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Alumni Honored at 2024 MSIS Hooding and Awards Ceremony
During the School of Information Sciences 2024 Hooding and Awards Ceremony, two alumni from the SIS master’s program were honored for their work in libraries and information sciences. Alice Faye Duncan (‘91) was awarded the SIS Distinguished Alumni Award and Isaiah West (‘14) was awarded the SIS Innovator’s Alumni Award. Distinguished Alumni Award Presented to…
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WUOT, The Daily Beacon, JEM Faculty Win Big At East Tennessee SPJ Awards
CCI media outlets and college alums won big at the East Tennessee Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists’ (ETSPJ) Golden Press Card Awards this past May. From the left: Professor Mark Harmon, WUOT reporter Jacqui Sieber, CCI graduate student Alexis Bishop, graduate student Nick McNeese, Beacon photographer Edward Cruz, Knoxville News Sentinel reporter and…
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PhD Grad James Cartee Hopes to Help College Students Attain Mental Health Services
James Cartee has been in the business of communication for a while now and has even been teaching in the field at higher education institutions for several years. But, four years ago, he decided it was time to take the next step and follow in the footsteps of his grandfather and father and become a…
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Mark Littmann Named Professor Emeritus, Reflects On 33-year Career at UT
College of Communication and Information faculty and staff applaud Professor Mark Littmann (middle) during the 2023 Convocation after it was announced he plans to retire after 33 years at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. One evening while clearing out his office on the second floor of the College of Communication and Information Building, Professor Mark…
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Online Master’s Grad Melissa Espinales Celebrates Being a Volunteer
Distance education student Melissa Espinales was so thrilled to graduate with a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, that she, her parents, and husband all flew here from Texas for the Graduate Hooding Ceremony. “You’re not going to tell me that I’m not coming, I’m graduating with my master’s!” Espinales exclaimed a few…
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SIS Professor Dania Bilal Recognized Among World’s Top Scientists
School of Information Sciences Professor Dania Bilal has been recognized as one of the world’s top 2 percent of scientists based on her number of citations. Bilal publications focus on children’s information behavior and interaction with technologies. “Being in the top 2 percent of most-cited scientists worldwide speaks to the impact of my long-term and…
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Master’s Student, CCI Staff Member Austin Orr Views Degree As Next Step Towards Teaching Goal
Office of Student Media technology coordinator and advisor Austin Orr has aspirations of one day being an instructor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In his current role, he works with students on a daily basis helping them grow their photography and video skills through hands-on experiences in student media organizations such as Lumos Media…
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Graduating PhD Candidate Jessica Barfield to Teach at iSchool
As technology advances, new problems will always arise, both technical and societal. It is the latter that drew Jessica Barfield into the world of human-computer interaction (HCI). She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation this spring that delved into how humans are biased towards social robots depending on their perceived gender or ethnic identity, and she…