Emily Diamond, assistant professor of communication studies and marine affairs, was the recent recipient of the 2022 Research and Scholarship Excellence Award from URI’s Division of Research and Economic Development.
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Madison Jones won a 2022 CCCC Technical and Scientific Communication Award for his co-authored article “Deep Mapping for Environmental Communication Design.” The article shares lessons from designing and producing EcoTour, a multimedia environmental advocacy project that takes place in Paynes Prairie State Park in Gainesville, Florida.
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Emma Richelsoph ’21 hoped to use her majors in public relations and biological science to pursue a career where she could incorporate her two passions: animals and writing. Successfully doing so, Richelsoph now works in social media for EARTH Limited, the non-profit organization partnered with the Southwick Zoo.
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Sports media major Aniebiet Okon is working with the athletic department as a graphic design intern, building the team’s brand and social media reach by creating weekly in-season graphics and graphics for recruits.
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For sports media major Aniekan Okon, getting on camera to cover exciting events such as high school championships, the NBA draft, and the Patriots training camp is just business as usual.
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Tim Gray ’89, a graduate of our journalism major, is president and founder of the World War II Foundation. He was recently inducted into the State of Rhode Island’s Heritage Hall of Fame and the Harrington School’s Journalism Hall of Fame.
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Kim Smith ’15 majored in public relations and minored in communication studies. She’s now in her fifth season working in the National Football League and her third working as Media Relations Coordinator for the Tennessee Titans.
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Professor Ashish Chadha’s new book “Bureaucratic Archaeology: State, Science, and Past in Postcolonial India” was published by Cambridge University Press.
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Rachel Mossberg ’10 majored in film/media and minored in both art and professional and public writing. She now works as an associate producer for MUNCHIES, VICE’s food channel.
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Allison Lantagne ’20, double major in communication studies and political science, now works as Constituent Services Coordinator for Senator Maggie Hassan.
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Hope McKinney ’21 discusses how going back to college in her twenties made her appreciate education more, and how an internship solidified her passion for journalism.
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The Radio Television Digital News Foundation named Leah Crowley ’22, a journalism and political science double major, a 2020 President’s Scholar.
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We are thrilled to welcome our new Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Leah Heilig. Her research interests focus on technical communication, disability studies, and accessibility/accessible design. “I’m interested in how communication design can be used to promote equity and access to a variety of people and technologies,” she says.
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New Assistant Professor of Writing and Rhetoric and Natural Resources Science Madison Jones is the perfect example of how multiple disciplines can combine to further one another. He brings expertise in combining place-based writing with locative media for public environmental communication projects to URI.
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New Assistant Professor of Public Relations, Dr. Joon Kim, discusses his past and current research interests, what motivated him to join the Harrington School of Communication and Media, and his advice to current students.
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