Faculty News
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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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Clinical Professor Cindy Welch Retires After 15 Years at SIS
Once upon a time, there was a woman who was many things. She was a mentor, a teacher, a librarian, a storyteller, and much more, to many people. Wherever she went, she spread her knowledge, humor, wisdom, and kindness, and she will be remembered by the hundreds of students who have experienced her tutelage over…
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Award-Winning Sports Writer and Broadcast Journalist Gene Wojciechowski Joins CCI Faculty
Award-winning sports writer and broadcast journalist Gene Wojciechowski (’79) has returned to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, numerous times during his nearly 26-year career at ESPN. He typically makes time to stop at the College of Communication and Information—where he developed the foundational skills that propelled his career in journalism—to offer students career advice and…
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Tombras School Professor Eric Haley’s Research Addresses Improving Political Advertising Literacy
As local elections are nearing in parts of Tennessee, including Knoxville, and the next presidential election is a year away, voters are being inundated with political advertising about various campaigns and ballot issues. Understanding politics is a difficult task that becomes even more complicated for the average voter when they’re deluged with unregulated political advertising…
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Hope Chidziwisano Uses Cultural Perspective in Researching Technology Usage
The School of Information Sciences’ newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Hope Chidziwisano, was born and raised in Malawi. His research is inspired by his first-hand experiences of the adverse effects of the challenges facing resource-constrained settings in developing countries, such as unreliable electricity and inadequate social services to support socio-economic development at the household level.…
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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,…
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In Memoriam: Professor and Director Ronald E. Taylor
Ronald E. Taylor, former professor and director of the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations, passed away Sept. 11, 2023. Taylor came to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in January 1984 after earning his PhD in advertising from the University of Illinois. He was head the Department of Advertising and when the current Tombras…
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Peyton Manning Joins First Class as CCI Professor of Practice
After the recent announcement that Peyton Manning (’97) was named a professor of practice for the College of Communication and Information, the CCI alumnus dipped his toes into his new profession as teacher and joined a School of Communication Studies class for a Q&A session with his former instructor and advisor, Associate Professor John Haas, Monday. …
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CCI Welcomes 11 New Faculty this Fall
Eleven new faculty have joined the College of Communication and Information this year, ready to add their expertise, scholarship, and instruction to their respective schools, the college, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Here’s a little bit more about them: The School of Communication Studies Lecturer of Practice Abigail Barnes Barnes comes to the school…
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CCI Celebrates Faculty Promotions at Convocation
The College of Communication and Information honored seven of its faculty who earned promotions this year at the 2023 CCI Convocation. The work these faculty do, in their research, classrooms, and service work, will continue to make an impact on their fields and on future generations to come. Here’s a little bit about them: School…