CCI faculty and students recently shared their work at the Kentucky Conference on Health Communication (KCHC). KCHC, hosted from April 7th-9th in Lexington, KY, featured several research studies from CCI representatives. Among them was doctoral student and PEAKS associate Tracy Ippolito presented her study, “Leveraging Sense of […]
Dr. Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, director of PEAKS Lab, was honored to lead a workshop on “Conducting Participatory Research” at the Spring 2022 FSU Fellows Forum. For more information, go to https://fellowssociety.fsu.edu/fellows-forum
PEAKS director Dr. Jessica Wendorf Muhamad will be a featured speaker at this year’s conference It Can Happen to Anyone, Anywhere. The event will include13 hour-long presentations by doctors, lawyers, scholars, counselors, and survivors that are tailored for professionals who work with human trafficking victims, […]
As the COVID-19 variant continues to spread with unprecedented pace and effects, particularly among young people, will college students heed the call to wear protective masks? A study underway at the FSU College of Communication and Information seeks to understand the impact of social media efforts […]
PEAKS researchers have been awarded a grant by the FSU Institute of Politics to examine the impact of communicative processes of civic engagement among college students. The study will explore how that communication occurs during times of crisis, specifically mask-wearing as an act of civic […]
Tracy IppolitoTracy A. Ippolito was a panelist at the Gulf of Mexico Research Institute’s Annual Meeting. She and fellow panelists discussed the role that public information and outreach plays in communicating science to those outside of the scientific community.
Tracy IppolitoDr. Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, Tracy A. Ippolito, Angela Donahue, and Laura-Kate Huse from FSU School of Communication and Juan S. Muhamad (pictured left) from FSU School of Information had work accepted to a colloquium at Florida International University (FIU) that took place October 22 and […]
Tracy IppolitoPEAKS director, Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, is on the development team for a data-driven, scalable reentry reform solution. The adaptive game-based intervention will harness technology, personal storytelling, and mass media to reduce stigma, promote behavior change, and unlock integral community opportunities for millions of formerly incarcerated […]
Tracy IppolitoTracy Ippolito was recently published in Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly. Her paper is titled Safe in the Rooms of A.A.: How Anonymity Helps Reduce the Stigma of Help-seeking and Reinforces Solidarity and Group Cohesiveness. This study is part of a larger project Ippolito is still working […]
Tracy IppolitoGood news!! PEAKS Lab in FSU CCI has 7 papers accepted to the National Communication Association 2019 Conference. Congrats to Juliann Cortese, Colin Huse, Laura-Kate Gonyea Huse, Tracy Ippolito, Mia Lustria, Casey McLaughlin, Jessica Wendorf Muhamad, Juan S. Muhamad, Karen Schrier, and Fan Yang!