Meet Heath Woodlief: Tennis Channel Producer and FSU Alumnus

Meet Heath Woodleif, Senior Producer at the Tennis Channel. The Basics Name: Heath Woodlief Degree: B.S. in Media Production Hometown: Cedar Falls, IA Current City: Los Angeles, CA Job: Senior Producer of the Tennis Channel Meet Heath: Who do you admire and why? My father, he’s always been an inspiration and taught me the value of hard work and perseverance. What …

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FSU researcher finds users influenced by cues when online ordering

Dr. Jinghui (Jove) Hou, assistant professor in the School of Communication, published new research examining cues and food consumption. Hou joined Florida State University faculty last summer. Her research focuses on social and psychological effects of communication technologies effects. Her most recent research study, Can Interface Cues Nudge Modeling of Food Consumption? Experiments on a Food-Ordering Website examined …

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Dr. Yolanda A. Rankin to Join College of Communication & Information Fall 2017

The Florida State University School of Information is pleased to announce that Dr. Yolanda A. Rankin will join our faculty as an assistant professor in Fall 2017. Dr. Rankin was formerly an assistant professor in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at Spelman College. Her research interests include designing, developing and evaluating video games …

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Master’s Student Awarded Kino Lorber EDU/Video Round Table Annual Scholarship

iSchool Master’s student, David Rodriguez was recently awarded the Kino Lorber EDU/Video Round Table Annual Scholarship to assist with his studies. He splits his time between Tallahassee, where he’s entering his second year in the Master’s of Information program and Miami where he co-directs for the Miami Music Club. Rodriguez spent 8 years working in film after receiving his …

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Chapa Authors Hispanic Marketing: The Power of the New Latino Consumer

Associate Professor & Director of The Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, Sindy Chapa, recently co-wrote marketing textbook, Hispanic Marketing: The Power of the New Latino Consumer. Chapa wrote the text book with the founder of the Hispanic Marketing program, Felipe Korzenny. This text is now in its third edition and is intended to provide marketers an insight on the necessary techniques to …

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Meet Ronnie Myers, Engineer at Microsoft and FSU Alumni

Meet Ronnie Myers, Florida State Alumni The Basics Name: Ronnie Myers (Hyun) Degree: Information Technology & Psychology Hometown: N/A (Military Kid) Current City: Dallas, TX Job: Support Engineer, Microsoft Meet Ronnie Who do you admire and why? Albert Einstein, because he is the epitome of genius and hard work. What Jeopardy category could you clear, no problem? “Name that car!” Favorite …

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Summer Roadtrip to ATL Yields Career Advice for CCI Students

FSU Students Travel to Atlanta to Network with Major Companies Earlier this month, FSU students Elicia Smith, Andrew Whitely, Hannah Young, Josh Goraum, Stephen Putnal and Kelsey McCool were Atlanta bound with associate dean Ebe Randeree to network with the Information Technology and Communication companies: The Home Depot, General Motors, Dalton Agency, State Farm, Atlanta Tech Village and MailChimp, to …

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