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.
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.
The Rutgers Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED), University Research Council Grant (URCG), has awarded funding to six SC&I faculty members for their timely and innovative research proposals.
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.”
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.
In its report, the Dean Evaluation Committee wrote, “Dean Potter is a hard-working, ethical dean who has made significant, positive contributions to the culture, intellectual vision, and effective operation of SC&I during his first five years.”
Based upon his expertise in cyberbullying prevention, Associate Professor Vivek Singh was invited to join the North Jersey Anti-Bullying Task Force, spearheaded by U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) and led by Jane Clementi. The Task Force released its findings yesterday.
The Tow Center for Digital Journalism, an institute within Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, has selected Christoph Mergerson, a Ph.D. candidate, and Qun Wang, a Ph.D. alumna, as 2020 Knight News Innovation Fellows.
Lindstadt has joined ASPEN as a postdoctoral associate, and she will assist the project in its aim to ensure New Jersey policymakers’ decisions are informed by relevant research, in order to ultimately implement universal adolescent mental health screening in New Jersey public schools.
