libraries. NYU does not have a graduate student exchange program. Tisch requires that Visiting Scholars have a Master’s degree in hand along with proof of financial support and health insurance. Visiting Scholars are not provided with housing or office space at the University.  

Visiting Scholars can be sponsored by faculty members in the department after a series of approvals by the Chair, the Dean of Faculty, and the Assistant Provost. The application process is outlined on the Office of Faculty website. Visiting Scholars that require a visa must submit all application materials at least six (6) months prior to the start of their appointment. Visiting Scholars that do not require a visa must submit all application materials no less than three (3) weeks prior to the start of their appointment.

Once Visiting Scholars arrive on campus, the faculty sponsor will serve as the primary contact and resource within the University. Scholars will be issued an NYU ID card to obtain access to NYU libraries along with other limited resources at NYU. Visiting Scholars are encouraged to participate in the intellectual life of the department, including participating in colloquoia, giving a talk, or hosting a departmental event.

Any questions about the Visiting Scholar program or application process should be addressed to the Administrative Aide (Gordon.)

Faculty can sponsor one-time or short-term visitors to the NYU campus using the JRNY Visitor Management System. The request form requires your vistor's name and non-NYU email address along with the length of the visit and the building(s) to which you are requesting access. Once approved, visitors will need to show a government-issued photo ID to the Campus Safety officer for building access.

Faculty may also sponsor long-term recurring visitors using NYU’s affiliate management system, allowing recurring visitors to get an NYU ID card.

If you'd like to sponsor visitor access to Bobst Library, please also fill out their Pre-Registration Form at least two days before the visit. Walk-ins are not accepted at Bobst. Check the Library Access Guide for a complete list of services offered to visitors at Bobst.

Individuals will only be allowed to enter the buildings specified by their sponsor on the Access Request Form.

If the building or activity does not have a Campus Safety Officer, or the activity is not located in an NYU building, the sponsor’s department/school is responsible for coordinating and verifying access of their vendors and visitors.

While you do not need to meet your visitor(s) at the entrance/lobby, be sure that your visitor(s) know exactly where to go (building, address, floor, venue.) Be sure to provide your visitor with your name and contact information in case the campus safety officer has any questions.

Please note that all personal and classroom visitor access requests must be completed by individual faculty members as visitors are linked to the requestor in the systems. Staff members cannot make visitor access requests on behalf of faculty members.

Access for event participants will be requested by the Study Center. All non-NYU event attendees should RSVP to events in order to be granted access.

All of this information and more is available on NYU's Sponsoring Visitors page.

The department pantry has limited access and is meant only for faculty and staff. The Study Center will provide you with a key to the pantry.

Coffee, tea, and water are provided by the department. There is a microwave and a toaster. Supplies for the pantry are stored in the pantry and should not be removed; this is for the benefit of staff, especially during events, who need those items at hand.

We often use the fridge to store items for receptions & events, so if you put anything in there please keep in mind that it may get moved around. Please write your name & date on any food items you store in the fridge. We will purge the fridge at least every 2 weeks and will toss anything without a name or anything more than 10 days old. Also, please do not eat or drink anything that you did not put into the fridge yourself.

The following language is required for every syllabus at NYU:

HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCES
Your health and safety are a priority at NYU. If you experience any health or mental health issues during this course, we encourage you to utilize the support services of the 24/7 NYU Wellness Exchange 212-443-9999. Also, all students who may require an academic accommodation due to a qualified disability, physical or mental, please register with the Moses Center 212-998-4980. Please let your instructor know if you need help connecting to these resources. Students may also contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, or Department Chair.

TITLE IX
Tisch School of the Arts to dedicated to providing its students with a learning environment that is rigorous, respectful, supportive and nurturing so that they can engage in the free exchange of ideas and commit themselves fully to the study of their discipline. To that end Tisch is committed to enforcing University policies prohibiting all forms of sexual misconduct as well as discrimination on the basis of sex and gender.  Detailed information regarding these policies and the resources that are available to students through the Title IX office can be found by using the this link.

Faculty are encouraged to include the following language, as well:

TISCH POLICY ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
The core of the educational experience at the Tisch School of the Arts is the creation of original work by students for the critical review of faculty members. Any attempt to evade that essential transaction through plagiarism or cheating is educationally self-defeating and a grave violation of Tisch’s community standards. Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s original work as if it were your own; cheating is an attempt to deceive a faculty member into believing that your mastery of a subject or discipline is greater than it really is. Penalties for violations of Tisch’s Academic Integrity Policy may range from being required to redo an assignment to dismissal from the School. For more information on the policy--including academic integrity resources, investigation procedures, and penalties--please refer to the Policies and Procedures Handbook on the website of the Tisch Office of Student Affairs.

SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, RELATIONSHIP VIOLENCE, AND STALKING POLICY & REPORTING PROCEDURES
NYU seeks to maintain a safe learning, living, and working environment. To that end, sexual misconduct, including sexual or gender-based harassment, sexual assault, and sexual exploitation, are prohibited. Relationship violence, stalking, and retaliation against an individual for making a good faith report of sexual misconduct are also prohibited. These prohibited forms of conduct are emotionally and physically traumatic and a violation of one’s rights. They are unlawful, undermine the character and purpose of NYU, and will not be tolerated. A student or employee determined by NYU to have committed an act of prohibited conduct is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including separation from NYU. Students are encouraged to consult the online Sexual Misconduct, Relationship Violence, and Stalking Resource Guide for Students for detailed information about on-campus and community support services, resources, and reporting procedures. Students are also welcome to report any concerns to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, or Department Chair.

