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2024 #BeCOMM Talk Show to Celebrate the SC&I Communication Major

Held on October 23 at The Yard on College Avenue, the event will feature interviews with Communication major alums including an agency CEO, television advertising executive, social media influencer marketers, beauty industry marketing executive, sports business executives, singer/songwriter, music agent assistant, TikTok Influencer; SC&I current students; and other special guests.
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A Conversation with Dean Jonathan Potter: On the Importance of Collective Leadership, Brilliant Research, and Creating a Collegial Environment at SC&I

As Jonathan Potter prepares to transition from dean of the School of Communication and Information to a faculty position on June 30, 2022, SC&I spoke with him about his thoughts on leadership, the qualities he believes are required to create a creative and thriving environment at SC&I, the lessons he learned steering the school through the COVID-19 pandemic, and what he likes the most about New Jersey.
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A New Study Explores Use of Virtual Reality in Climate Change Reporting and Storytelling

The findings in a new study by Ph.D. student Shravan Regret Iyer MCM’18 show that immersive media productions need to take a multidisciplinary approach to climate change communication to more effectively increase the audience’s interest in science and motivate them to take action to mitigate global climate change.
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Advanced Creative Operations and Digital Asset Management (DAM) Certificate Program’s Graduates Celebrated in Los Angeles

More than 40 attendees—including certificate graduates, CPS instructors, and corporate partners—joined Julie Johnson, Ed.D., Director of Continuing and Professional Studies, in Los Angeles for a dynamic gathering of professionals from across the country within the Creative Operations and Digital Asset Management communities.
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Amy Jordan Promoted to Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Jordan’s studies have examined the impact of public policy mandates on the landscape of children’s television, the use of public television materials in low-income, preschool classrooms, the effect of exposure to sexual media content on adolescent sexual risk taking, and the impact of media campaigns on parent’s and children’s sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.
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ASIS&T Names Alumna Diane Sonnenwald the 2020 Recipient of its Highest Honor

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.
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Brent Ruben and Ralph Gigliotti ’17 coauthor new book, “Leadership, Communication and Social Influence: A Theory of Resonance, Activation, and Cultivation”

In an age of heightened and polarized ideologies and viewpoints from the workplace to national politics, Ruben and Gigliotti encourage readers to engage in critical self-reflection about the dynamics of social influence in our personal and professional lives, and the responsibility we each bear as agents of social influence.
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Camel Racing and Holographic Selfies: Exploring Qatar’s Use of New Media for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

Qatar is the first Arab nation to host the World Cup, and the country is taking the opportunity to promote not only the prestigious worldwide event, but also their national brand. A study of the ways they are using Experiential Media to tell these promotional stories provides a living laboratory for SC&I scholars exploring EM.
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Department of Communication Celebrates Communication Major with Third Annual #BeCOMM Campaign

One of the highlights of the #BeCOMM campaign will be the COMMchella Music Festival which will take place on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at The Yard on the Rutgers College Avenue campus from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will showcase six popular music acts including several that feature current Rutgers communication majors. COMMchella is free for all attendees, including Rutgers University students, faculty, and staff.
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Expressing Negative Emotions May Benefit Gynecological Cancer Patients, According to New SC&I Research

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.
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Frank Educational Gilmore ’14: “Education Equals Rehabilitation”

Frank Educational Gilmore, who graduated from SC&I in 2014 after serving a 10-year prison sentence, is the founder and CEO of the Educational Gilmore Community Learning Center, where children K-7 receive tutoring, nurturing, and inspiration. He is also a national motivational speaker in the area of youth development and youth programming. Gilmore and the center were recently featured on The Ellen Show.
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Get Published!

Students eager to get their work published in either Rutgers campus, New Jersey, national or international publications can now refer to a roster of some 65 publications SC&I professor Mary D’Ambrosio has compiled for ideas of where to pitch.
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Higher-Ed Journalism Instruction Meets Tech in New UNESCO Handbook

This week at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) conference, being held in Lyon, France, SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Susan Keith will present her research and her new co-edited handbook will officially be launched. In addition to Keith, SC&I Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Deepa Kumar and Ph.D. student Melissa Gasparotto will also present their research.
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In Memoriam: Tefko Saracevic, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Library and Information Science

