CAS Chronicles
2022 Stories
DR. NAVITA JAMES RECEIVES THE 2021 NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION WOMEN’S CAUCUS FRANCINE MERRITT AWARD
Dr. Navita James, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication at USF, recently received the 2021 National Communication Association (NCA) Women’s Caucus Francine Merritt Award.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
EVANGELINE LINKOUS NAMED 2021 PLANNER OF THE YEAR
USF MURP Program Director Evangeline Linkous was named 2021 Planner of the Year by the Sun Coast Section of the American Planning Association.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
MULTICONTINENTAL TEAM USES ECOLOGY TO UNDERSTAND CANCER
Cancer is more than just a disease of the genes or a disease of unregulated proliferation. It is a speciation event where a cell lineage of the person goes from serving the person to becoming its ownnovel, single-celled pathogen.
January 21, 2022Featured
PATRICE BUZZANELL WINS PRESTIGIOUS SAMUEL L. BECKER DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION
Patrice Buzzanell, Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida and Endowed Visiting Professor for the School of Media and Design at Shanghai Jiaotong University, recently received the 2021 Samuel L. Becker Distinguished Service Award from the National Communication Association (NCA).
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
PHILOSOPHY PROFESSOR TAKES UNIQUE APPROACH TO GUEST EDITING
When Lee Braver, Professor of Philosophy at USF, became guest editor of the journal of the leading society of Heidegger Scholars this year, he decided to do something outside the norm.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
SIGS PROFESSOR RECEIVES CRAIG L. BRIANS AWARD
Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan was recently recognized at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Seattle, where she received the 2021 Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship from the Political Science Education Section.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
STEVE WILSON WINS PRESTIGIOUS MARK L. KNAPP AWARD IN INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION FROM THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION
Steve Wilson, Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida and affiliated scientist with the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, recently received the 2021 Mark L. Knapp Award in Interpersonal Communication from the National Communication Association (NCA).
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMS PROMOTE INCREASED STEM RETENTION, STUDENT SUCCESS
It is well established that high impact practices such as course-based undergraduate research (CUREs), promote higher retention, increased self-efficacy and higher sense of community for undergraduate STEM majors, and for Professor Richard Pollenz, that experience comes to life in his labs.
January 21, 2022Supporting
USF Earns Accreditation in Urban Planning
The University of South Florida’s (USF) Master of Urban and Regional Planning (MURP) program has earned accreditation by the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB). PAB accredits urban planning programs in North American universities that meet value and quality standards developed by PAB in collaboration with the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP), and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments
USF EXPANDS STUDY WITH SEX WORKERS AND VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING
In early 2020 Dr. Jill McCracken, Professor of English and Women and Gender Studies at the University of South Florida, received a $50,000 grant from the Proteus Fund to explore prostitution and trafficking legislation and policies in the United States and document their impact on those who are most affected by existing legislation: consensual sex workers, victims of trafficking, and those whose experiences intersect with both categories.
January 21, 2022Supporting
VISIBILITY & REMEMBRANCE: STANDING WITH THE TRANS* COMMUNITY ART SHOW
Visibility & Remembrance: Standing with the Trans* Community is an international art exhibit hosted by the USF Department of Women's & Gender Studies that centers trans* people as it invites artists to create and submit work that stands in solidarity with the trans* community.
January 21, 2022Events
ZIMMERMAN SCHOOL SENIOR INSTRUCTOR EARNS ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIP
Wayne Garcia, a Senior Instructor in the Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications at USF, was recently named the James A. Clendinen Professor in Editorial and Critical Writing in the Zimmerman School, effective immediately for a two-year term.
January 21, 2022Accomplishments