NON-DISCRIMINATION AND ANTI-HARRASSMENT POLICY & REPORTING PROCEDURES
NYU is committed to equal treatment and opportunity for its students and to maintaining an environment that is free of bias, prejudice, discrimination, and harassment. Prohibited discrimination includes adverse treatment of any student based on race, gender and/or gender identity or expression, color, religion, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or citizenship status, rather than on the basis of his/her individual merit. Prohibited harassment is unwelcome verbal or physical conduct based on race, gender and/or gender identity or expression, color, religion, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or citizenship status. Prohibited discrimination and harassment undermine the character and purpose of NYU and may violate the law. They will not be tolerated. NYU strongly encourages members of the University Community who have been victims of prohibited discrimination or prohibited harassment to report the conduct. Students may make such reports to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, or Department Chair, or directly to Marc Wais, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs. Students should refer to the University’s Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy and Complaint Procedures for detailed information about on-campus and community support services, resources, and reporting procedures.

NYU GUIDELINES FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAMILY EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS & PRIVACY ACT (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) was enacted to protect the privacy of students' education records, to establish the rights of students to inspect and review their education records, and to provide students with an opportunity to have inaccurate or misleading information in their education records corrected. In general, personally identifiable information from a student's education records, including grades, may not be shared without a student’s written consent. However, such consent is not needed for disclosure of such information between school officials with legitimate educational interests, which includes any University employee acting within the scope of their University employment. See here for full policy guidelines.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
New York University is located on the ancestral lands of the Lənape Haki-nk, of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, a proud and sovereign nation whose commitment to culture, community, and land stewardship persist in the face of ongoing settler colonialism. http://delawaretribe.org/

Faculty are able to access up-to-date class rosters at all times through the Faculty Center on Albert.

Under "My Courses," select the appropriate semester and click on "Class Roster." From there, you are able to see a list of students in your class - you can select to see a list with student photos or even a printer-friendly roster. If your course has multiple sections, you can see a complete list by selecting "Yes" from the dropdown "View Combined Section."

NYU Brightspace is a new learning management system (LMS) that replaces NYU Classes in Fall 2021. This LMS is a cloud learning platform that will enable NYU faculty to use web-based collaborative and assessment technologies to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Instructors can use this service to design full-featured online course environments for the participants of their class. Participants may access course materials, collaborate with others, engage with interactive assessments and assignments, and track their progress in a course gradebook.  

NYU Brightspace is accessible through NYU Home. For more information and tutorials, please visit the NYU IT website.

NYU IT has automatically transitioned NYU Classes courses from from 2019-forward to NYU Brightspace into reference sites for the corresponding term.

Questions of NYU Brightspace can be directed to the Operations Administrator (Anthony) or the Archive Aide (Molly.)

The front office student staff is available to photocopy, scan, and print material for full-time faculty, visiting faculty, adjunct faculty, and teaching assistants. This service is available only for materials related to courses currently being taught. Requests for materials outside of coursework will no longer be completed. Faculty are required to print, scan, and copy non-classroom materials themselves. (Please see “How do I make copies and/or scans?” in the “Technology & Online” section.)

Copying and scanning work requests for classroom materials can be made by filling out a request form, available in the lower right corner of the faculty and staff mailboxes, and leaving the form and associated materials in the mailbox marked “Work Requests.”

Printing requests can be made by sending documents with clear instructions (number of copies, course title, course meeting date) in the body of the email to tisch-cinemastudies@nyu.edu.

Work requests may take 3-4 business days to complete, so plan accordingly. Faculty are discouraged from submitting sensitive materials (exams, etc.) for copying as there is no way to guarantee that the work request will not be completed by a student in your course.

All questions should be addressed to the Administrative Aide (Gordon) and not directed to the student staff.

The department requests a minimum of 2 hours of office hours per week during the semester. Faculty set their own hours and are responsible for keeping them. Requests for Fall office hours are sent from the front office in mid-August, and office hours are posted for students by the first day of classes. Spring office hour information will be requested in January and posted by the first day of classes for that semester, as well.

These hours are expected to be open to students to drop in. Faculty may choose to offer a signup system for their office hours, as well. If faculty need to miss their office hours on any given week, please call the front desk to let us know.

In order to see materials available in the Film Study Center, please see the entry titled “How do I use the Film Study Center?” There is no per-class budget for screening materials. If something is too expensive to screen we will let you know.

There are two ways in which you can place your book orders and course pack orders through the NYU Bookstore.  Each option is detailed below.

1. The bookstore has begun using a new book ordering system that can be accessed through NYU Classes called Follett Discover.  If you choose to use this system, please view this tutorial.
   
   To access Follett Discover, log in to NYU Classes.  Click on “NYU Bookstore” in the left-hand navigation column to begin.  Please note that this system will allow you to check on the status of your book orders.
   
   
2. You may send an email to the Bookstore directly (wsq.txt@nyu.edu). If you choose to email the bookstore, please provide them with the following information for each text so that the correct book is ordered:
   • ISBN
   • Book title
   • Author
   • Publisher
   • Edition/Year

In order to ensure that your books arrive in time, please place your order as soon as possible after you receive the book order email.

