October 2023 - News Articles

Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Regina Marchi’s book “Day of the Dead in the U.S.A” explores “the manifold and unexpected transformations that occur when the tradition is embraced by the mainstream.”

xRU SURE Reminds Students: “Don’t Get Too Ducked Up!”

The National Communication Association has awarded SC&I Assistant Professor of Communication Dajung (DJ) Woo for her paper that explores communication between emergency physicians and nurses.

ASIS&T attendees will focus on translating information research into practice, policy, and action.

SC&I faculty member Nikolaos Linardopoulos, who manages the course, will accept the 2023 Program of Excellence Award on behalf of SC&I/Department of Communication during the NCA’s annual convention in November. Linardopoulos said the primary goal of the course is “to equip students with the necessary skills to be effective public communicators in a variety of settings and contexts with a particular emphasis on mediated/virtual presentations.”

Riegner, who is majoring in Journalism and Media Studies, is also playing on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team and interning at NBC Sports where she is working with NBC Sports reporter and SC&I alumna Kathryn Tappen JMS’03. “The best and most unique part about my job is that it shows me firsthand what I hope to be doing moving forward, and it allows me to see the industry front and center. While I always thought this was what I wanted to do for my career, now I know for sure,” Riegner said.

The NCA’s Family Communication Division awarded Scharp and her colleagues a top paper award and the Interpersonal Communication Division awarded her a distinguished article award in 2023. In addition, two of her doctoral advisees have also been named recipients of Top Student Paper awards.

By SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies, Melissa Aronczyk, and Maria I. Espinoza, the book critically examines public relations as a social and political force that shapes both our understanding of the environmental crises we now face and our responses to them.

For the third time in the conference’s long-standing history, the Rutgers School of Communication and Information will host the Organizational Communication Mini-Conference. It will be held from Friday, October 6 to Sunday, October 8, 2023 on the College Avenue campus in New Brunswick. 

The Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) Conference will be held in Philadelphia from October 12-15, 2023. The conference is hosted by the Media, Inequality, and Change (MIC) Center, a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information (SC&I); the conference theme is “Left Undone.”

Professor of Communication Jennifer Theiss has received the award from the National Communication Association for her research that “has made a significant contribution to the field of family communication.”