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.
Rutgers University honors SC&I’s Associate Dean for Programs and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Dafna Lemish for her distinguished research contributions to her discipline and society at large, highlighting her one of only 34 faculty members across the university chosen for one of the university’s eight annual faculty awards.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign awarded E.E. Lawrence the Berner-Nash Memorial Award for his doctoral dissertation titled “Reading for Democratic Citizenship: A New Model for Readers’ Advisory.”
SC&I faculty are launching new research and outreach initiatives to address and identify solutions to many of the critical local and global challenges humanity is facing as a result of the pandemic.
New research by SC&I’s Assistant Professor Caitlin Petre reveals surprising ways graduate journalism programs have adjusted their marketing to attract students while the profession is experiencing instability.
In this new book published by Bloomfield children’s books, Aronson and his co-author, an award-winning investigative journalist, tell the story of the suffering and struggle the residents of Flint, Michigan endured while fighting to save their water supply and their health.
The Rutgers Global Health Institute has invited Senteio to join its faculty, enabling him to expand his research, which now includes exploring health information needs due to COVID-19 in local communities that already experience health inequity.
Launched by SC&I faculty members Khadijah White and Britt Paris, this new research group seeks to increase cross-departmental knowledge and inspire new collaborations.
Threats’s research integrates perspectives from library and information science, public health, health informatics, human-computer interaction, and digital sociology.
Through this fellowship, SC&I's Assistant Professor Khadijah Costley White will explore media coverage of school shootings and the human consequences of lockdown culture.
Gender stereotypes are produced and reinforced on digital and social media platforms.
