Scholars at the School of Communication and Information take an interdisciplinary approach to research that spans the fields of information science, library studies, communication, journalism and media studies.
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.
Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Tawfiq Ammari joined the faculty last month. In our conversation with him, he discusses his research, which lies at the intersection of Social Computing, Data Science, and Science, Technology, and Society studies (STS).
In two recent papers, SC&I faculty member E.E. Lawrence explores the reasons it is critical to develop a new definition for diverse books, offers a new definition, and explains why books defined as diverse must “advance informational justice for oppressed persons in particular.”
Report findings include the highest level of support is for direct cash payments (78%), followed by aid to hospitals (63%), aid to K-12 schools and small businesses loans (57% each), and extended unemployment insurance (53%).
The Initiative is designed to support anyone involved or interested in science communication research, teaching, outreach, professional practice, and training, and aims to create a network across the university to promote science communication pedagogy and develop Rutgers into a global leader in science communication.
New faculty members Tawfiq Ammari, Shawnika Hull, Yonaira Rivera, Megan Threats, Maria Venetis, and DaJung (DJ) Woo were welcomed by SC&I and introduced their research interests to the SC&I community in a virtual school event.
Ognyanova is a researcher on The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States, a joint project with Northwestern, Harvard, and Northeastern Universities, that aims to help communities cope better with the impacts of the pandemic.