Before the semester begins, instructors may want to visit the NYU Bookstore to make sure that their books are in stock. Books can be found in the rear part of the main floor of the NYU Bookstore.

Desk Copy Requests

Please note that you must have already submitted your book order to the NYU Book Store prior to the request of a desk copy. Most publishers won’t provide desk copies without proof of a full book order. Not all publishers grant requests for desk copies. Typically one can request desk copies directly from the individual publishing company’s website.

There are no formalized policies for grading and/or attendance in the department or Tisch.

According to NYU, “grades are due within 72 hours of your last class or final exam.” We do not enforce a specific final grade deadline for our classes, though we strongly encourage all faculty to communicate with students about when to expect final grades to be posted.

Midterm grades have a specific deadline that is communicated by the Registrar each semester.

Grades are entered in the Faculty Center of Albert. Under "My Courses" select the appropriate semester then click on "Grade Roster" (with a check mark icon above it) next to the course you are grading.

If you are planning to invite one or more guest speakers to your class, and would like to offer them an honorarium, please include the speakers’ names and the tentative dates of their visits when submitting your screening lists to the Archive staff (Ann.) Once the speakers’ visits have been confirmed, please send a list with the speakers’ name, email, pronouns, and date of their visit to the Study Center Coordinator (Ina). Most guests receive $150-$200 for their visit. The department does not offer accommodations or travel for classroom guests, only honoraria.

Through Fall 2022, course evaluations are completed online through Albert at the end of each semester. All Cinema Studies course evaluations ask the same questions about the course, instructor, and facilities.

There are seven basic questions included in every course evaluation at NYU and results from those seven questions are published for the NYU community. The results of the questions specific to Cinema Studies courses will not be published.

Faculty should budget 15-20 minutes during the last two weeks of classes to allow students to fill out the evaluations. Evaluations are only available during this window. Students are unable to complete the online evaluation at any point after the last day of classes.

Faculty guides for administering and viewing evaluations are available online.

In Spring 2023, NYU Course Evaluations will be renamed Course Feedback and will move from NYU Albert to a new platform called Explorance Blue.

NYU offers a wide range of academic support services to help students with research, writing, study skills, learning disability accommodation, and more. Here is a brief summary:

NYU Libraries
Main Site: library.nyu.edu; Ask A Librarian: library.nyu.edu/ask
70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012
Staff at NYU Libraries has prepared a guide (http://guides.nyu.edu/c.php?g=276579&p=1844806) covering services and resources of particular relevance to graduate students. These include research services and guides by topic area, subject specialists, library classes, individual consultations, data services, and more. There's also a range of study spaces, collaborative work spaces, and media rooms at Bobst, the library's main branch.

The Writing Center
nyu.mywconline.com
411 Lafayette, 4th Floor, 212-998-8860, writingcenter@nyu.edu
The Writing Center is open to all NYU students. There, students can meet with a faculty writing consultant or a senior peer tutor at any stage of the writing process, about any piece of writing (except exams). Appointments can be scheduled online. Students for whom English is a second language can get additional help with their writing through a monthly workshop series scheduled by the Writing Center (cas.nyu.edu/content/nyu-as/cas/ewp/writing-resources/rise-workshops.html)

The University Learning Center (ULC)
nyu.edu/ulc; Academic Resource Center (18 Washington Pl, 212-998-8085) or University Hall (110 East 14th St, 212-998-9047)

Peer Writing Support: All students may request peer support on their writing during drop-in tutoring hours for "Writing the Essay / General Writing" at the University Learning Center (ULC), which has two locations noted above. Students for whom English is a second language may wish to utilize drop-in tutoring geared towards international student writers (see schedule for "International Writing Workshop").

Academic Skills Workshops: The ULC's Lunchtime Learning Series: Academic Skills Workshops focus on building general skills to help students succeed at NYU. Skills covered can help with work in a variety of courses. Workshops are kept small and discuss topics include proofreading, close reading to develop a thesis, study strategies, and more. All Lunchtime Learning Series workshops are run by Peer Academic Coaches.

Moses Center for Students with Disabilities
nyu.edu/students/communities-and-groups/students-with-disabilities.html
726 Broadway, 3rd Floor, 212-998-4980, mosescsd@nyu.edu
All students who may require an academic accommodation due to a qualified disability, physical or mental, are encouraged to register with the Moses Center. The Moses Center’s mission is to facilitate equal access to programs and services for students with disabilities and to foster independent decision making skills necessary for personal and academic success. The Moses Center determines qualified disability status and assists students in obtaining appropriate accommodations and services. To obtain a reasonable accommodation, students must register with the Moses Center (visit the Moses Center website for instructions).

Faculty are in a unique position to detect early signs of student depression, anxiety, or distress. If you have any questions or concerns about a student’s well-being, please bring them to the Director of Undergraduate Studies, Director of Graduate Studies, or Department Chair.

To help remind students of the health and wellness resources that are available to them, NYU requires faculty to include a note about health and wellness resources on their syllabi. See the “Required Language on Syllabi” section above for full details.

Whether enrolled in an NYU-sponsored Student Health Insurance Plan or maintaining alternative coverage, all matriculated NYU students have access to comprehensive services at the Student Health Center (SHC). Through MindfulNYU, the University's meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative life initiative, students can also find yoga and meditation classes, mindfulness groups, and online audio and video resources.

