CCI Visiting Faculty Member Maurice Johnson to Present at 2022 AERA Conference

CCI visiting faculty member Maurice Johnson will be presenting his research at the upcoming American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, which will be held April 21-26 in San Diego, California. Johnson will be joined by Dr. Vanessa Ochoa, Ph.D (East Los Angeles College) and Dr. Asif Wilson, Ph.D. (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign). The title …

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Communication Faculty and Students will Present at the ICA Conference

This article was written by Kaitlyn Connell, a junior public relations student and School of Communication Director’s Ambassador.   This year, the International Communication Association (ICA) will hold its 72nd annual conference in Paris, France between May 26-30. Scholars can choose to participate either remotely or in-person due to COVID-19. Several faculty and students from …

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CCI Researchers Study the Rhetoric of Civil Rights Advocate Bob Moses

CCI Faculty member Dr. Davis Houck, Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Communication, Erika LeFlouria, studying Media/Communication Studies and working as Deputy Sports Editor of the FSView, and Dean Delp, a recent alumnus with degrees in Media/Communication Studies and Film, have come together to study the rhetoric employed by civil rights advocate Bob Moses. Their work …

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Communication Student Selected for Doctoral Honors Seminar

School of Communication doctoral candidate Christopher Garcia was 1 of 30 students selected to discuss his research virtually at the National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar from July 14-16. Garcia discussed his dissertation work which investigated how Red Bull sponsors the creation of scientific discourse that supports the credibility of the company’s athletic sponsorships. …

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Assistant Professor Selected for McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship

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School of Communication Assistant Professor Arienne Ferchaud, Ph.D., was awarded a McKnight Junior Faculty Development Fellowship for the 2021 – 2022 academic year. The Florida Education Fund (FEF) has selected over 230 historically underrepresented minorities and women for Faculty Development Fellowships since the program was created in 1984. In an effort to support faculty diversity, …

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