Friday, February 26, 2016
Inside CCI – Available online at http://www.cci.utk.edu/insideCCI.
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COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Assistant Professor Emily Paskewitz along with A. O’Connor (U. of Minn.), D. Jorgenson (N.Dakota S.U.), and J. Rick (U. of Missouri) had their article, “How changes in work structure influence employees’ perceptions of CSR: millionaire managers and locked-out laborers,” published in the Journal of Applied Communication Research on Feb. 18, 2016.
INFORMATION SCIENCES
Associate Professor Bharat Mehra is the editor of a recent issue of Library Trends entitled “Social justice in library and information science & services” and authored the introduction, 64(2). Two of Mehra’s previous works were presented at the UT Faculty Appreciation Week Diversity-Related Research and Creative Activity on February 24, 2016:
- Mehra, Assistant Professor Wade Bishop, and SIS master’s student Robert Partee presented their poster, “Community partnerships to further the role of rural public libraries in small business economic development: A case study of Tennessee.”
- Mehra and Rebecca Davis (PhD/C&I ’15) presented a poster, “A framework to evaluate diversity representation on academic library websites in state universities in the United States.”
JOURNALISM & ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Howard Distinguished Professor Stuart Brotman will deliver his fifth annual invited lecture at Stanford Law School on Feb. 26, “New technology developments in entertainment and media law.”
Brotman also had the following articles published in recent weeks on Brookings.edu:
“TechTank looks ahead to 2016,”January 19, 2016 – with Kevin C. Desouza and Niam Yaraghi;
“The real digital divide in educational technology,” January 28, 2016; and “Antonin Scalia’s telecommunications legacy,” February 22, 2016.
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
March 2 |
International Lunch |
March 14 – 18 |
Spring Break |
March 25 |
Spring Recess |
March 28 – 31 |
UT Social Media Week |
March 25 |
Spring Recess |
April 4 – 5 |
SIS Accreditation Committee site visit |
April 6 |
CCI Faculty/Staff Meeting with Chancellor and Provost, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. |
April 11 |
CCI, ADPR, & JEM Honors Convocation |
April 29 |
Last Day of Classes |
April 29 |
CCI Faculty/Staff Meeting, 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. |
May 2 |
Communication Studies Student Awards Ceremony |
May 2 |
Study Day |
May 3 – 10 |
Final Exams |
May 12 |
CCI Commencement, 11:30 a.m., Thompson-Boling Arena (TBA) |
May 12 |
UT Graduate Hooding Ceremony, 7 p.m., TBA |
May 13 |
SIS Hooding Ceremony, 10 a.m., Carousel Theater |
May 30 |
Memorial Day |
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