NYU offers several counseling and wellness services to help students understand and effectively deal with personal issues they may be facing. Students can schedule individual counseling appointments by visiting 726 Broadway, Suite 471, or by calling 212-998-4780. In addition to short-term or walk-in counseling, students can contact the Wellness Exchange (212-443-9999). This two-page brochure summarizes the range of wellness and counseling services available at NYU. More details below.

Wellness Exchange

212-443-9999, wellness.exchange@nyu.edu   

The Wellness Exchange is a student’s key to accessing the University's extensive health and mental health resources designed to address your needs. Students can call a private hotline (212-443-9999), available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, which will put them in touch with a professional who can help them address day-to-day challenges as well as other health-related concerns. The hotline number is printed on the back of all NYU ID cards

Counseling & Wellness Services

726 Broadway, 4th Floor, 212-998-4780

Counseling and Wellness Services (CWS) offer students short-term individual counseling, group counseling, self-improvement classes, relaxation tools, psychiatric medication services, addiction recovery resources, and referrals to non-NYU clinicians within your insurance network. All services except psychiatric medication services are free of charge.

MindfulNYU

MindfulNYU is an award-winning meditation, mindfulness, and contemplative life initiative that promotes wisdom, compassion, and well-being on campus and beyond. In addition to curating resources that are available online, MindfulNYU hosts daily yoga classes, group meditation, large scale events and mindfulness workshops for students, faculty and staff.

Student Health Center

726 Broadway, 3rd & 4th Floors, 212-443-1000

NYU's Student Health Center (SHC) is a campus resource and service center for all matriculated students. It offers universal, hassle-free appointment-based and walk-in medical services at either no cost or very reduced cost to all NYU students, regardless of insurance coverage.

Faculty interested in teaching outside of the fall and spring semesters should be in touch with the chair. The Department Coordinator (Melanie) will send a call for potential summer courses at the beginning of each fall semester.

Faculty should lead students to the nearest stairwell and out of the building. All Cinema Studies classes meeting in 721 Broadway should meet in the sitting area outside of the apartment building on the Northeast corner of Waverly Place and Mercer Street to take attendance. Classes meeting in other buildings should have a pre-determined meeting place. Campus Safety officers will let you know when it is safe to re-enter the building.

If there is a student or guest unable to walk down the stairs, faculty should leave the student in the entry area inside of the stairwell and alert a Campus Safety Officer of the student’s or guest’s location so that they may assist in the evacuation. If a faculty member elects to stay with the student or guest, the faculty member should send a student to alert a Campus Safety Officer.

Updated fire safety guidelines are published each fall. Please contact the Program Administrator (Ken) or Study Center Coordinator (Ina) with any questions.

Faculty are asked to advise BA, MA, and PhD students each semester in the weeks before the registration period. The Administrative Aide (Gordon) initiates and oversees the mechanics of the advising process, helping to schedule advising appointments through NYU Calendar and providing advisors with files the day of their advising appointments.

Outside of the designated registration advising period, different staff members have different advising areas. In general, staff advising is divided as follows:

The Department Coordinator (Melanie) advises students on:

• BA registration
• CBA major declaration
• Cinema Studies undergraduate minors
• BA, MA & PhD Graduation

The Program Administrator (Ken) advises students on:

• MA registration
• PhD registration
• International student questions
• Financial aid questions
• Prospective student & application questions

The MIAP Program Manager (Niki) advises students on:

• MIAP registration
• MIAP graduation

Faculty research funds are administered by the Department’s Department Administrator. All questions should be addressed to the Administrative Assistant. Please also review the NYU Travel and Expense Policy.

NYU policy requires that all payments be made through the online payment system, iBuy NYU, whenever possible. Payments made to businesses such as SCMS and other membership organizations, payments to individuals, etc., must all be processed in iBuy. Employee reimbursements are a last resort for research spending.

TRAVEL
Travel is one of the few expenses that is almost always processed as a reimbursement.

There are very specific requirements for NYU travel reimbursements:

• Business purpose must be stated, and business obligation must be met.

• NYU business travel is by default considered to be to/from NYC. If your departure or return destination is not LGA, JFK, or EWR airports, a rationale must be provided.

  • If you book a multi-city trip that includes both business and non-business legs, you must also run (at the time of booking) a direct flight to/from NYC and the business destination that shows the cost of only the business travel. Print the flight costs to PDF and submit this document with your travel reimbursement at the end of your trip.

• All travel should be booked through Egencia. 

  • If you find a lower prices outside of this booking tool, you must also run (at the time of booking) an Egencia price comparison to include with your reimbursement.

• NYU travel policy will not cover the costs for extra non-business days on a trip, with very few exceptions: 

  • when travel is at a lower total cost if the traveler stays over a weekend or holiday, with department approval in advance 

  • and/or when traveling more than 8 time zones, travelers may arrive one day ahead of the event 

• International travel must be approved in advance by a Vice President or Dean.

  • Tisch has implemented a process for acquiring Dean’s approval. Please contact the Administrative Assistant (Liza) for help with this process.

• All boarding passes must be provided.

  • NYU requires boarding passes for each leg of a trip as proof of travel, even if you are not requesting reimbursement for airfare.

  • This is especially important for the outbound and inbound flights from NYC.

• ALL receipts must show proof of payment.

  • If airfare itinerary or other receipts do not list the credit card information, a credit card statement must be provided.

  • Any travel receipts paid with cash should have “CASH” written on the front of the receipt.

