CCI Research & Innovation Center

  • SIS Professor Working to Detect Research Misconduct on a Global Scale

    SIS Professor Working to Detect Research Misconduct on a Global Scale

    Professor Wade Bishop from the School of Information Sciences is committed to protecting and correcting the scholarly record with a focus on research data. Although the COVID-19 pandemic prevented him from presenting his 2020 research at the World Conference on Research Integrity that year, he was able to attend and share his findings this June…

  • SIS Professor Dania Bilal Recognized Among World’s Top Scientists

    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…

  • CCI Recognizes 2024 Retirees, Students, and Award Winners

    CCI Recognizes 2024 Retirees, Students, and Award Winners

    Every spring, the College of Communication and Information recognizes and honors those who have made significant achievements in their work, whether it be excellence in teaching, research, or volunteering, or the time that they have contributed before retiring. In 2023, CCI has had much to celebrate from its graduate students, faculty, and staff. The following…

  • Doctoral Student’s Research Seeks to Improve Health Information Messaging in Rural Communities

    Doctoral Student’s Research Seeks to Improve Health Information Messaging in Rural Communities

    Doctoral student Kristin Schrader won first place for best doctoral student research presentation at the 46th Annual College of Communication and Information Research Symposium on Feb. 8. While rates of colon cancer are pretty similar across rural and urban areas, research shows rural residents typically find the cancer at a much later stage. This can…

  • Four Fellows Named for CCI’s Information Integrity Institute

    Four Fellows Named for CCI’s Information Integrity Institute

    Four inaugural Information Integrity Institute fellows have been selected from among the faculty at the College of Communication and Information, one from each school and all of whom are already conducting research that falls under the institute’s scope: “I wanted to have representation from the schools and also a mixture of rank from full professor,…

  • Master’s Alum Finds Success in Communications at Y-12

    Master’s Alum Finds Success in Communications at Y-12

    Chancellor’s Professor Suzie Allard knew Amanda Andrews would find a way to achieve her career goals no matter what hurdles stood in the way.  Andrews was a student in Allard’s data science class while pursuing her master’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Communication and Information. “Amanda…

  • CCI’s Links up with World Data System as a Leader in Open Science Initiatives

    CCI’s Links up with World Data System as a Leader in Open Science Initiatives

    Caption: Meredith Goins, director of World Data System, speaks with attendees at the World Data Systems Conference in Knoxville in summer 2023 A communication college working with the Department of Energy is not a very common occurrence. But the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has never been afraid of charting new courses, and the College of…

  • New CCI Information Integrity Institute Will Nurture Interdisciplinary Research 

    New CCI Information Integrity Institute Will Nurture Interdisciplinary Research 

    “In today’s society, we are constantly bombarded by an information tidal wave. It’s difficult for people to know what is good information, and what is harmful. Our individual and our community well-being depends on people finding trustworthy information,” said Suzie Allard, Chancellor’s Professor of Information Sciences. Allard, who is also the CCI associate dean for…

  • Recent Master’s Grad Kylie Julius Celebrates Successes in Research

    Recent Master’s Grad Kylie Julius Celebrates Successes in Research

    Throughout her time as an undergraduate and graduate student at the College of Communication and Information, Kylie Julius has pulled much of her strength and inspiration from the faculty she says “took a chance” on her. But their investment in her paid off when Julius not only graduated with her master’s from CCI this past…

  • Oral History Project Will Bring Hispanic Journalists’ Voices to the Table

    Diversity, equity, and inclusion should be woven throughout every aspect of academia, whether that is the people themselves, curriculum, or research. This is the purpose of Goal 3 in the College of Communication and Information’s Strategic Plan, which seeks to “Progress and sustain a nurturing college culture where diversity, equity, inclusion, and community are enduring…