CCI’s Annual Research Symposium
RIC hosts the College of Communication and Information’s Annual Research Symposium as a valuable opportunity to showcase CCI’s research and simultaneously inspire students to engage in their own research endeavors.
47th Annual Research Symposium – March 27, 2025
Connect & Converse:
Unraveling Communication & Information Complexities
The Annual Research Symposium is held in the spring of each year. The Symposium showcases the research and creative achievements of the college’s talented faculty, staff, and students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The Symposium provides interactive opportunities for researchers to share their knowledge and their experiences.
AGENDA
Downloadable Agenda in PDF format
| TIME | TITLE | AUTHOR |
|---|---|---|
| In-Person Presentations | ||
| 9:00am | WELCOME | Dr. Emily Paskewitz |
| 9:15am | Women Led – Women Read: The Oak Ridge Journal During World War II | Joel Moroney |
| 9:30am | Partisan News Viewing: Checking Out the Other Side | Tyler Beckman, Dr. Mark Harmon |
| 9:45am | Exploring the Need for Video Literacy: Enhancing Awareness, Reducing Addiction, and Boosting Productivity | Md Uzzal Talukder |
| 10:00am | Examination of How the Use of Multimedia Characteristics, Political Partisanship and Perceived Organizational Reputation Influence Perceived Message Effectiveness and Attitudes Toward the Message of Health Organizations’ COVID-19 Tweets | Abbey Lynn Warbington |
| 10:15am | Are we out of the woods yet? A Graduate Students Guide for Navigating Qualitative Data | Ariel Newell |
| 10:30am | Beyond Traditional Boundaries: Introducing 4-H Students to Gen-AI Through Immersive Learning Experiences (ILEs) | Dr. Dania Bilal, Dr. Mehmet Aydeniz, Dr. Jennifer Richards |
| 10:45am | Message Discipline in Congressional Newsletters, 2024 Election | Dr. Mark Harmon |
| 11:00am | The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Users and Uses of Across Sciences Physical Collections in An AI Readiness Context | Dr. Wade Bishop |
| 11:15am | Negative Consequences of Information Gatekeeping Through Algorithmic Technologies | Dr. Devendra Potnis |
| 11:30am | Trivia via Kahoot | In-Person and Zoom |
| 11:45am | LUNCH | In-Person |
| 12:00pm | Research in Progress Roundtables Boli Dai (Social Media) Qinran Li (Social Media) Bixuan Sun (Social Media) Mokhlisur Rahman (Science / Environmental Communication) (Social Media) Dr. Peiling Wang (AI & Data Visualization) Dr. Elizabeth Carlson (Disaster Response, Risk & Crisis Communication) Jenna Pauly (Sports Communication) Byron Keys (Access and Engagement) Dr. Mark Harmon (International & Political Issues) | In-Person |
| 1:00pm | Cultural Tech Exchange | iLab |
| 2:00pm | Cross-Cultural Debate | COM 402 |
| Virtual Presentations | ||
| 3:15pm | Audience Perspectives on Misinformation in the US and India | Namrita Vinod Varier |
| 3:30pm | Case Analysis of the Ignite Program: An Autoethnography of Leadership Development | Sana Boghani |
| 3:45pm | Social Assessment of Ecosystem Services | Scott Greeves |
| 4:00pm | Geographical Coverage of the Library of Congress book catalog | Dr. Kai Li |
Research Advisory Committee
- Emily Paskewitz, Chair
- Oluseyi Adegbola
- Elizabeth Carlson
- Brian Dobreski
- Jiangen He
- Jeannette Iannacone
- Martin Riedl
- Roth Smith III
- Curry Wilson
- Shiyu Yang
Student Research Presentation Winners
Doctoral Students
First Place:
Second Place:
Third Place:
Undergraduate Students
First Place:
Second Place:
Past Research Symposiums
- 46th Annual Research Symposium – February 8, 2024
- 45th Annual Research Symposium – February 23, 2023
- 44th Annual Research Symposium – February 24, 2022
- 43rd Annual Research Symposium – March 1, 2021
- 42rd Annual Research Symposium – February 11, 2020
- 41st Annual Research Symposium – February 11, 2019
- Additional past symposiums
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