New Jerseyans Relaxing Social Distancing Measures, New Survey Finds
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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.
David A. Love Contributes to “Four Hundred Souls"
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Love, a faculty member at SC&I, wrote a chapter for the new book “Four Hundred Souls” that tells the history of the Royal African Company, an English slave-trading company that held a monopoly on the British slave trade between the African continent and the West Indies.
Souvick Ghosh, Ph.D.’20 Named the 2021 iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award Runner Up
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The iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award Chairs wrote, in praise of Ghosh’s dissertation, “the thesis combines the use of developing methods, an emerging technology, and is also true to ‘the best traditions of our field.’”
New Book for Leaders in Academic Healthcare Provides Guidance and Inspiration
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Written by SC&I part-time faculty and alumni Ralph Gigliotti and Christine Goldthwaite, this new book is a resource for leaders and aspiring leaders at all levels working in an academic health context who desire to create change, navigate crisis, and pursue organizational excellence.
1789: A Pivotal Year of Conflict and Innovation Still Resonating in 2021
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A new book by Associate Professor of Practice Marc Aronson explores the year 1789, a pivotal year in an era of enslavement, and conflict over human rights, that rippled throughout Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean, and offers many insights into many of the global conflicts we still grapple with today.
Mary Chayko Promoted to Distinguished Teaching Professor
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Chayko’s promotion, likely the first of its kind at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, recognizes her outstanding teaching, innovations in course delivery and new media use, and national and international impact.
K-12 Parents, Students Concerned with Education During Pandemic, New Survey Finds
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A majority of New Jerseyans support mandatory vaccines for school children when available.
Uncoding Secrets: The Importance of Identifying and Managing Hidden Information
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In a paper addressing the challenges of teaching about secrecy, Associate Professor Jack Bratich explores the importance of secrecy literacy and how teachers can provide students with the foundational skills they need to better manage secrecy in their professional and everyday lives.
New Book “Leaderocity™️" Proposes 10 Competencies to Guide Today’s Leaders
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SC&I faculty member Richard Dool and the students in one of his Master of Communication and Media classes collaborated on the book, and the result is a guide that offers a compendium of 10 competencies for leading successfully in the 21st Century.
Joyce Valenza Appointed to the ALA Business Advisory Group
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The Executive Director of the American Library Association has appointed Associate Teaching Professor Joyce Valenza to the ALA Business Advisory Group. The group, ALA said, will explore and advise ALA on strategies related to new business development.