The College of Communication and Information is bringing research into the real world by making appearances at multiple conferences. School of Information students and faculty attended the ALISE conference in February, and School of Communication students and faculty recently received acceptances into the ICA conference in May. February 6 – 9, 2018, students and faculty …
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Students & Faculty Shine at Conferences
Elizabeth Uchimura, Founder of Barbershop Ladies of Tallahassee and Future Music Librarian
Elizabeth Uchimura is a first year graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Information at Florida State. As a student of Music in her undergraduate years, she began working as a cataloger at FSU’s Music Library. Her love for this work lead her to combining her passions and pursuing a career in music librarianship. …
CONTINUE READINGiSchool PhD grads awarded Frances Henne Research Grant
Amelia Anderson, a Postdoctoral Scholar in FSU’s School of Information, and Abigail Phillips, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences at Utah State University, both earned their Ph.D. in Information Studies from FSU’s School of Information. In February, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) awarded the 2018 Frances …
CONTINUE READINGRecent Comm School Grad Employed at Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce
The Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce welcomed recent School of Communication grad, Courtney Calhoun, as their Marketing and Communications Coordinator in January. Courtney graduated with a Bachelor’s in Media/Communication Studies in the Summer of 2017, and after interning with the Panama City Beach Chamber of Commerce during the Summer of 2016, Courtney was offered …
CONTINUE READINGComm Disorders Professor, Hugh Catts, Joins Harvard, MIT on $30M ‘Reach Every Reader’ Project
School of Communication Science and Disorders Director and Professor, Hugh Catts, Ph.D., joins Yaacov Petscher at the Florida Center for Reading Research to partner with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Integrated Learning Initiative on a five-year, $30 million Reach Every Reader project. Through individualized assessment and interventions, the …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Alums Giving Voice to the Speechless
Isabel Lawton and Alisha Russell are both 2013 Master’s graduates of the FSU School of Communication Science and Disorders. Together, they have co-created a program called BRAV (Brooks Rehab Alternative Voices) that works to bring speech-activating equipment to patients who are unable to speak. It all began when the two of them realized that very …
CONTINUE READINGComm School Professor Offers Expertise on Project Honoring Civil Rights Icon
School of Communication Professor, Davis W. Houck, Ph.D., is playing a key role in the making of a new documentary and curriculum about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Read about this project from Florida State University News: http://news.fsu.edu/news/2018/02/22/fsu-professor-offers-expertise-project-honoring-civil-rights-icon/
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