Richard Morris, professor in the School of Communication Science and Disorders, has recently received a Critical Thinking Initiatives grant as a part of Florida State University’s Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). QEP is centered around teaching critical thinking skills to undergraduate students. Morris received a Discipline Focused Project grant to provide time and funding to develop a …
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News about the faculty of all schools comprising the the FSU College of Communication & Information
Richard Morris awarded Critical Thinking Initiatives Grant
Florida State Recognizes 2 CCI Professors
April 27th marked the annual Faculty Awards Dinner. During the dinner, a wide variety of awards are given to professors. Two CCI professors, Marcia Mardis and Kaitlin Lansford, were awarded at this dinner. The Developing Scholar Award was awarded to Marcia Mardis and recognizes mid-career associate professors who have been singled out by their peers. The award …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Patrick Merle
20 Questions with Patrick Merle What was your first job? I freelanced for an economic magazine in Paris and for Runner’s World website. My first full-time job was to be a reporter in the international unit of a French network. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? Maybe “Le …
CONTINUE READINGMardis named Chair of AASL Editorial Board
Marcia Mardis, associate professor in the School of Communication, has been named the Chair of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) editorial board. While on the board, she will help build on a strong history of publications that seek to transform teaching and learning through school library programs. Highly respected in the field of …
CONTINUE READINGMerle pens article on Le Pen Family Feud
Patrick Merle, assistant professor in the School of Communication, wrote an article for the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on the Le Pen family, currently in the news for a familial dispute. With family politics merging with public politics, Merle wrote a succinct review of the family’s feud. The article was published on …
CONTINUE READINGJennifer Proffitt elected as United Faculty of Florida Statewide President
On March 31st, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt, Associate Professor in Communication, was declared the victor in a statewide election to determine the next President of the United Faculty of Florida (UFF) for a two-year term beginning on August 15th, 2015. Dr. Proffitt became a member of the UFF-FSU chapter shortly after she began working at Florida …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson
20 Questions with Erin Ingvalson What was your first job? That I got paid for? I worked as a photographer’s assistant in the 8th grade. I got fired. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name it? “Don’t Give Up” Where did you grow up? Prosser, Washington. It’s in the middle …
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