• Per diem is based on travel destination based on the following guidelines:

  • For travel within the 48 contiguous states

  • For travel to Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. Territories:

  • For international travel

• For detailed specifics on maximum allowances and other pertinent NYU requirements, please refer to the NYU Travel and Expense Policy.

• Proof of Attendance

  • For conferences, festivals, and other events, NYU requires proof that you physically attended – name badge, pertinent pages of event program, etc. These do not have to be originals.

EQUIPMENT
All equipment must be purchased through NYU’s authorized channels via the Department. Equipment purchases made with NYU money remain the sole property of NYU; this includes computers, iPads, cameras, TVs, and other electronics purchased using your faculty research.

• DO NOT purchase equipment independently and request reimbursement.

• Before equipment can be purchased to replace old or outdated models (i.e. a new office desktop, or a new home office laptop), the old equipment MUST be returned to the department.

  • NYU requires assessment of old equipment by Asset Management before new equipment can be purchased.

• Please plan well in advance for the start of each semester and allow reasonable turn-around time for staff.

MEALS

• Meals between two or more employees or faculty during which routine business issues are discussed are not reimbursable.

• There should be no more than four NYU hosts per external guest for business related meetings or events (excluding students).

• Meals should not exceed the following thresholds (per person), excluding tips and tax:

  • $35 for breakfast/lunch

  • $75 for dinner

  • When meals involve activities critical to Tisch’s strategic goals (e.g. faculty recruitment, hosting of visiting scholars/guest lecturers/VIPs), Tisch will support a spending level of 2 times the stated policy (i.e. up to $70/person for breakfast and lunch and up to $150/person for dinner, excluding tax and tips.) 

  • Requests for pre-approval for this increased threshold should be made through the Administrative Assistant (Liza)

• All meal reimbursements require a fully itemized receipt AND proof of payment (credit card charge slip or statement; if cash was paid, write “CASH” on front of receipt).

  • If the itemized receipt is lost, please note how much money, if any, was spent on alcohol.

• Detailed information about the content of the meeting must be provided, i.e. the true business purpose for the meal.

• All faculty should provide the following information when submitting meal receipts:

  • The names of ALL guests and their professional affiliation

  • The business purpose of the meal, with as much detail as possible (i.e. “to discuss collaboration on XX project” or “consultation on upcoming book on XX”)

Faculty may hire someone to provide professional services – including but not limited to research assistance, book editing/proofreading, film/video editing – but there are a few things to keep in mind:

• The Department must pay directly to the individual or company providing those services. You cannot be reimbursed for services provided by another person.

• You must provide plenty of lead time before engaging anyone for services, as there are many procedural steps to follow (see Hiring an Independent Contractor section below)

• The Department cannot pay an NYU student or an NYU employee (anyone on payroll – either part time or full time) for services. Tax regulations do not allow us to pay these individuals through Accounts Payable and there are very tight restrictions on additional compensation via payroll. Before hiring anyone you want to pay using your faculty research funds, please make sure they are not a current NYU student or recent employee.

• Invoices will be paid via iBuy NYU; payment will be via check or bank transfer from Accounts Payable.

  • It is helpful if you warn the individual that they might have to register in the iBuy system; they will receive a do-not-reply email from an nyu.edu email address inviting them to register in the supplier portal.

  • NYU has a standard 60-day payment term.

  • When in doubt about anything regarding payments to individuals or businesses, please put the vendor in touch with the Department.

Hiring an Independent Contractor
Any individual you engage using your research fund is considered an independent contractor by NYU and must complete the Independent Contractor Agreement (ICA). They must be registered in iBuy and a PO must be generated before any work begins. NYU has strict insurance requirements for all iBuy suppliers. Insurance waivers are possible (but not guaranteed) for those suppliers who do not have general liability coverage for themselves or their business.  

Please be sure that all of the following steps are taken before any work begins for your project. 

1. Before engaging anyone for services, get a price quote and ask them if they need an insurance waiver (you can send them this link to see what insurance NYU requires)

2. Put them in touch with the Department Administrator who can request an invitation to register in iBuy.

3. The Administrative Assistant will work with you and your supplier to fill out the ICA. The ICA document should NOT be signed by either you or the individual.

4. If a waiver is needed, The Administrative Assistant will request one. This takes a minimum of 15 business days. If no waiver is needed, the ICA agreement will be entered into Total Contract Management (TCM) in iBuy and a PO will be opened. 

5. If the waiver is granted, the Administrative Assistant will use the price quote provided by the supplier to open a PO.

6. If the waiver is rejected, the Administrative Assistant will inform both you and the supplier so you can either a) wait for them to get insurance or b) find a new supplier.

7. Only once this process is complete and a PO is open can any work begin.

Certain types of work are not eligible for insurance waivers. Below are the services the Dept is currently aware of that must be insured (list will be updated as we learn more): 

• Video encoding and editing services

Restricted Vendors

1. FedEx. NYU has an exclusive contract with UPS and will not reimburse charges incurred from any other shipping company. UPS shipments must be processed through the Department.

2. Amazon. Amazon is on NYU iBuy, and all purchases from them must be made within the iBuy system. Please see the Amazon purchasing section below.

3. Staples/Supplies stores. NYU requires that all supply purchases be made through iBuy—if you need supplies which are outside the spectrum of normal office supply inventory, please email a list of specific items. NYU will not reimburse expenses from any Staples location.

