After graduation, most students are faced with the prospect of leaving their hometowns to pursue the career they just spent years working toward. This often means moving to a new state and leaving behind the comforts of home. For Rosandra Stephenson (B.S. 15’ Media and Communication Studies), this also meant leaving behind the comforts of …
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Stephenson Shines in South Korea
Dr. Ho Heads to HCI Conference
Dr. Shuyuan Ho of FSU’s School of Information is headed to the happiest place on Earth for the 21st International Human-Computer Interaction Conference. The conference “addresses challenging and innovative topics in Human-Computer Interaction theory, methodology and practice, including, for example, novel theoretical approaches to interaction, novel user interface concepts and technologies, novel interaction devices, UI …
CONTINUE READINGDoctoral Student Chosen to Attend NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar
Abigail Reed, a doctoral student in the School of Communication, is headed to Tampa on July 21-24 to attend the National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar. Reed is 1 of 30 students selected to attend this prestigious weekend. These selections are based on submitted papers and recommendations from academic advisors. Reed’s submitted paper was a …
CONTINUE READINGAlumna on the Move: Lenese Colson Accepts New Position at Valdosta State University
Meet iSchool alumna Lenese Colson (’08 MLIS, ‘16 Ph.D. Information). She currently works in Jacksonville as a Freelance Course Developer and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for the American Association of School Librarians Class II Project. For Colson, libraries were always a big part of her life. “My family moved a lot because my father was in …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Professors’ and Students’ Work Accepted to NCA
This year, 24 professors and students from FSU’s College of Communication and Information had papers and presentations accepted to the National Communication Association’s 105th Annual Convention. The NCA is a not-for-profit membership-based society focused on “advancing Communication as the discipline that studies all forms, modes, media, and consequences of communication through humanistic, social scientific, and …
CONTINUE READINGPh.D. Graduate and Comm Faculty Published
Kailash Koushik, a recent Ph.D. graduate in the School of Communication, and co-author Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, have been published in the International Journal of Media & Cultural Politics. Their article, “Global capital, global labour and global dominance: The case of xXx: Return of Xander Cage” analyzes the movie xXx: Return of Xander Cage. The movie …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool Professors Receive Funding for Research
Dr. Don Latham and Dr. Melissa Gross, both professors in the School of Information, recently received $164,599 in funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for their project “Community College Librarian and Student Perceptions of Student Information Literacy Needs.” The project aims to “investigate community college librarians’ and community college students’ perceptions of …
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