A SC&I faculty member for 25 years, Saracevic’s impactful research focused on performance evaluation of information retrieval systems and information systems in general; the study of users and use of library and information services; effective mediation in information systems; the increasing effectiveness of searching the Web and large databases; and the evaluation of digital libraries.
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JMS Major Samantha Marshak to Speak at SC&I’s 2023 Convocation

Journalism and Media Studies major Samantha Marshak, who is in the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS) Honors Program, has been on the Dean’s List every semester during her Rutgers career, she is a Certified Peer Leader, a member of Kappa Tau Alpha “a college honor society that recognizes academic excellence and promotes scholarship in journalism and mass communication,” and she has been inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
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Kathryn Greene Named Fellow of the International Communication Association

Greene received the award in recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication. Greene's research program explores health decision-making related to various health risks or the central role of communication in preventing risk and maintaining health and wellness in individuals and populations.
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Linda Roman JMS’78: “Develop a Healthy Skepticism to Keep You Looking for the Truth”

Roman, a journalist and an editor who has worked throughout her career for local and national publications including the Journal News in Westchester County, NY, Reader’s Digest magazine, the New York Times Syndicate, and Consumer Reports, said she advises current Journalism and Media Studies students to always remember “Content is King.”
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LIS-Sponsored Events Examine Two Socio-Technical Systems Governance Models for Addressing Privacy and other Community-Driven Concerns, Norms and Values

The two events, hosted by the SC&I Library and Information Science Department, gathered scholars interested in exploring governance perspectives pertaining to “Contextual Integrity” and “Governing Knowledge Commons” frameworks.
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Marie L. Radford Publishes 7th Edition of Research Methods in Library and Information Science

Professor and Chair Marie L. Radford’s new book, “Research Methods in Library and Information Science – 7th Edition,” co-authored by Lynn Silipigni Connaway of OCLC, is designed for LIS master’s and doctoral students, new faculty, and professional librarians. This edition is extensively revised, with new and updated sections covering topical areas such as data management and reuse, data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and social justice research.
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Marie L. Radford, International Expert on Qualitative Methods and Interpersonal Communication in Libraries, to Retire from Rutgers

Professor of Library and Information Science Marie L. Radford, who has mentored countless faculty, undergraduate, master’s, and Ph.D. students during her distinguished 21 year-career at SC&I, will retire on July 1, 2025.
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Matthew Weber Promoted to Professor of Communication

Weber’s research examines organizational change in relation to the use of new information communication technologies – focusing largely on news media. He has studied organizations in a variety of contexts, including an examination of the transformation of the news media industry in the United States, an analysis of local newspaper ecosystems, research on technology use in large multinational organizations, and work on social movements.
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MCM Director Richard Dool Publishes new book, “12 Months of Leadership Insights: A Compendium of Leadership Lessons from 40 Leaders”

By researching and analyzing the leadership insights and practices of proven global leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Indra Nooyi, Abraham Lincoln, Jack Ma, Golda Meir, Bill Gates, and Sara Blakely to name a few; Dool aims to provide readers with insights to enhance their leadership skills.
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Meet MaryLynn Suchan JMS’10: Executive Assistant to Krista Vernoff of "Grey’s Anatomy," and Station 19 Actor, Writer, and Producer

Suchan, who landed a role as a guest star on "Grey’s Anatomy", discusses the most motivating aspects of her career as an actress and as the Executive Assistant to the showrunner of ABC’s "Grey’s Anatomy" & "Station 19," and how the education she received at SC&I has helped her succeed.
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Meet Student Charles Wasilewski MCM’26, who “Can’t Get Enough of Rutgers”

When he graduates with a Master of Communication and Media, Wasilewski will have earned his third Rutgers degree. He said the MCM courses he has enjoyed the most are PR History with Assistant Professor Mark Beal, Digital Media Research with Associate Professor Caitlin Petre, Media Law with Associate Dean for Programs and Professor Susan Keith, and Digital Media Production with Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Neal Bennett.
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MI Student Proposes “Capturing Feathers”: A Novel Online Exhibition of Princeton University's Rare Bird Images

A Digital Imaging Technician at Princeton University Library, Master of Information student Jennifer Cabral-Pierce contributed to “The Charles Rogers Bird Journals Digitization Project,” and then proposed and helped complete the follow-up “Capturing Feathers” exhibition, which presents rare images of birds from collections across the entire university.
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Mobile Phone Use Mostly Discourages Interaction Between Parents and Young Children, Research Suggests

