The School of Communication and Information Attends ASIS&T 2020
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Rutgers iSchool faculty and students are participating in a variety of activities at ASIS&T.
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Ph.D Program News
The School of Communication and Information Welcomes Ph.D. Applications for Fall 2021
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The School of Communication & Information invites applications for our Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Communication, Information, and Media. The application deadline for the fall 2021 term is January 5, 2021, with late applications to be considered at a May 1, 2021 deadline. Students requesting financial aid must apply by January 5, 2021.
Ph.D. Student Luxuan Wang Awarded NCA’s Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award
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Selecting Wang as the recipient of this prestigious award, The National Communication Association wrote, “Given the current political and racial tensions in our country, the selection committee found this paper timely and useful as it has heuristic value for the role that social media platforms play in the political arena among racial backgrounds.”
Expressing Negative Emotions May Benefit Gynecological Cancer Patients, According to New SC&I Research
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SC&I Ph.D. student Allyson Bontempo and her co-authors conducted research showing it’s vital for gynecologic cancer patients to feel free to talk about their negative emotions if they want to. Bontempo said, “If they can’t, or even perceive that they can’t, they are going to be bottling up all of their feelings, which isn’t healthy.
After 35 Years at SC&I and a World-Renowned Career, Nicholas Belkin Transitions to Distinguished Professor Emeritus
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Nicholas Belkin, an internationally known scholar of human-centered information retrieval, is transitioning to distinguished professor emeritus at Rutgers, and will continue his cutting-edge work at Microsoft Research in Redmond, Washington.
Qun Wang ‘20 Awarded for her Doctoral Dissertation by the AEJMC and ICA
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The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has named Wang the recipient of the Nafziger-White-Salwen Dissertation Award, and the International Communication Association Journalism Studies Division has awarded her an honorable mention for her dissertation in the 2020 Outstanding Dissertation in Journalism Studies Award.
ASIS&T Names Alumna Diane Sonnenwald the 2020 Recipient of its Highest Honor
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) has named Diane Sonnenwald, Ph.D.'93 the 2020 recipient of the ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by the Association. The award’s purpose is to recognize an individual who has made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field.
New Monograph Celebrating the Life and Career of Alumnus Roger Greer Published
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Greer’s scholarship profoundly impacted the field of library and information science. In a Q&A with SC&I Professor Emeritus Dan O’Connor, one of Greer’s students and a lifelong colleague, SC&I explores Greer’s years at Rutgers and how Rutgers was instrumental in pioneering his work and teaching.
New Book by Alumna Marianne Martens ’12 Explores How Harry Potter Fans Impact the Franchise’s Success
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When Harry Potter fans have attended midnight movie launches, book signings, festivals, and other events, they are directly contributing to the success of the Harry Potter franchise, now and into the future.
Ph.D. Student Publishes “Emile Menhem: Invigorating Arab Journalism Through Design”
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The book “focuses on Menhem the designer; it offers an overview of his career along three main axes: political engagement, cultural production, and journalistic design.”