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  • CCI Alumnus to host guest lecture presentation for SIS

    CCI Alumnus to host guest lecture presentation for SIS

    College of Communication and Information alumnus Kevin Mallary is ensuring everyone is included in the conversation through his research on disabilities and accessibility.  Mallary is an assistant professor of library and information studies at Old Dominion University. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication at Wake Forest University and earned his PhD in…

  • SIS Assistant Professor Rebecca Frank Works to Preserve History and Safeguard the Future through her Research

    SIS Assistant Professor Rebecca Frank Works to Preserve History and Safeguard the Future through her Research

    School of Information Sciences Assistant Professor Rebecca Frank’s research looks at the risks and rewards of digital curation, digital preservation, data sharing and reuse in areas such as AI satellite imagery and preserving history. Frank received her bachelors, masters, and PhD from the University of Michigan. She is currently teaching data stewardship and ethics along…

  • Tombras School’s Assistant Professor Oluseyi Adegbola combines political marketing and public relations in his research

    Tombras School’s Assistant Professor Oluseyi Adegbola combines political marketing and public relations in his research

    Originally from Nigeria, Assistant Professor Oluseyi Adegbola found his passion for teaching while watching his father connect with his students in the classroom as a college professor.   “After school I would go to his office, and sometimes he would be teaching. Out of curiosity, I would wander into the class and watch him teach, and…

  • Tombras School Alumni help create commercial for Super Bowl LVIII

    Tombras School Alumni help create commercial for Super Bowl LVIII

    It’s an advertiser and marketer’s big dream– to have a commercial play during the big game. For Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations alumni Hayley Howell (’16) and Patrick Wells (’14), that dream came true. The pair work in Brooklyn, New York, for Orchard Creative, a full-service advertising agency. Howell is an Account Director…

  • Tombras School Alumni Lee and Erin Freeman Celebrate Their Love After Meeting at UT Over Two Decades Ago

    Tombras School Alumni Lee and Erin Freeman Celebrate Their Love After Meeting at UT Over Two Decades Ago

    Lee (’02, ’15) and Erin (’02) Freeman did not meet one another until their final year at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but they had similar reasons why they wanted to attend UT —game days on Rocky Top. They first met in an advertising class before both graduated from the Tombras School of Advertising and…

  • Q&A With Mikayla Flynn

    Asynchronous course formats allow for greater flexibility and are a convenient way for students to further their education without having to put their lives on hold. These courses allow students to work on their own schedule while permitting them to work a job, complete internships, or even be a parent, just to name a few.…

  • Q&A With Alex Carter

    Alex Carter is working towards his Ph.D. in advertising, while also working for the School of Advertising and Public Relations as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Prior to his time at the University of Tennessee, he worked with Eastman Chemical Company and Creative Energy. He graduated from East Tennessee State University in 2015 with a bachelor’s…

  • Q&A With Kealy Moriarty

    Balancing a career while also completing a graduate degree can be difficult. The College of Communication and Information recently introduced an online master’s degree program with a concentration in strategic and digital communication which allows students to receive their graduate degree on their own schedule. The program consists of asynchronous courses which incorporate all four…

  • Q&A With Alissa Sommerfeldt

    The College of Communications and Information offers a master’s program in Communication and Information with four different concentrations: advertising, public relations, communication studies, and journalism and electronic media. The program equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in both professional and management positions. Students gain knowledge in each concentration, regardless…

  • Students Win Five Tennessee AP Awards

    The University of Tennessee garnered five first-place honors at the annual Tennessee Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors college journalism competition. Final results were announced Saturday, April 28, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tennessee. One first-place award took a true team effort from the School of Journalism and Electronic Media. Senior Lecturer Melanie…