Television writer/producer to visit SU’s Newhouse School Feb. 12

Thursday, January 31, 2008, By News Staff

Television writer/producer to visit SU’s Newhouse School Feb. 12January 31, 2008Wendy S. Loughlinwsloughl@syr.edu

Television writer and producer Alison Taylor will visit Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications on Tuesday, Feb. 12, as part of the school’s Leaders in Communications speaker series. She will join Richard Dubin, professor of practice in television, radio and film, for the seventh annual Conversation on Race and Television at 7:30 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available in SU pay lots.

Taylor’s television credits include “Married with Children,” “Roc,” “Sister/Sister” and “Lizzie McGuire.” She is the screenwriter of the hit Disney Channel movie “The Cheetah Girls,” the co-writer of “The Cheetah Girls Two: When in Spain,” and creator and executive producer of the current Nickelodeon Television series “Just Jordan.” She is a graduate of Harvard College.

For more information, contact Nancy Sharp at (315) 443-9235 or nwsharp@syr.edu.