Findings based on a cross-cultural study lead researchers to conclude that intervention programs aimed at raising parents’ awareness of the potential negative outcomes of significant phone use during parent-child quality time are needed, said Associate Dean for Programs and study coauthor Dafna Lemish.
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NCA’s Basic Course Division Recognizes the SC&I Public Speaking Course

SC&I faculty member Nikolaos Linardopoulos, who manages the course, will accept the 2023 Program of Excellence Award on behalf of SC&I/Department of Communication during the NCA’s annual convention in November. Linardopoulos said the primary goal of the course is “to equip students with the necessary skills to be effective public communicators in a variety of settings and contexts with a particular emphasis on mediated/virtual presentations.”
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New Initiative Aims to Position Rutgers as a Leader in Science Communication

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.
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New PNAS Special Issue Advocates for a Paradigm Shift in Science Communication

“Reflecting on future directions for science communication, we advocate for adopting proactive communication strategies that are focused on building relationships with diverse audience groups and investing in a robust communication infrastructure,” said Professor of Communication Itzhak Yanovitzky, who served as a co-editor and a contributor to this special issue.
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New Special Issue of Information and Learning Sciences: "Learning with Social Media in an Algorithmic Age: Opportunities and Challenges for Education"

The journal special issue puts a spotlight on commercial social media's increasing presence in both formal and informal education and its role in "incidental and purposeful learning." The co-editors and authors explore how social media algorithms — the systems driving what content and ads appear when visitors use the app — can expand, disrupt, and constrain how people learn.
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One-Third of Americans Distrust Election Result, National Survey Finds

A significant minority of Americans lack confidence in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election with more than one-third – primarily Republicans and Trump voters – not believing that the election results were fair, according to a nationwide survey by researchers from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, Northeastern, Harvard and Northwestern universities.
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Over 85 Participated in the New Jersey Communication Association (NJCA) Conference Held at SC&I

Held at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information on March 15, 2025, the aim of the conference, the organizers, wrote, was to “drive more attunement as a means to return to an environment of civil, respectful, and dignified discourse to create much more productive connections” during the present time when “we are experiencing a world of division, extremism, acrimony, and an overall lack of civility and respect.”
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Ph.D. Student Kaitlin Montague To Help Promote Collaboration Between Librarians and Social Work

Montague hopes to promote further collaboration between public librarians and social workers as she observes Rutgers’ first Masters of Social Work (MSW) intern, Sandra Burstyn, at the East Brunswick Public Library. Burstyn was placed there as a result of an existing collaboration between the School of Communication and Information, The School of Social Work, and the East Brunswick Public Library.
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Ph.D. Student Luxuan Wang Awarded NCA’s Donald P. Cushman Memorial Award

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.”
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Playing in and Reporting on Big Ten Sports: Meet Ellie Riegner JMS’24

Riegner, who is majoring in Journalism and Media Studies, is also playing on the Rutgers women’s lacrosse team and interning at NBC Sports where she is working with NBC Sports reporter and SC&I alumna Kathryn Tappen JMS’03. “The best and most unique part about my job is that it shows me firsthand what I hope to be doing moving forward, and it allows me to see the industry front and center. While I always thought this was what I wanted to do for my career, now I know for sure,” Riegner said.
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Recalling the Keynote he Delivered to Major League Baseball During the World Series, Mark Beal COM’89 Shares Tips for Successfully Delivering Presentations

Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in Communication Mark Beal has spent over 30 years honing his craft, including his long career as a partner at the New York City-based public relations firm Taylor, his work as a SC&I faculty member, and as a recognized expert on Gen Z. Read how he prepares to make presentations, tips that are applicable “whether you are in a one-on-one job interview or delivering a speech to 500 attendees.”
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Researchers to help LGBTQIA+ populations navigate barriers to health information

SC&I alumna Vanessa Kitzie MLIS '11, Ph.D. '16, has researched the information practices of LGBTQIA+ populations, particularly the kinds of health questions community members have and the ways they navigate around information barriers to find answers. Read more in an article by the University of South Carolina where KItzie is an assistant professor.
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Rutgers Joins the International Academic Partnerships Program – Greece

