Graduate Student News
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CCI Master’s Program Helps Alumnus Achieve Dream of Making UT Marching Band Documentary
College of Communication and Information (CCI) alumnus Seth Reynolds (‘23, ‘25) is a fan of the HBO Original documentary series Hard Knocks. The show typically takes viewers behind the scenes of different NFL teams’ training camps to learn more about their preparations for an upcoming season. As a freshman baritone player in The Pride of the Southland Band, Reynolds thought this approach would work well for a documentary about the prestigious University of Tennessee, Knoxville, marching band. While he would…
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CCI Faculty, Graduate Students Shine at Annual NCA Convention
While exploring booths at the 2025 National Communication Association (NCA) Convention last month, College of Communication and Information (CCI) master’s student Md Ibnun Sarwar Rafi made an interesting discovery. His first published article, “Barriers to discussing comprehensive sexuality education: a qualitative study of home tutor-student interpersonal communication in Bangladesh,” which investigated barriers home tutors faced when discussing comprehensive sexuality education with their students,…
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From Classroom Curiosity to Published Research: SIS Faculty and Alumni Explore How Museums Manage Their Collections in the Age of AI
From left to right: Sidney Gavel, Professor Wade Bishop, and Emily Chapin When Professor Wade Bishop from the School of Information Sciences began studying how museums organize and digitize their physical collections, he did not anticipate that a class assignment would evolve into a multi-year research project. This unexpected journey would involve three SIS master’s…
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Graduating PhD Candidate Shreenandan Rajarathnam Ready to Carry His Research Experience into the Cybersecurity Industry
The pursuit of knowledge is a well-appreciated endeavor in Shreenandan Rajarathnam’s family, with both his parents earning doctoral degrees and his younger brother planning to do the same in a few years. The soon-to-be alumnus is proud to carry on the family tradition of valuing research and academics as he graduates with his doctoral…
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CCI PhD Student and Faculty Member Participate in United Nations Summit
Nadia Khalique, a PhD student at the College of Communication and Information, had the unique opportunity to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City along with Assistant Professor of Practice Joe Stabb from the Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations. Their participation came through Stabb’s work with the GIRL…
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CCI PhD Students Share Research In 3MT Competition
College of Communication and Information doctoral students Byron Keys and Md Uzzal Talukder rose to the challenge of quickly distilling their research as part of this year’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition hosted by the Graduate School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Both Keys and Talukder, who are conducting doctoral research at CCI with…
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CCI PhD Student Earns Top Paper Honor at PRSA ICON 2025
College of Communication and Information doctoral student Carla White received the 2025 Betsy Ann Plank Award for the Top Graduate Student Paper from the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) at the ICON 2025 conference in October. The Betsy Ann Plank awards recognize educators, public relations graduate students, and professionals for work that expands upon…
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CCI PhD Student Wins TCA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
College of Communication and Information doctoral candidate Traci Lively recently won the Tennessee Communication Association (TCA) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. The award recognizes outstanding graduate student research in communication. TCA is a professional organization comprised of leading communication scholars, faculty, and students within the state. “I was a little shocked,” Lively said. “This is…
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Coming Home to Rocky Top: SIS Alumna Jordan Kaufman Returns as Research Data Librarian
Jordan Kaufman (‘18) has returned to Rocky Top after graduating from the School of Information Sciences (SIS) master’s program in 2018. She is now a research data librarian at Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. With a passion for data and community service, Kaufman is eager to bring her volunteer spirit back to…
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SIS Showcases Global Impact at LIDA 2025
The Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) conference is an internationally recognized event that celebrated its 25th anniversary this year in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Several faculty members, students, and alumni from the School of Information Sciences (SIS) attended and participated in engaging workshops and presentations at this year’s LIDA conference, which is one of many events…