Alumna & Professor Publish Book on Serving Vulnerable Students in University Libraries

Julia Skinner (’15, Ph.D. Information Studies) and FSU School of Information (iSchool) Professor Melissa Gross have collaborated to publish a book titled, Underserved Patrons in University Libraries: Assisting Students Facing Trauma, Abuse and Discrimination. The book serves as a collection of stories from contributors who have experiences with underserved patrons on college campuses, especially those …

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CCI Faculty Partner with the College of Social Work

Faculty members from FSU’s School of Information (iSchool) and School of Communication Science and Disorder (SCSD) have partnered with the College of Social Work (CSW) to examine information and communication technology (ICT) use among rural child welfare workers. Christopher Constantino, assistant professor in SCSD, and iSchool professors Melissa Gross and Don Latham, collaborated Karen Randolph, …

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Marcia Mardis Appointed Director of FSU Information Institute

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Dr. Marcia A. Mardis, Professor in FSU School of Information and Associate Dean for Research at the College of Communication and Information, will also serve as Director of the Information Institute, effective immediately. “Dr. Mardis has played a central role at the Information Institute since her arrival at FSU, leading projects in rural broadband expansion, …

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iSchool Associate Professor Edits a Journal Issue

Dr. Zhe He, an Associate Professor at the FSU School of Information (iSchool), edited a special issue of the BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making titled, “Selected articles from the Fourth International Workshop on Semantics-Powered Data Mining and Analytics (SEPDA 2019).” The SEPDA Workshop was established as a “key venue of disseminating research on health …

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