iSchool Up North: Professors Present at LOEX Annual Conference

The Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) hosted its annual conference on May 9-11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Two iSchool professors, Dr. Melissa Gross and Dr. Don Latham, presented “A Framework for the Frames: Using the Peritextual Literacy Framework to Teach the ACRL Frames” at this year’s event. The presentation focused on teaching an audience that was brand new to …

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Dr. Yolanda Rankin to Present in Glasgow

Dr. Yolanda A. Rankin, an Assistant Professor for the School of Information, will be presenting her paper “Exploring the Plurality of Black Women’s Gameplay Experiences” at the 2019 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the premier international conference of Human-Computer Interaction, May 4th – 9th in Glasgow, UK. Few gender-focused studies of video …

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Barton-Hulsey and Romano Presented at National Conference

At the beginning of April, two Assistant Professors in the School of Communication Science and Disorders presented their research at the 52nd Annual Gatlinburg Conference on Research and Theory in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in San Antonio, Texas. This is known as “one of the premier conferences in the United States for behavioral scientists conducting research …

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Comm Doctoral Student Presents Research at ECA Annual Convention

  Earlier this month, Communication doctoral candidate Chris Garcia traveled to Providence, Rhode Island, where he presented research at the Eastern Communication Association’s Annual Convention. His paper, “Exploring Global Warming Doubt: The Influence of ‘Official Sources’ on U.S. Climate Change News,” examined over 100 front-page New York Times articles concerning climate change published between 2009 …

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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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iSchool Professors Travel to Cambodia for Information Science & Technology Conference

Kathy and Gary Burnett at a Conference

School of Information Professors Kathleen Burnett and Gary Burnett had the opportunity to travel to Cambodia to attend the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference. The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) hosted the Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on January 3-4, 2019 at the University of Cambodia located in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. The 2019 Theme was  “Effective …

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iSchool Professor to Present at Interactive Technology Conference in Scotland

Yubo Kou Headshot

Florida State University School of Information Assistant Professor Yubo Kou has published two research papers that will be presented at the ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Glasgow, Scotland on May 4-9, 2019. The conference is designed to facilitate discussion about the latest in interactive technology, allowing people from different disciplines, cultures, …

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