4. B&H. B&H Photo Video is on NYU iBuy, and all purchases from them must be made within the iBuy system.

5. Best Buy. Best Buy is on NYU iBuy, and all purchases from them must be made within the iBuy system.

6. NYU Computer Store & Bookstore. See below.

7. USPS. All postage and courier charges must go through the Department directly. For special shipments, we can provide a postal charge slip that you can take to NYU Mail Services.

8. Home office furnishing and equipment. Desks, chairs, bookcases, and so forth for your home office are considered non-permissible expenses and reimbursement will not be permitted.

NYU Stores
Tisch requires that all expenses from the NYU store(s)—Computer Store, Bookstore—be charged directly to the department.

• The Department cannot reimburse receipts from the NYU stores.

• Purchases can be made via iBuy or with a prepaid card ordered for your use. Please allow reasonable lead time for processing.

• This does not apply to large equipment purchases. Anything over $300 or any equipment purchases must be made through iBuy.

Prepaid NYU Store Card
The Department can order a prepaid card for you to use at the NYU Bookstore or Computer Store. Please contact the Administrative Assistant if you are interested. ALL RECEIPTS from purchases made with a prepaid card must be submitted to the Administrative Assistant in a timely manner as NYU audits these cards regularly.

Amazon Purchasing
Creating an Amazon Business account in iBuy is confusing, and can often lead to your personal account being merged with the iBuy account. In order to avoid these issues, the Department asks that you please make all Amazon purchasing requests via Amazon Wishlist.

Please create a new, separate Wishlist for this purpose that includes your LAST NAME in the title. Once created, share the Wishlist with the Administrative Assistant by inviting them to edit. You can add items to your wishlist as needed, but please email the administrative assistant when you are ready for a purchase to be made. All items on the Wishlist will be purchased. It is your responsibility to make sure any previously purchased items have been removed before you request the next purchase.

For more detailed instructions, please ask the Department Administrator to forward previously circulated information. Please note that many items are restricted on Amazon as NYU has preferred vendors for certain categories (supplies, furniture, etc).

All reimbursements must be submitted to Accounts Payable within 60 days of purchase or within 60 days of the end of travel. Any expenses reimbursed after the 60-day window will be considered taxable income and added to the payee’s W-2. It will also require special approval by the TSOA Associate Dean of Finance before being sent to AP. In order to abide by this rule, please submit receipts to the Department Administrator no more than 50 days after purchase or after the last day of travel.

All non-travel faculty research must be spent by the end of March (the exact date is circulated in early Spring), after which time funds can only be used for travel.

Many funding opportunities exist at NYU, and most are listed on the NYU Faculty Website, including:

• The Curricular Development Challenge Fund
• Fulbright Scholar Program Lecturing and Research Awards
• The NYU Office of Sponsored Programs
• The Global Research Initiatives
• The Goddard Junior Faculty Fellowships
• NYU Green Grants
• NYU Center for the Humanities
  • Grants-in-Aid
  • Faculty Research Fellowships
  • Research Collaboratives
  • Team-Teaching Stipends
• The NYU Innovation Venture Fund
• The University Research Challenge Fund
• Vladeck Fellowships

Additional funding opportunities within Tisch are administered through the Tisch Institute for Creative Research, including the Tisch Faculty Development Grants.

These lists are not exhaustive. As you hear about other funding opportunities you’d like to share with the faculty, please email information to the Administrative Aide (Gordon.)

All computer and technology questions and issues can be addressed to the Study Center at studycentervideo@gmail.com.

New Faculty are entitled to a basic computer and a black and white laserjet printer for word processing in their offices. Faculty can choose between a desktop computer in their office or a laptop computer for greater mobility. Current 2017 desktops computers have more hard drive space than laptops. There is a price limit on computer purchases. At this time, we are not supporting MacBooks with Touch panels, though the price may be lower in the future. A black and white laserjet printer is provided in office only and the ability to print to copy machine is provided for bulk printing.

Software available to all faculty includes: Symantec AntiVirus, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat Pro. Other Adobe products may be available if specified. Tisch also provides Office 365 for all staff, faculty and student’s personal computers. Find out more at: https://tisch.nyu.edu/cit/faq/gain-access-to-office365. Symantec AntiVirus is available thru NYU Home for your personal computers as well.

Replacement computers are purchased on a 4 year cycle. The budget available for upgrading computers will be determined each year based on current prices and hardware configurations. If additional funding is acquired from Tisch, computers may be replaced more frequently.

Additional computer items/needs can be purchased from Faculty Research funds.

Faculty have access to a copy machine with photocopying, scanning, and printing capabilities in room 655. No access code is required to use the machine.

Yes it is!

The school uses Pharos Secure Print for wireless printing. Follow the instructions below to print from your computer to the Faculty Work Room (Room 655) copy machine.

Downloading Pharos Secure Print

Every faculty member should have an onboarded computer, managed by Tisch IT (CIT), who automatically installs and updates Pharos Secure Print. However, if you want to print from your personal devices, or if you are an adjunct or teaching assistant, you must first install the software manually. Contact AskTischIT@nyu.edu if you need to download the installer. The following sections will walk you through basic functions of the Pharos Secure Print copy machines.

