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Who Chose SO YOU'VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED?

Who Chose So You've Been Publicly Shamed? The Members of the 2015-2016 Freshman Common Reading Selection Committee

It happens every year: two dozen opinionated and lively CSUN readers volunteer their time to nominate titles, debate opinions, and eventually decide what book will become the Freshman Common Reading for the following academic year.

Care to join next year's committee? Any CSUN student, (recent) alum, staff, or faculty member can volunteer to help us choose. Contact Cheryl Spector on campus at x3932 or via email at cheryl.spector@csun.edu. CSUN freshmen have offered crucial advice in recent years. New freshmen often join during their first CSUN semester.  The Committee typically meets twice: once in October to choose a short list of four to six finalists from the list of nominated titles; and a second time in early January to select from the short list the winning title for the upcoming academic year.

These members of the CSUN community chose So You've Been Publicly Shamed as the 2016-2017 Freshman Common Reading. Starred committee members are CSUN undergraduate students:

Selection Committee members listed alphabetically by last name.
Karen AbramowitzLindsay Hansen
Moshoula Capous-Desyllas*Nicol Jensen
* Noor ChaudhryJamie Johnson
* Nicole DicksonTina Kotin-Savitch
* Lauren De MuroDebra Malmberg
Kimberly EmbletonDebbi Mercado
Susanna Eng-ZiskinMarlene Pearson
* Alejandro FloresIsabelle Ramos
* Breanne FosterRonit Sarig
Sharron Kollmeyer GerfenHeidi Schumacher
Catherine GivertzCheryl Spector
Kate Gurewitz* Yvonne Zimmerman