Raney to chair featured research symposium at BEA

Dr. Arthur A. Raney, Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies in the School of Communication, and Dr. Mary Beth Oliver, Distinguished Professor and Co-Director of Media Effects Research Laboratory in the College of Communications at Penn State University, will chair the Research Symposium at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) annual convention in Las Vegas in …

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Recent Faculty Publications

Check out our recent Publications   Connecting to Collections in Florida: Current Conditions and Critical Needs in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Corinne Jörgensen, Paul F. Marty, and Kathy Braun The Library Quarterly October 2012, Vol. 82, No. 4: 453-476.   Valeda Dent Goodman, Qualitative Research and the Modern Library Qualitative Research and the Modern Library …

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SLIS appoints interim director

Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) Dean Larry Dennis announced Tuesday that Dr. Kathleen Burnett will serve as the interim director of the School of Library & Information Studies (SLIS). Dr. Burnett,  a professor at SLIS has served in many roles within the School during her time at FSU.  She was associate …

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Opel, four MP students attend 2012 Full Frame Festival

Dr. Andy Opel, associate professor of Communication and the director of the Media Production Program, and four Media Production majors took part in the Full Frame Fellows Program at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham, N.C., April 12-15. Thanks to the generous support of the Bickel Scholarship, Cat Sullivan (’12), Pierce Kafka (’12), …

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Adams to participate in Veterans' Entrepreneurship panel

Dr. Jonathan Adams, Associate Professor at the School of Communication, has been invited to participate in the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) on the Venture Pitches panel. The Venture Pitches and judging will be held at the Residence Inn on Gaines St. on April 17, 2012 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm. The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans …

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Scott honored with Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award

Dr. Lisa Scott, director of clinical education in the School of Communication Science & Disorders, has won an FSU Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. “Dr. Scott is a great teacher, both in and out of the classroom, and this award is richly deserved,” said Dr. Kenn Apel, school director. She was awarded an FSU Excellence …

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AP story quoting CCI’s Jeanette Castillo on social media’s role in Trayvon Martin case published around the globe

Dr. Jeanette Castillo, an assistant professor of digital media in the School of Communication, was quoted in an Associated Press story about social media’s role in publicizing the Trayvon Martin shooting. The AP story has been picked up worldwide. A Google search of “Trayvon Martin” and “Jeanette Castillo” yields 25 pages of results, almost all …

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