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College of Information and Communications

J-school Accolades

Faculty and Staff

We want to recognize the hard work and accomplishments of our faculty and staff during the 2024-2025 academic year. Watch as the listings on this page increase.

Awards

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The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication awarded the SJMC an honorable mention for the 2024 Equity and Diversity Award. The school was honored for efforts over the past three years that demonstrated a firm commitment to and progress toward becoming a leader in equity, diversity and inclusive excellence in teaching, research, service, and focusing on improving faculty, staff, and student composition.

Shannon Bowen, Marlene Neill and Denise Bortree were awarded the Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication Top Ethics in PR Pedagogy Award. This award is a distinguished honor given annually to one exemplary paper in the field of ethics in public relations pedagogy. It recognizes groundbreaking research that significantly contributes to the understanding and teaching of ethics and responsibility in public communication.

Funded Research and Grants

Feili Tu-Keefner (PI), and Brett Robertson (Co-PI) - Project Library PREPARE: Planning, Response, Emergency Preparedness, and Resilience Education - $249,721

USC Propel Programs

Anli Xiao and Haley Hatfield were accepted into the USC Propel Research Mentorship Program. This one-year training program is designed to prepare faculty for securing federal grants. The application process is highly competitive, and acceptance into this program signifies the university’s recognition of exceptional research capabilities.

Sabrina Habib and Linwan Wu were accepted in the Propel AI Program which is offered by the USC vice president's office. They will represent the CIC in this one-year campus-wide discussion on AI-related research. 

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