Since graduating in 2006, Florida State University School of Communication alum James Walter Doyle has been dedicated to educating students in low-income areas. Immediately after college, Doyle joined Teach For America, an organization committed to providing all of the nation’s children with a quality education. He relocated to Harlem, N.Y., and served as a middle …
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COMM Professor McDowell contributes to recent book on cyberspace and international relations
Florida State University College of Communication & Information Associate Dean Steve McDowell and co-authors Zoheb Nensey and Philip Steinberg have written a chapter in the recently published “Cyberspace and International Relations: Theory, Prospects and Challenges,” edited by Jan-Frederik Kremer and Benedikt Müller (Springer, 2014). This compilation addresses the “cyberization” of international relations – and the …
CONTINUE READINGCCI recognizes eight new Ph.D.s
Florida State University’s College of Communication & Information (CCI) would like to recognize the eight Ph.D. students who have successfully completed and defended their dissertations during the fall semester of 2013. There are four graduating doctoral students from the School of Communication (COMM) — Dr. Ahmad Alkhalaf, Dr. Wanda Fenimore, Dr. Sophie Janicke and Dr. …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM doctoral student elected 2014 president of the National Association of Grad Professional Students
Neleen Leslie is a doctoral student in Florida State University (FSU)’s School of Communication, where she specializes in Multicultural Marketing Communications research. Neleen was recently elected to serve as President of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students (NAGPS) starting January of 2014. She became involved with NAGPS through the Congress of Graduate Students (COGS), which she joined in 2011. …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM student producing video shorts for V89
Florida State University School of Communication student Anne Marie Lindemann has gotten a jumpstart on a career producing digital stories for media outlets by creating video shorts for the University’s student-run college radio station WVFS-89.7FM (V89). Lindemann, who is double majoring in media production and political science, was inspired by a project she worked on …
CONTINUE READINGFSU Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication students and professors present at FIU Conference
Students and faculty from the Florida State University (FSU) Center for Hispanic Marketing Communication (HMC) attended and presented research at the “Hispanic Communication Conference: Bridging Culture and Behavior”. This event was hosted by Florida International University (FIU)’s School of Journalism & Mass Communication on Nov. 7-8 in Miami, Fla. The conference began with a special welcome …
CONTINUE READINGCOMM professor quoted in USAToday.com article about journalism trends
Dr. Patrick Merle, an assistant professor at Florida State University’s School of Communication, was recently quoted in the article, “23 Corgis want you to click this headline,” published on USAToday.com. The article talks about the catchy headline style of media outlets such as Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and Upworthy, and if it is changing the way …
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