Alumna Maria Venetis Ph.D. ’10 has returned to SC&I this fall as an Associate Professor of Communication. Her research explores resilience-promoting communication within romantic relationships, supportive communication patterns in managing cancer, and provider-patient interactions.

A new paper by Assistant Professor Caitlin Petre explores the impact of metrics on the media industry and journalistic practice, and how journalists attempt to reconcile their professional commitments with the news industry’s commercial imperatives.

The SC&I faculty on the list have offered to speak to reporters about the election on a diverse range of issues including American politics, the opioid crisis, the youth vote, leadership, and politics and media.

Assistant Professor Megan Threats, a new member of the Library and Information Science faculty, leverages informatics to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities in sexual and gender minority communities of color.

Assistant Professor of Communication Yonaira Rivera tells SC&I about her research exploring ways social media can be used to improve community health, her community-based participatory research, and her plans for teaching this fall.

Media outlets, political leaders should set public expectations early for a shift in vote counts

While Black and Brown Americans are at a higher risk of becoming infected with COVID-19 and dying from it, minority populations are less likely to choose to be vaccinated due to hesitancy, lack of confidence, and medical mistrust, according to SC&I Assistant Professor Charles Senteio.