College of Communication and Information PhD student Teodora Trifonova and Journalism and Electronic Media Assistant Professor Joy Jenkins were awarded the highly competitive Collaborative Scholars Grant by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. They will be studying the experiences of Eastern European foreign correspondents reporting on the war in Ukraine. Trifonova, who…
The Research and Innovation Center (RIC) supports College of Communication and Information (CCI) scholarship by offering services to aid researchers throughout the research process, with a particular focus on helping compete for and win grants. This year, the center introduced the Summer CCI Research and Innovation Projects Support (SCRIPS) program. This competitive program provides CCI…
When Deborah Woolley (â70) first saw the Land Grant Films work started by Nick Geidner, School of Journalism & Electronic Media associate professor, she knew it was something special. âHe really taught me a lot about what it takes to do a documentary. I was so impressed not just by what he was doing, but…
75 Sparkling Years: The Diamond Jubilee This article was written by students as part of the next issue of SCOOP Magazine, an annual publication created through the guidance of faculty members. Introduction by Christian Knox Symposium interviews by Christian Knox, Andrew Peters, Chloe Sutton, Natalie Welch, and Riley Woody As the rate of evolution within…
As dean of the College of Communication and Information, Joe Mazer deals with a lot of numbers: the approximately 5,000 students majoring or minoring in CCI programs or meeting a general education requirement, five bachelorâs programs, two masterâs programs, a PhD program, more than 100 faculty and staff, and of course a litany of budgets.…
Creating inclusive design has risen to the forefront of conversation in advertising and other fields, and the timing couldnât be better for Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations masterâs alumnus Josh Loebner (â99). Loebner recently landed a role he calls a dream job: global head of inclusive design for international marketing communications agency Wunderman…
Melanie Faizer, senior lecturer for the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, said teaching is not her first career but it is the one that suits her the most. So it is fitting that, after a decade of lecturing for JEM, she was recently given the Alumni Outstanding Teacher Award by the University of Tennessee…
âThe need for systemic transformation in higher education requires a change in mindset from the traditional approach to teaching and learning, to an inclusive and universally accessible one. How do we get there?â asked Kevin Mallary (â22), who recently earned his PhD from the College of Communication and Information by successfully defending a dissertation that…
Vandana Singh has been appointed as the College of Communication and Informationâs (CCI) first director of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Singh will serve in this role for a limited duration appointment, beginning July 1. She will continue to serve as a faculty member in the School of Information Sciences. This new position aligns with goal…
School of Journalism and Electronic Media associate professor and director of Land Grant Films Nick Geidner won two national Telly Awards for social videos he produced during the pandemic. âIâm really excited about these awards, because we were really limited in what we were able to safely produce during the work-at-home period of the pandemic,â Geidner…