iSchool Professors Receive ALISE Best Conference Paper Award

Florida State University School of Information (iSchool) Professors Drs. Melissa Gross and Don Latham received the 2021 Best Conference Paper Award from the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). Their paper titled “Is There a Social Worker in your Library?” explores the benefits and drawbacks of having social workers on-site at public libraries …

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Doctoral Student Awarded Scholarship from Communication Disorders Interest Network

School of Communication Sciences and Disorders (SCSD) doctoral student Sara Collins was awarded the Student and Early Career Professional (SECP) Scholarship sponsored by the Communication Disorders Interest Network. The scholarship will be used to support her attendance at the 145th Annual Meeting of the American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) where she will …

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Assistant Professor Presents Arabic Letter Knowledge Research at EXAL Conference

Florida State University School of Communication Science and Disorders Assistant Professor Sana Tibi presented work during the Experimental Arab Linguistics (EXAL) international conference in early April. Her presentation featured research on the features that contribute to Arabic letter knowledge. This presentation is a result of work in progress that follows from an earlier publication on …

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SCSD Professor Acquires Grant to Develop Dyslexia Screening System

School of Communication Science and Disorders (SCSD) Professor Hugh Catts and College of Social Work Associate Professor Yaacov Petscher received a subcontract grant award from the University of California San Francisco to further develop and test a dyslexia screener. The grant will allow Drs. Catts and Petscher to test a digital dyslexia screening and assessment …

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Associate Professor Receives NSF Trusted CI Fellowship for Cybersecurity

Dr. Shuyuan Ho, an associate professor in the School of Information, is one of six scientists nationwide that have been awarded the 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Trusted CI Fellowship. This program seeks to empower researchers with up-to-date and advanced cybersecurity knowledge so that they can serve as liaisons to their respective communities. Dr. Ho will keep …

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Study on Black Women in Computing Receives Best Paper Award

iSchool Assistant Professor Dr. Yolanda Rankin received the Best Paper Award in the Computer Science Education Research track for the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium for Computer Science Education (2021 SIGCSE) and presented her findings at the symposium on March 18th. Her co-authored paper, titled “Real Talk: Saturated Sites of Violence in CS Education,” investigates the …

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