Faculty from SC&I and the School of Health Professions, with support from Rutgers Global will represent Rutgers in IAPP-Greece, an initiative that aims to promote international collaboration between U.S. and Greek institutions of higher education. Rutgers will kick off the partnership by hosting two e-symposia in May and June 2021.
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Rutgers Libraries and SC&I Present the New International Youth Literature Collection and LibGuide

SC&I and Rutgers Libraries celebrated April 2, the official day of International Youth Literature, by hosting an exciting event and ribbon cutting for a new international children's and young adult book collection at Rutgers, as well as the online LibGuide linked to the collection.
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Rutgers-New Brunswick Leadership Reveals Plan to Foster Research and Scholarship in AI and Data Science

A new university initiative focused on artificial intelligence and data science will create a virtual hub where university researchers and students will converge and lead efforts to make discoveries and devise practical applications. Efforts will include a call to faculty for proposals, new student research programs and formation of a “collaboratory” hub.
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SC&I Alumnus Ed Harran ‘86: “My Rutgers Education Provided Training For Life”

Deputy Director of the Nevada Film Office, Harran, who majored in Journalism and Media Studies at SC&I, said, “The instructors/professors and the environment they created at Rutgers cleared the way for me to grow up in an environment that challenged me to learn while giving me the support and tools I would need to ultimately be successful.”
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SC&I Classes in Greece, Ireland, and Italy Expand Students’ Education, Knowledge, Professional Development, and Worldview

Both undergraduate and graduate students expanded their academic knowledge, field experience, and understanding of European cultures this past spring and summer by taking study abroad classes taught by SC&I faculty through Rutgers Global.
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SC&I Research Team Collaborates with CINJ to Develop a New Patient Portal

A SC&I research team led by Assistant Professor Sunyoung Kim is working with the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey to develop a patient portal for leukemia patients. The system will enable clinicians to communicate treatment scenarios and outcomes to their patients in a less stressful way, and it will enable patients to investigate information about their illness autonomously.
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Shawnika Hull Delivers the 2024 Commencement Address at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

“Communication is a web that stitches us together. It's in everything - everything happens through it, so you are trained to wield an immensely powerful tool, and it is a tool you can choose to do with it what you will, but today I want to urge you to focus this power you wield. Use it towards something important and good,” Hull told the Annenberg School Communication graduates.
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Should We Brace for Another October Surprise?

From the assassination attempt on former President Trump to Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, elevating Kamala Harris to the top of the Democratic ticket, this election season has already been filled with many shocking moments. As the clock ticks toward Election Day, should we brace for another bombshell news story – an October Surprise as it has become known in the election lexicon – that could change the trajectory of the presidential campaign?
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Shravan Regret Iyer’s Research Proposal “Experiential Media and Climate Change” Awarded an Honorable Mention by IAMCR and IECA

The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in collaboration with the International Environmental Communication Association (IECA), has awarded the research proposal, “Experiential Media and Climate Change,” submitted by Ph.D. student Shravan Regret Iyer, with an Honorable Mention.

Storied Scarlet Regalia to Walk Anew

A cap and gown that belonged to Bill Bauer—a beloved Rutgers professor and generous supporter of the university—will be worn at commencement ceremonies this year by Jon Oliver, a former student of Bauer and longtime Rutgers faculty and staff member who is completing his Ph.D. exactly 40 years after earning his bachelor’s degree.

Supporting Library Patrons During COVID-19

SC&I alumna Stacey Shapiro, ’17, Young Adult Programming Librarian at the Cranford Public Library in Cranford, New Jersey, describes the ways she and the library are still able to connect with and help patrons during COVID-19.
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Tawfiq Ammari Named Recipient of the “2022 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Honorable Mention in Human-Computer Interaction”

Ammari, an assistant professor of Library and Information Science, received the award for “his outstanding and vibrant contributions to this field.” The awarding organization, AMiner Scholar, wrote, “The 2022 winners are among the most-impactful scholars from the top venues of their respective subject fields between 2012 and 2021.”
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Teaching Strategies for Emergency Remote Education Under COVID-19 Provided in Special Journal Issue

Associate Professor Rebecca Reynolds has guest edited a freely available, open access special issue of the journal Information and Learning Sciences on emergency remote teaching transitions due to #COVID19. The articles contain detailed, research-supported strategies for educators in a range of contexts and domains (Higher Education, K-12, Librarianship, and across a range of subjects / learning scenarios).
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The New Community Design for Health and Wellness Interdisciplinary Research Group Funds 14 Innovative Projects at Rutgers

