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About CCI
At the College of Communication and Information, we strive to ignite students’ passions so they can carry on the torch of excellence. Once they become a part of the CCI community, they’ll learn to be innovative leaders, thinkers, and Volunteers in whatever calling they choose to follow in the communication and information world.
We are part of a Land Grant Institution embedded in communities to make those communities a better place. Our alumni, students, faculty, and staff strive to positively impact the lives of people in our state through our teaching, scholarship, creative work, and through our engagement and service. CCI as a college is well poised to deliver upon all of those areas to become the most nationally distinctive but locally relevant College of Communication and Information in the country.
CCI’s Academic Schools
Accreditation Statement
In addition, programs for which accrediting is available are fully accredited. The college’s undergraduate programs in advertising, journalism and media, and public relations are accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. Information Sciences is accredited by the American Library Association and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.
College Governance
Leadership Team


Suzie Allard
Director of CCI Research and Innovation Center; Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives

Emily Paskewitz
CCI Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development

Courtney Childers
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Student Success

Julie Longmire
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Advising

Jon Hess
Professor and Director, School of Communication Studies, John Haas Director’s Chair

Abebe Rorissa
Professor, Director of the School of Information Sciences

Amy Jo Coffey
Professor and Director, School of Journalism and Media

Moonhee Cho
Professor and Director of the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations



