COMM Professor Adams and Researcher Ngampornchai assist Thai University in ICT program development

School of Communication associate professor, Dr. Jonathan Adams, and research associate, Dr. Anchalee Ngampornchai, travelled to the Ubon Ratchathani University’s (URU) campus, in Mukdahan, Thailand, on January 18 through February 3.  Adams and Ngampornchai, who is originally from Thailand, are helping the Thai university’s efforts to plan a new Information Communication and Technology (ICT) major. …

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COMM professors and grad student co-write article published in academic journal

A research article, co-written by School of Communication professors, Dr. Jonathan Adams and Dr. Juliann Cortes, and graduate student, Sue Lee, was published by the academic journal, Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education (CITE).  Titled, “The Acceptability of Online Degrees: Principals and Hiring Practices in Secondary Schools”, their work discusses how principals perceive teaching certifications earned …

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Korzenny quoted in Fox News Latino about increasing mobile use among Hispanics

Dr. Felipe Korzenny, director of the FSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication, was interviewed by Fox News Latino about the reasons behind the increasing mobile technology use among U.S. Hispanics.  He also mentions how research conducted here at Florida State University supports findings that minorities including “Hispanics, Asians, and Blacks all use cell phones about twice …

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CCI Assoc. Dean Barbara Robinson moves to FSU-PC campus

After almost 10 years working with the Florida State University (FSU) College of Communication and Information, Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Barbara Robinson, will be starting a new job as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the FSU Panama City campus. Read the full story here: newsherald.com/news/fsu-pc-preparing-for-first-freshmen-1.74825  

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Urban teaching week-long DHWI intensive on web publishing course

Dr. Richard Urban of the School of Library & Information Studies will be teach a week-long intensive course, “Publishing and Using Linked Open Data,” as part of the Digital Humanities Winter Institute, Jan. 7–11. The institute is hosted by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. In addition to Dr. Urban’s course, its 2013 …

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Faculty and alumni elected to ALISE board of directors

Two members of the FSU-SLIS family were recently elected to the board of directors of the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). FSU-SLIS associate professor Don Latham, who earned his doctorate at FSU-SLIS, will serve as director for special interest groups and FSU-SLIS doctoral program alumna Laurie Bonnici, now an assistant professor at …

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