Chelsea Eagle: iSchool Alumna and Senior Manager of Communications at Walt Disney World

On March 25, 2019, iSchool Alumna Chelsea Eagle (’13 B.S. Information, Communication, and Technology) started a new position as a senior manager of communications at Walt Disney World. Here, Eagle leads a team that partners with stakeholders to “develop and implement communication that both supports the company’s business objectives and engages internal and external audiences,” …

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Doctoral Candidate Presenting at IEEE SoutheastCon 2019

Florida State School of Information doctoral candidate, Asif Shaikh, will be presenting his paper, “Informal IT and Routine Activity Theory – A Theoretical Review,” at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference (IEEE SoutheastCon 2019). The conference, which will be held Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14, 2019, …

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Arpan and Ray Publish Research Showing How Sharing Stories of Adversity May Enhance Student Wellness

Two members of Florida State University’s School of Communication, Elizabeth Ray and Laura Arpan, were recently published, alongside co-authors Karen Oehme (Director of the Institue for Family Violence at FSU), Ann Perko (Director of Special Projects at the Institute for Family Violence Studies at FSU), and James Clark (Dean of the College of Social Work at FSU), in Innovative Higher Education. Their paper, Testing Restorative Narratives …

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Meet Daniel Phelps: iSchool Alumnus and Program Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Information Systems Program in Qatar

In 2007, Daniel Phelps (’97 B.A. Arts and Sciences, ’98, M.S. Information Studies, ’05 Ph.D. Information) moved to Doha, Qatar as part of a two-year contract with SEI/CERT, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center administered by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). While he was there, CMU developed the Information Systems Program at the Qatar campus, which …

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iSchool Goes International: Professor Paul Marty Presents in Qatar

While most of us were soaking up some sun and avoiding work this past spring break, iSchool Professor and Assistant Dean Paul Marty (’02, Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was traveling to Northwestern University’s Qatar campus on the Persian Gulf, where he was invited to speak at the inaugural symposium for the new Media Majlis Museum in …

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The Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award: Honoring Local Legacy

Famed columnist for the Tallahassee Democrat, Gerald Ensley, passed away February 16, 2018. On the one year anniversary of his death, Ensley’s wife Sally Karioth, daughter Amanda Karioth Thompson, and son-in-law Sam Thompson launched the Gerald Ensley Emerging Journalist Award. Ensley attended Florida State University for two years before dropping out to work for seven …

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