The College of Communication & Information recently established the Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professorship and Fannie Lou Hamer Scholarship. Through the generosity of a donor, the $150,000 professorship will go towards providing additional support for the research or teaching of a chosen professor who studies Rhetorical Theory and Criticism with particular research emphasis on the Black Freedom Movement. An additional $5,000 will go …
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News about the faculty at the CCI School of Communication
Davis Houck Named Fannie Lou Hamer Endowed Professor
School of Communication Names Cortese as Associate Director
Juliann Cortese, associate professor in the School of Communication, starts her work as associate director on August 8th. Cortese has been a part of Florida State University since 2005. She has taught and researched in Health Informatics, eHealth, Media Effects, Media Use, Hypermedia Learning and Internet Use. “The school is lucky to have Dr. Cortese as their associate …
CONTINUE READINGHouck’s Emmett Till Memory App Awarded Heritage Award for Education
School of Communication Professor Davis Houck is a lifelong civil rights activist and scholar. Last year, Houck created the Emmett Till Memory App with a team and doctoral student Pablo Correa. The idea came to fruition in August 2014 between Houck and two good friends and colleagues: Dave Tell from the University of Kansas and …
CONTINUE READING20 Questions with Summer Harlow
20 Questions with Summer Harlow What was your first job? In high school I worked at Chick-Fil-A, which is ironic now since I don’t eat meat, but my first “real” job was as a city government reporter at The Kansas City Star. If you were to write a personal memoir, what would you name …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Jay Rayburn Balances Being A Professor, Director of Communications Research Center, and Contractor
Dr. Jay Rayburn, Associate Professor in CCI’s School of Communication and Director of the Communications Research Center, also works consistently on contract work for various agencies and organizations. Recently, Rayburn landed a new contract with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a result of their relationship cultivated over the past 30 years. “I used …
CONTINUE READINGStudent Matthew Hebron Conducts Research Under College of Communication & Information
For college freshmen, it can be difficult to pinpoint specific research interests, career goals and future plans. However, freshman Matthew Hebron has done just that. Conducting research with the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) under FSU’s College of Communication & Information and Dr. Steve McDowell, he has found a topic that he’s passionate about and …
CONTINUE READINGDr. Russell Clayton Wins AAA Research Fellowship Competition for Anti-Tobacco Commercial Research
The School of Communication’s Dr. Russell Clayton was recently recognized and awarded by the American Academy of Advertising (AAA) as the winner of their research fellowship competition. As part of the award, AAA will be funding a research study that will be conducted in the Cognition and Emotion Lab this summer and during the upcoming …
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