Access and Engagement News
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Communication Studies’ Emily Paskewitz Part of Grant Team Supporting Family Dairy Farmers
When Associate Professor Emily Paskewitz was writing her dissertation, she often called up her father as often as she did her advisor to see if the theory she was applying to her topic made sense. Her father isn’t an academic in communication studies, as Paskewitz is, but he is a dairy farmer and her dissertation…
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CCI Alum and Lecturer Brian Canever Publishes First Book
To meet Brian Canever (’15) is to meet a friend. His enthusiasm for connecting with people is evident from the first handshake, and he is unapologetically transparent about who he is and what he thinks. Communications is a natural fit for his exuberant personality. After graduating college in New Jersey he moved to Knoxville and,…
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PhD Student Finds the Magic in Communication Studies
From left: Curt and Ty Anderson When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Curt Anderson’s career as a professional magician came to an abrupt stop. It was time for him to pull a new kind of trick out of his hat, and a suggestion from a professor at the University of Alabama encouraging Anderson to finish his…
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Alum Jamil Price Creates Endowment to Honor His Father
Jamil Price, right, with his parents William and Rochell Price. Jamil Price (‘10) was facing a problem many children can relate to: he was having a hard time finding a birthday gift for his father. William A. Price doesn’t ask for much. He has everything he needs, and whatever he doesn’t have, he usually buys…
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Graduating Senior Makayla Crawford Found a Home at UT and CCI
Makayla Crawford had no connection to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville when she began her college search. She had offers to play lacrosse at the Division I level from some schools but knew there wouldn’t be a future for her in the sport after college. The Raleigh, N.C. native decided to make a visit to…
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Intercultural Week 2023
In alignment with Strategic Goal 3 for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the College of Communication and Information, we present CCI Intercultural Week 2023 on March 6-10. This event is being held to celebrate and sustain a college culture where diversity, equity, inclusion, and community are vital for creating a sense of belonging for…
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Two CCI Alumni Establish Endowed CCI Scholarship for Appalachian Students
Hunter Quillen Gresham (’98) knows a kindred spirit right away, just by hearing how they pronounce Appalachia (she says it’s “app-uh-LATCH-uh”). As natives to the Appalachian region, both Gresham and her partner Steven White (’93) take pride in their heritage and their accents. It was one of the things they bonded over when they met—and…
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Tombras School Hires María De Moya for DEI-centered Professorship
Throughout her career in academia, María De Moya has sought opportunities to contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as an advocate for those under-represented in higher education. As she served in those roles, it became clear to De Moya that she wanted DEI to be the center of her career, so she began…