Part-time faculty member Zack Langway, who teaches the Service, Advocacy, and Impact course for SC&I’s Master of Communication and Media program, teaches and inspires his students to “do good in our world” as communication professionals.

In a new study, Associate Professor Jack Bratich coins the word “necropopulism” to explain that the “Pro-Freedom” demonstrators protesting COVID-19 lockdowns and masking are “indifferent to whether the people live or die (as long as abstract ideals like freedom are preserved).”

Tom Mattia RC ’70 and his wife, Marti Mattia, are a dynamic duo who are longtime SC&I supporters. A Jersey boy from Newark, Tom was the first in his family to attend college, an opportunity made possible thanks to his father’s union job. He put his Rutgers education to excellent use throughout his impressive career, exemplifying the university’s tagline: “Jersey Roots, Global Reach.”

SC&I alumna Vanessa Kitzie MLIS '11, Ph.D. '16, has researched the information practices of LGBTQIA+ populations, particularly the kinds of health questions community members have and the ways they navigate around information barriers to find answers. Read more in an article by the University of South Carolina where KItzie is an assistant professor.

Research by Professor Marie Radford and SC&I Ph.D. students Laura Costello and Kaitlin Montague examines the ways academic libraries provided critical virtual reference services and support during the pandemic, adapting quickly to the fully online environment.