School of Information Assistant Professor Yolanda Rankin, Ph.D., was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship for the 2020 – 2021 academic year. The award is given by the Florida Education Fund (FEF) that has awarded over 230 Junior Faculty Fellowships to historically underrepresented minorities and women since its founding in 1984. In an effort …
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Mainstream media stories about CCI faculty, staff, students and programs, usually published as a result of a CCI press release.
Assistant Professor Receives McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship
Communication Alumna Lands Tenure Track Position at American University
On August 1, 2020, Margot Susca, who received her Ph.D. in Communication in 2012, will start a tenure track position at the American University’s School of Communication. She will focus her research on journalism and society, media ethics, and the impacts of corporate media ownership on democracy. “My path to this tenure track job wasn’t …
CONTINUE READINGPatrick Merle Assumes Director Role at School of Communication
Associate Professor Patrick Merle, Ph.D., has assumed the role of Director of the School of Communication beginning July 1, 2020. Jennifer Proffitt, Ph.D. had previously served as Director since January 2018. “It has been an honor to serve as the Director of the School of Communication,” Proffitt said. “It is an important but challenging role, …
CONTINUE READINGStudent-Alumni Collaboration Earns National CASE Award
The ongoing pandemic may have cut on-campus activities short for the Spring 2020 semester, but the Florida State University Office of University Communications was still able to wow the judges of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Their news show, Nole Talk News, won the team a national bronze CASE award in …
CONTINUE READINGMarcia Mardis Recognized by Provost
Recently, iSchool professor Dr. Marcia A. Mardis, was recognized by Provost Sally McRorie for receiving a Fulbright Core Award from the Council of International Exchange of Scholars (CIES). FSU makes it a priority to reward faculty who receive the highest levels of recognition in academia. Following Top American Research Universities (TARU), a system set up …
CONTINUE READINGKaitlin Lansford Published in JSLHR
Kaitlin Lansford (pictured left), Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD), recently published research in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR). The paper is titled, “When Additional Training Isn’t Enough: Further Evidence That Unpredictable Speech Inhibits Adaptation,” and aims to address gaps in clinical …
CONTINUE READINGDigitization Specialist Part of NSF Study on Bat Species Linked to COVID-19
Deborah Paul, FSU College of Communication and Information digitization specialist, is on a team of researchers who received a $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to compile data on bat species linked to the COVID-19 crisis. “Via this grant, it’s exciting to be able to contribute to the information SARS-CoV-2 virus researchers need about …
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