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College of Information and Communications

College of Information and Communications

Sponsored Awards and Grants

The Carnegie Foundation has designated the University of South Carolina as an institution of very high research activity, its highest rating.   In keeping with the university’s commitment to cutting-edge research, College of Information and Communications faculty actively seek funding opportunities to support their research initiatives.  

Sponsor:  IMLS
Title:  Educational Quality through Instructional Partnerships (EQuIP): Assessing the Efficacy of Collaboratively Implemented Guided Inquiry Design on K-12 Student Learning
PI:  Dr. Lucy Santos Green
School: Library and Information Science

Sponsor:  Library of Congress
Title:  Teaching with Primary Sources
PI:  Dr. Karen Gavigan
School:  Library and Information Science

Sponsor: Penn State
Title:  Construction and Validation of New Scales of Advocacy and Activism
PI:  Dr. Brooke McKeever
School:  Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: USC - Aspire
Title:  Understand the Role of Emotions in Disaster Communication: A Computational Analysis
PI:  Dr. Jing Wen and Dr. Amir Karami
School:  Library and Information Science

Sponsor:  Penn State
Title:  Moment of Truth: Understanding Corporate Rumors and the Psychology of Rumor Spread on Environmental Issues via Social Media
PI:  Dr. Holly Overton
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor:  American Library Association
Title:  Social Justice in Young American Graphic Novels - a Global Perspective
PI:  Dr. Karen Gavigan
School:  Library and Information Science

Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Title: Examining Public Library Service to LGBTQ Communities for Health-related Information
PI: Dr. Vanessa Kitzie, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsor: National Endowment for the Humanities
Title: Evolution in Digital Discourse: Toward a Computational Tool for Identifying Patterns of Language Change in Social Media
PI: Dr. S. Mo Jang, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: Library of Congress
Title: Teaching with Primary Sources
PI: Dr. Karen Gavigan, professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsors: Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship and the Southeastern Conference Visiting Faculty Travel Grant
Title: Visualizing Change through Multicultural and Social Justice Graphic Novels in the U.S. and Australia.
PI: Dr. Karen Gavigan, professor
School: Library and Information Science

Sponsor: The Pennsylvania State University  - Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication
Title: Understanding Native Communication of Corporate Social Responsibility 
Co-PIs: Dr. Linwan Wu, assistant professor and Dr. Holly Overton, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: The Pennsylvania State University  - Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication
Title: Moment of Truth: Understanding Corporate Rumors and the Psychology of Rumor Spread on Environmental Issues via Social Media 
PI: Dr. Holly Overton, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: Institute of Museum and Library Services
Title: META 2: Furthering Our Understanding of the Economic Value of Public Library Services
Lead PI: Dr. Jennifer Arns, associate professor; Co-PI: Dr. Clayton Copeland, instructor
School: Library and Information Science

Sponsor: CDC
Title: USC PRC Center and Core Research Project: National Implementation Study of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) Program
Co PI: Dr. Brooke McKeever, associate professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: The Arthur W. Page Center at the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University
Title: The Effects of Self-Construal on Green CSR Perspectives in the U.S. and India: The Moderating Roles of Environmental Consciousness
Lead PI: Nandini Bhalla, doctoral candidate
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Title: IGE:  Program for Explicit Prep of Engineering Research 
Lead PI: Dr. Darin Freeburg, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science
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Sponsor: USC Office of the Vice President for Research
Title: Knowledge Discovery in Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Experiences
Lead PI: Dr. Amir Karami, assistant professor
School: Library and Information Science

Sponsor: Center for Teaching Excellence
Title: Innovating and integrating two courses: Photovisual Communication III and Graphics for Visual Communication
Co PIs: Dr. Sabrina Habib, assistant professor, and Dr. Tara Mortensen, assistant professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

Sponsor: Center for Teaching Excellence
Title: Global Health Initiative Course Development Grant for a new course: Communicating, Science, Health & the Environment
Lead PI: Dr. Brooke McKeever, associate professor
School: Journalism and Mass Communications

 

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