SC&I’s Mark Aakhus and Sarah Allred of the Walter Rand Institute at Rutgers Camden, CDHW-IRG’s co-PIs, have awarded 14 seed grants to Rutgers researchers who are designing innovative solutions to help communities achieve improved health and wellness outcomes for their residents.
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The NSF-Funded 2019 CSST Summer Research Institute Boosts Emerging Scholar Development in Sociotechnical Systems and Critical Informatics Research

The NSF-funded 2019 Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) Summer Research Institute, to be held at Rutgers on June 18-22 2019, will connect late-phase doctoral students and emerging scholars with senior scholars in sociotechnical systems and critical informatics research fields, providing substantive learning and research coordination networking opportunities to advance their work.
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The Vicious Cycle: Fueling Conversations About Collegiate Recovery at Rutgers, One Free Cup of Coffee at a Time

The Vicious Cycle, a Rutgers campaign launched and staffed by SC&I faculty, staff, and student peer educators at the SC&I Center for Communication and Health Issues (CHI), was created to help reduce stigma surrounding substance use disorders at the university and help connect Rutgers students to vital recovery resources and harm reduction strategies on campus.
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Why Leadership Outweighs an Interdisciplinary Mix in the Effectiveness of a Research Team

“Leadership matters,” said Ralph Gigliotti, one of the study's lead authors and an affiliate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. “Leaders play a critical role in the enthusiasm level of working group members and influence their interest in wanting to continue with a project of this kind.”
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Yonaira Rivera Testifies to U.S. Senate on Impact of Misinformation on Coronavirus Vaccine Hesitancy

Assistant Professor Yonaira Rivera testified to the U.S. Senate last week about how to reach communities of color with evidence-based messages to encourage vaccine uptake while researchers embark on efforts to minimize COVID-19 vaccine misinformation impacting vaccine hesitancy among U.S. Latino and other communities of color.
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Zack Morrison ’14 Wins Best Comedy Series at the 39th College Television Awards for “Everything’s Fine: A Panic Attack in D Major”

Morrison, who submitted Everything’s Fine as his master’s thesis at Columbia, was already an award-winning filmmaker while he was an undergraduate at Rutgers majoring in Journalism and Media Studies at SC&I. Read about the latest award he has received, for his comedy portraying a young woman’s anxiety through song and dance.
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“22 Helping Hands over 2.7 Hours”: The SC&I Office of Student Services Volunteers at Elijah’s Promise

During the 2024 holiday season, SC&I’s OSS team brought their collective time, energy, and enthusiasm to the Elijah’s Promise kitchen where they “cleaned and cut nearly 400 pounds of vegetables and cooked over 120 pounds of pasta, giving our chefs the ingredients they needed to prepare meals for about 600 people the next day,” said Elijah’s Promise Chef Chrissy Banks.
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“Bathtub Madonnas” Reveal the Dynamics of Urbanization, Modernity, and Italian Migrant Experiences in the U.S.

In newly published research, Associate Professor Regina Marchi shows that homemade yard shrines of the Virgin Mary, which can be seen in many Italian American neighborhoods, represent much more than religious faith to their builders and owners. During the first half of the 20th century, they were “markers of homeownership (The American Dream) and cultural identity,” Marchi said.
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“Networked Street Life”: An Emerging Area of Research

In a chapter titled “Networked Street Life,” published in the new “Oxford Handbook of Sociology and Digital Media,” Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lane addresses a new area of ethnographic field research that “links the inequality concerns of urban sociologists and digital scholars who are studying inequality, and particularly digital inequality, in urban neighborhoods.”
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“Russia 2018” vs. “Qatar 2022”: New SC&I Study Examines FIFA World Cup Host Countries’ Use of Virtual Reality to Promote the Games

A new study reveals neither host country fully utilized virtual reality to promote the games and promote national branding and adds to the theoretical discussions on the role VR plays in sports journalism and sports public relations and provides practical recommendations on the use of virtual reality during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“This is Not a Drill”: Costley White Presents an Exhibition Exploring the Impact of Active Shooter Drills

“This is Not a Drill,” a listening installation that “meditates on the impact and experience of code red drills in an active shooter society” was created by Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies Khadijah Costley White. The exhibition will be held in Maplewood, N.J. from April 16 - May 28, 2023.