Registering and Printing from your Computer

1. After installation, you must register your computer so that it is connected to your NYU account through this Authentication Process.
2. Next, you can print a document by selecting Print, as you would on a locally attached printer. When the Print page opens, select “Pharos Secure Print” from the Printer dropdown (see image below). NOTE: If you don’t see this option, Pharos Secure Print may not be installed correctly, and you should contact AskTischIT@nyu.edu
3. Then, select “Print” and walk over to the printer/copy machine.
4. At the copy machine, tap your NYU ID on the fob on the right of the touchscreen, or tap the Passcode Login button to enter the 6-digit passcode you were given upon authorization.
5. When entering your passcode, tap the yellow LOGIN button to log in.
6. If you have a print job ready, you will see a screen that indicates how many documents will print. The print job will automatically print after 5 SECONDS. If you realize you are printing the wrong document, or are printing multiple copies, select the yellow Cancel button to review your documents. NOTE: I highly recommend that you review the print job. The more paper you use, the less is available for everyone else, and the more trees that are brutally murdered and dismembered to support your print habit.
   

Accessing Copier and Scanner Functions

1. After you swipe your card, you only have 5 SECONDS to press the yellow Cancel button in the bottom middle of the screen.
2. Once you do that, you'll need to tap the "More Device Functions" button on the right side of the screen.
3. Then you should be presented with the normal Copier, Scanner, Printer screen. Select Copier to make copies or Scanner to use the flatbed or feeder scanner. 
4. If you need assistance, a student worker in the Front Desk or Film Study Center should be able to help you.

There is a fax machine in Room 655 with operating instructions posted on the wall near the machine. If you have any problems or questions, please come to the front desk for assistance. If you request a fax be sent to you in the department, it is your responsibility to retrieve it. Student workers will put it in your mailbox, if possible, but the department cannot be responsible for lost facsimiles. The fax number is 212-995-4061.

The Department of Cinema Studies website includes general information about the department, primarily geared towards prospective students:

• Admissions information
• General degree program information (including current and recent course listings)
• Faculty biographies
• Administrations & Staff listings
• Events
• Student works gallery
• News/Announcements
• Departmental research (PhD profiles, Ongoing initiatives, departmental resources)

If you would like to update your bio page or any other information on the website, please email the Administrative Aide (Gordon.)

The Department of Cinema Studies manages accounts across social media:

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NYUCinemaStudies
• Twitter: @CinemaStudies
• Instagram: @nyucinemastudies

The Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program manages separate social media accounts:

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NYUMIAP
• Twitter: @NYUMIAP
• Instagram: @nyumiap

When publicizing on your own social media, please tag the department’s accounts. The department will do its best to retweet those events and announcements.

Events can be publicized on the department’s website by contacting the Events Coordinator (Ina.)  

Achievements and announcements should be shared via this form. Achievements and announcements will be shared in Departmental Meetings and through departmental digest announcements. Select achievements will also be featured on the department’s website and shared more widely at Tisch. Questions about achievements and announcements can be directed to the Administrative Aide (Gordon.)

NYU guest wifi is available for all guests of NYU faculty, students, and staff. If you have a guest who needs wifi access, call the IT Service Desk (212-998-3333.) You can request a username and password for the NYU guest wifi network using your NYU Net ID. Guest wifi passwords expire each Sunday, so requests for access must be made at the beginning of each week.

ServiceLink is the underlying tool for most NYU service centers across diverse functional areas (e.g., Information Technology, Human Resources, Benefits, Registrar, Bursar, Financial Aid, etc.). NYU employees within these service centers use emails delivered through the ServiceLink system to confirm receipt of requests that come in (via email, phone, or physical visit), to update a requester on the status of that person's query, and to declare a request resolved. Some issues to look out for:

• Emails sent through the ServiceLink system can be poorly formatted and confusing to read. The key thing is to note the ServiceLink reference number associated with your request, as you may be asked for it if the request escalates to a higher level, or if you move your query from one communication channel (e.g., email) to another (e.g., phone or office visit).
• Sometimes the message you receive from the office you contacted is buried half way down a ServiceLink email, beneath substantial auto-generated text that is neither useful nor particularly relevant to your request.
• On occasion, the employee attempting to answer your service query believes it to be resolved when it is not. That person can then unilaterally close your request. At that point, you should email or call the relevant service center to explain what happened, and mention the ServiceLink reference number associated with your original request.
  
  

The IT Service Desk (AskIT@nyu.edu, 212-998-3333), open 24x7, is the first point of contact for all requests and problems relating to technology services provided at NYU. NYU community members in New York can contact the IT Service Desk in a number of ways:

• For help by telephone, call 1-212-998-3333 to speak with IT Service Desk staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (NYU community members in New York can simply call 8-3333 from on-campus phones.)
• For help online, search the ServiceLink knowledge base, or submit your question (including as many details as possible) using the contact form or by sending email to AskIT@nyu.edu. A representative will respond to the email address you supply within one business day.
• For in-person help in New York, visit the IT Service Desk at 10 Astor Place, 4th floor, from Monday through Friday, 9am to 6pm ET.
  
  

PeopleLink (askpeoplelink@nyu.edu, 212-992-5465) is available for all HR, benefits, and payroll inquiries. It is related to PeopleSync, which gives employees one simple way to access their HR, payroll, and stipend information. PeopleSync serves as one system of record for all faculty, employee, organizational, and payroll data across NYU. Use PeopleSync to:

• View your job, personal, and contact information
• Manage your direct deposit
• View your payslips
• Make your retirement benefit elections
  

FinanceLink (AskFinanceLink@nyu.edu, 212-998-1111) is for budget and finance related inquiries and requests.

