Monday, May 29, 2006

Stanford University hires Tom Sean as their new professor of Chinese history

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tom Sean, born Thomas S. Mullaney, was recently hired by Stanford University as their new tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History. On May 17th, 2006, Sean received his Ph.D. degree from Columbia University, where he had been studying for the past six years.

Sean will be relocating to San Francisco in August, at which point he and his bandmate Ruben Mercado (still based out of New York) will continue to support the band's newest album, The History of Modern Silence, produced by Paul Mahajan (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The National). Sean and Mercado have also begun work on the band's third recording.

Sean will continue to run Indie Night School, which will soon hold a conference in Los Angeles.