{"id":16290,"date":"2024-07-31T11:33:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T15:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=16290"},"modified":"2024-08-05T08:58:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T12:58:53","slug":"uri-college-of-arts-and-sciences-professors-among-scholargps-highly-ranked-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/uri-college-of-arts-and-sciences-professors-among-scholargps-highly-ranked-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"URI College of Arts and Sciences professors among ScholarGPS\u2019 Highly Ranked Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. <\/b>\u2013 Aug. 1, 2024 \u2013 Distinguished professors Renee Hobbs, Ed.D, <\/span>communication studies<\/span><\/a>, Brett Lucht, Ph.D, <\/span>chemistry<\/span><\/a>, and Brian Krueger, Ph.D, <\/span>political science<\/span><\/a> and associate dean to the College of Arts and Sciences, were recently recognized as Top Scholars based on <\/span>ScholarGPS<\/span><\/a>, the world\u2019s most comprehensive scholarly analytics platform. This ranking places them in the top 0.5% of scholars in their area worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis achievement made by faculty members of the College of Arts and Sciences exemplifies their outstanding research and commitment to their areas of expertise. It\u2019s imperative to have faculty research of this caliber in the classroom to inspire students to push boundaries and think big,\u201d said Jeannette E. Riley, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hobbs is a trailblazing educator, author, and media literacy advocate who has dedicated her life to empowering individuals of all ages to navigate the complex landscape of information, entertainment, and persuasion. She has published more than 150 scholarly and professional publications on digital and media literacy education, digital learning, contemporary propaganda, and copyright and fair use. Hobbs is the author of 12 books on media literacy education.<\/span><\/p>\n

She is also founder and director of the <\/span>Media Education Lab<\/span><\/a>, whose mission is to improve the quality of media literacy education through research and community service. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am thrilled to be recognized as a Highly Ranked Scholar and am proud to have made a contribution to the development of media literacy as an interdisciplinary subfield that contributes to the disciplines of both communication and education,\u201d said Hobbs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lucht is a<\/span> Fellow of the Electrochemical Society<\/span><\/a> (2022) and a pioneer with his research on the chemistry of lithium-ion batteries. Lucht has published over 170 manuscripts, two book chapters and holds nine patents. He has been an invited or keynote speaker at over 100 companies, universities, national laboratories, and international conferences. He has  also mentored more than 100 students including over 40 graduate students, 30 undergraduate students, 20 postdoctoral fellows, along with several visiting students.<\/span><\/p>\n

Krueger\u2019s work began in the late 1990s when he chose to study the internet\u2019s influence on U.S. political behavior. Over the years he has authored or co-authored several books and articles dealing with political participation, political mobilization, the impact of new technologies on political behavior, survey research, government domestic monitoring, and emotions. His work has been funded by various agencies including the <\/span>National Science Foundation<\/span><\/a>, and he has won multiple national research awards through the<\/span> American Political Science Association<\/span><\/a>. Based on the ScholarGPS data, Krueger is in the top 99.9% of scholars working in the internet and politics. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Distinguished professors Renee Hobbs, Ed.D, communications studies, Brett Lucht, Ph.D, chemistry, and Brian Krueger, Ph.D, political science and associate dean to the College of Arts and Sciences, were recently recognized as Top Scholars based on ScholarGPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5153,"featured_media":16291,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16319,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16290\/revisions\/16319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}