Chelsea Eagle: iSchool Alumna and Senior Manager of Communications at Walt Disney World

On March 25, 2019, iSchool Alumna Chelsea Eagle (’13 B.S. Information, Communication, and Technology) started a new position as a senior manager of communications at Walt Disney World. Here, Eagle leads a team that partners with stakeholders to “develop and implement communication that both supports the company’s business objectives and engages internal and external audiences,” …

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Doctoral Candidate Presenting at IEEE SoutheastCon 2019

Florida State School of Information doctoral candidate, Asif Shaikh, will be presenting his paper, “Informal IT and Routine Activity Theory – A Theoretical Review,” at The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference (IEEE SoutheastCon 2019). The conference, which will be held Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 14, 2019, …

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Comm Professor Malia Bruker Wins Documentary Award at Tallahassee Film Festival

Digital Media Production Professor Malia Bruker‘s documentary ‘Alluvium‘ has been awarded the Audience Favorite for Best Documentary at the Tallahassee Film Festival. This documentary was also chosen as an official selection for the 2018 Athen’s International Film & Video Festival. The synopsis ‘Alluvium’ can be found on Bruker’s website. “The rolling hills and ancient villages …

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Arpan and Ray Publish Research Showing How Sharing Stories of Adversity May Enhance Student Wellness

Two members of Florida State University’s School of Communication, Elizabeth Ray and Laura Arpan, were recently published, alongside co-authors Karen Oehme (Director of the Institue for Family Violence at FSU), Ann Perko (Director of Special Projects at the Institute for Family Violence Studies at FSU), and James Clark (Dean of the College of Social Work at FSU), in Innovative Higher Education. Their paper, Testing Restorative Narratives …

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Meet Daniel Phelps: iSchool Alumnus and Program Director of Carnegie Mellon’s Information Systems Program in Qatar

In 2007, Daniel Phelps (’97 B.A. Arts and Sciences, ’98, M.S. Information Studies, ’05 Ph.D. Information) moved to Doha, Qatar as part of a two-year contract with SEI/CERT, a Federally Funded Research and Development Center administered by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). While he was there, CMU developed the Information Systems Program at the Qatar campus, which …

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