Meet Laura Barrett, a doctoral student and teaching assistant in the School of Information. 1. Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut which is about an hour outside of New York City. I did a lot of my actual growing up in Denver, where I lived for 10 years. …
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iSchool Doc Students Present at AMCIS Conference
Two doctoral students from the FSU School of Information (iSchool) presented papers at the 2019 AMCIS conference in Cancún, Mexico. In its 25th year, America’s Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) is an event of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), and took place August 15 to 17 with the theme “New Frontiers in Digital Convergence.” …
CONTINUE READINGCCI and Access Tallahassee Collaborate for Tally Job Hop: Tech Edition
The Tally Job Hop is a one-day tour for students to visit some of North Florida’s top businesses who are looking for interns and employees from local universities. At each stop, students learn about a company’s corporate culture, what type of projects they are working on, and most importantly, what types of internships and jobs …
CONTINUE READINGSCSD Collaboration Receives $25,000 in Funding
Each semester, the Office of Proposal Development hosts events called Collaborative Collisions. These events encourage researchers from all FSU Colleges, Departments, and Centers to come together and discuss potential collaborations around specific topics. In the past, topics have included “Smart Cities,” “Environment,” and “Mental Health and Well-Being.” “The goal of Collaborative Collision events is to …
CONTINUE READINGFSU iSchool Attends ALISE 2019 Conference
FSU School of Information faculty, students, and alumni are attending the ALISE 2019 Conference September 24 to 26 in Knoxville, Tennessee. ALISE, the Association for Library and Information Science Education, is an international leader for innovative and high-quality research, teaching, and service for educators and scholars in library and information science and cognate disciplines. A …
CONTINUE READINGDiving into Detective Fiction: Professor Speaks at Agatha Christie Conference
Earlier this month, iSchool Professor and Associate Dean Michelle Kazmer spent two days at the Agatha Christie: Investigating the Queen of Crime conference at Solent University in Southampton, UK. Agatha Christie (1890-1976), was an English author known for her famous murder mystery novels. Recently, Christie’s work has become legitimized as a major influence of twentieth …
CONTINUE READINGFacebook: Friend or Foe? Comm Faculty Publish Research
Professors and graduate students in CCI’s School of Communication recently published a paper researching the positive effects of Facebook. The paper, titled Self-transcendent emotions and social media: Exploring the content and consumers of inspirational Facebook posts, consisted of two different studies. “Results from the quantitative content analysis in Study 1 show that inspirational Facebook posts …
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