Once the department submits a new faculty appointment to Tisch Human Resources, the new faculty member will be contacted by that office to make appointments for submitting official IDs and legal paperwork for the appointment. Once those initial steps have been taken, the appointment is submitted to central NYU for onboarding. This process assigns the new faculty member a University ID (or “N-number”) and NYU-Net ID. The new faculty member will be contacted by Tisch HR when onboarding is complete and given their N-number and Net ID.  Onboarding occurs within 2 weeks of the department’s submission of the new appointment, providing the new hire has completed all required paperwork with HR. Fall appointments can expect to be successfully onboarded in the second week of August, spring appointments in the first week of January, and summer appointment in the first week of May or June, depending on the summer session. This is also the time when the department can assign faculty members to their specific class(es) on the Albert system so that they may begin to utilize NYU Classes.

• Email: Once the Net ID is granted the new faculty visits NYU Home to open their NYU Email account
• ID Card: Once the “N” Number is obtained and HR has confirmed that all legal hiring documentation is completed, submitted and accepted by the University, the new faculty member must go to the ID Center at 7 Washington Place to receive an ID card.
• Library Access: New faculty can enter the library with the ID Card.  Lending privileges begin only at the start of the semester of employment. For adjunct faculty, lending privileges end promptly at the end of the semester of employment.

The Tisch Leadership consists of:

• Dean of Tisch School of the Arts – Rubén Polendo (tsoa.dean@nyu.edu)

• Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives – Sheril Antonio (contact Patti Pearson at patti.pearson@nyu.edu)

• Senior Associate Dean of External Affairs – Andrew Uriarte (andrew.uriarte@nyu.edu)

• Co-Associate Dean of Faculty – Fred Carl (fc11@nyu.edu)

• Co-Associate Dean of Faculty – Karen Shimikawa (kshimikawa@nyu.edu)

• Associate Dean of the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television – Michael Burke (michael.burke@nyu.edu)

• Associate Dean of Emerging Media – Dan O’Sullivan (dan.osullivan@nyu.edu)

• Associate Dean of the Institute of Performing Arts – Vacant
  
  
• Associate Dean of the Center for Research & Study - André Lepecki (atl1@nyu.edu)
  

• Associate Dean of Student Affairs – Anita Gupta (anita.gupta@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Associate Dean of Operations & Administrative Services – Kaiko Hayes (kaiko.hayes@nyu.edu)

• Assistant Dean of Facilities Administration - Leighton Mitchell (leighton.mitchell@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Assistant Dean of Global Strategic Initiatives - Patti Pearson (patti.pearson@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Assistant Dean of Community Engagement - Christina Salgado (cls501@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Assistant Dean of Finance - Chad Wheeless (chad.wheeless@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Assistant Dean of Student Affairs - Devon Pryor (dsp289@nyu.edu)
  

• Chief of Staff – Joan Maniego (joan.maniego@nyu.edu)

• Executive Director of Special Programs – Annie Stanton (annie.stanton@nyu.edu)

• Director of Tisch Creative Research – Dana Whitco (dana.whitco@nyu.edu)
  
  
• Senior Director of Communications, Digital Strategy & IT - Jeremy Schug (jeremy.schug@nyu.edu)
  

Tisch is divided into three Institutes – the Institute of Performing Arts, the Emerging Media Institute, and the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television (of which we are a part.) While much of Tisch is housed in 721 Broadway, the school has space throughout the East Village and Downtown Brooklyn.

INSTITUTE OF EMERGING MEDIA
Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music - 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn
ITP (Interactive Telecommunications Program) / IMA (Interactive Media Arts) - 370 Jay Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn
NYU Game Center - 370 Jay Street, 6th Floor, Brooklyn
Photography & Imaging - 721 Broadway, 8th Floor

INSTITUTE OF PERFORMING ARTS
Art & Public Policy - 719 Broadway, 12th Floor
Dance - 111 Second Avenue, 3rd Floor
Design for Stage & Film - 721 Broadway, 3rd Floor
Drama - 721 Broadway, 3rd Floor
Graduate Acting - 721 Broadway, 5th Floor
Graduate Musical Theatre Writing - 715 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Open Arts & Collaborative Arts - 721 Broadway, 4th Floor
Performance Studies - 721 Broadway, 6th Floor

KANBAR INSTITUTE OF FILM & TELEVISION
Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies - 721 Broadway, 6th Floor / 665 Broadway, 6th Floor
Graduate Film - 721 Broadway, 10th Floor
Rita & Burton Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing - 721 Broadway, 7th Floor
Undergraduate Film & Television - 721 Broadway, 9th Floor

Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center - Industry City, Building 8, Brooklyn

The Administrative Director (Ken) serves as the department’s representative with Human Resources.

Paychecks are generally issued via direct deposit to a banking institution of the faculty member’s choosing when first hired. In rare cases, checks are mailed or available for pick up. Full time faculty or those with special appointments are paid on the first of each month. Checks are issued bi-monthly for adjuncts on the first and fifteen of each month. If there is a problem with a paycheck, please contact the Program Administrator.

Tisch Human Resources can be contacted directly at 212-998-1905.

Housing questions can be addressed to the Director of the Office of Faculty, Carrie Meconis.