Dr. Davis Houck of the College of Communication & Information was recently invited as one of three national experts in rhetorical studies to participate in the National Communication Association (NCA)’s doctoral honors conference. One of the discipline’s most visible conferences, the NCA Doctoral Honors Seminar brings together promising doctoral students and faculty members to discuss current …
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News about the faculty of all schools comprising the the FSU College of Communication & Information
Dr. Davis Houck Invited to National Communication Association’s Doctoral Honors Seminar
FSU Speech and Hearing Clinic First in North Florida to Activate Cochlear Implant
28-year-old Eric Allbritton is a father, a husband, a graduate architect and a cochlear implant patient. His parents believe that a bad fever that he experienced as a toddler caused him to have increased hearing loss throughout his life. He doesn’t remember hearing birds as a child, but this wasn’t strange to him because he didn’t realize what …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Steve McDowell Selected for 2016 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Dr. Steve McDowell, professor in the School of Communication, Associate Dean and advisor for students in the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP), has been awarded the 2016 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The award acknowledges and honors faculty members who have significantly contributed to the enhancement and quality of education at Florida State University through their direction …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Paul Marty and Class Capture 360-Degree Video from Sky with #LaunchTheTorch
Dr. Paul Marty and 25 honors students in IFS 2097: Emerging Technologies released a weather balloon that launched a 3D-printed copy of the FSU torches, as well as GoPro cameras, into the stratosphere to capture a 360-degree video of the FSU torches floating 20 miles high above the earth. Launching a camera on a weather …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool’s Dr. Marcia Mardis Authors 6th Edition of “The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts and Practices”
The iSchool’s Dr. Marcia Mardis recently published the sixth edition of the book, The Collection Program in Schools: Concepts and Practices. Mardis is the third author of the book, preceded by Dr. Phyllis Van Orden and FSU alum Dr. Kay Bishop. This also follows the publication of Mardis’s previous book, The Collection’s at the Core, which was published in …
CONTINUE READINGHouck’s Emmett Till Research Featured in “The Argus”
The research of Davis Houck on Emmett Till was recently featured in The Argus, the oldest continuous black-owned business in St. Louis, Missouri. The Argus covered the kidnap, murder and trial of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955. However, all of the copies of The Argus that were published in September and October of 1955 were missing on microfilm. The …
CONTINUE READINGTwo CCI Women Named by Tallahassee Democrat as “2016’s 25 Women You Need to Know”
Two women of CCI were recently named on the Tallahassee Democrat’s list of 25 Women You Need to Know in 2016. These women give their time professionally and through philanthropic and volunteer work with grace and selflessness. Meredith DaSilva graduated with her B.S. in Public Relations from FSU in 1996. She has worked at VISIT …
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