The Florida State University School of Information is pleased to announce that Dr. Yolanda A. Rankin will join our faculty as an assistant professor in Fall 2017. Dr. Rankin was formerly an assistant professor in the Department of Computer & Information Sciences at Spelman College. Her research interests include designing, developing and evaluating video games …
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News about the research activities of the FSU College of Communication & Information
Dr. Yolanda A. Rankin to Join College of Communication & Information Fall 2017
State Farm Donates $5K to Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication in Honor of Felipe Korzenny
On the steps of Westcott, State Farm presented a check for $5,000 to the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication at Florida State University. The donation is the first from a community partner to support the Felipe Korzenny Endowment campaign, which launched in June 2017. Dr. Korzenny is a pioneer in Hispanic market research and the …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Professor Leonard “Chick” LaPointe Awarded University Teaching Award
The College of Communication and Information professor Dr. Leonard LaPointe was recently awarded the University Teaching Award, a prestigious honor from Florida State University recognizing faculty excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching. The award is student-oriented, requiring students and alumni to nominate recipients. Affectionately known as “Chick”, LaPointe is the Frances Eppes Distinguished Professor of …
CONTINUE READINGJennifer Proffitt Awarded 2017 NEA Excellence in the Academy’s Democracy in Higher Education Prize
College of Communication and Information researcher and professor, Dr. Jennifer Proffitt recently received the 2017 National Education Association’s Excellence in the Academy’s Democracy in Higher Education Prize for co-authoring the article, “Preventing Violence or Promulgating Fear? ALEC, the NRA, and Guns on Campus.” Dr. Proffitt and UNF’s John Wesley White authored the article which appears …
CONTINUE READINGCCI Study Reveals Hispanic Females Least Happy with Body Image
A study conducted at the Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (the Center) at Florida State University concluded that Hispanic females are more dissatisfied with their bodies than any other ethnicity. Dr. Sindy Chapa, director of the Center, Dr. Felicia F. Jordan Jackson, Dr. Jaejin Lee and Dr. Kimberly A. Davis conducted the study to discover …
CONTINUE READINGStudents Honored at Celebration of Graduate Student Excellence
Students from the College of Communication & Information are being recognized by the Graduate School at Florida State University for their work in teaching, research and scholarship. The honorees will be celebrated at a ceremony on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the FSU Alumni Center. The School of Information will be honored as a Program …
CONTINUE READINGLustria Named Associate Editor of JASIST Journal
School of Information professor Mia Lustria has been named associate editor for the Advanced Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) section of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), effective January 2017. JASIST is one of the leading journals in the information field. Lustria, an interdisciplinary researcher with focus on …
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