Section 1. CIC Research Update

• CIC Research Update
  Linwan Wu, Ass. Dean for Research, College of Information and Communications

Section 2. Grant Experience Panel and Share 

Interdisciplinary Funded Projects that Incorporate Communication

• Panelists
  Margot Habets, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography
  Julie Salinas, M.A. Candidate in Ed. Psych & Research
  Amadi Sefah-Twerefour, Ph.D. Candidate in Marine Sciences
• Moderator
  Brett Robertson, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Section 3. Research Presentations

• Information Behaviors during Three Crisis Scenarios
  Mónica Colón-Aguirre, Faculty, School of Information Science
• Cancer and COVID-19 Vaccines on Twitter: The Voice and Vaccine Attitude of Cancer Community
  Ali Zain, Ph.D. Candidate, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• Making a Cocoon: The Social Factors of Pandemic Misinformation Evaluation
  Yi Wan, Ph.D. Student, School of Information Science
• Black Influencers: Interrogating the Racialization and Commodification of Digital Labor
  Wesley Stevens, Faculty, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Section 4: Lunch & Chat

Section 1. Grant Experience Share

• The Pros and Perils of Interdisciplinary Research and Grants
  Brooke McKeever, School of Journalism and Mass Communications

Section 2. Research Presentations

• Anti-Intellectualism Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Dynamics of Anti-Fauci Discourse on Twitter
  Seihill Kim and Yingying Chen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• Rural Queer Resistance and Social Media
  Jesselyn Dreeszen, School of Information Science
• #IAmABlackMan: Using Instagram and Hashtag Activism to Culturally Project
  Candice Edrington and Tara Mortensen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• “There’s Always a Way to Get Around the Guidelines”: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Content Moderation on Tiktok
  Valerie Vera, School of Information Science
• The Excluded Black Male in School Libraries: How Embedded Librarians Can Assist with Combating the School-to-Prison Pipeline
  Kiera Vargas, School of Information Science

Section 3: Lunch & Talk

Section 1. Completed/In-Progress Projects 

• Are Workers Autonomous? The Influence of Routines and the Development of Workarounds
  Darin Freeburg, School of Information Science
• “Pick Up Arms and Fight”: Editorial Coverage of the 1970 Jackson State College Shootings -- A Qualitative Coding Analysis
  Dante Mozie, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• An Eye-Tracking Analysis of Negative and Positive Emotional Staff and Stock Photos in the News
  Tara Mortensen, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• Charter School Libraries Pilot Study
  Katie Klein, School of Information Science

Section 2. Research Ideas Exchange

• Identifying Media Effects in Open-Ended Survey Responses about Political Candidates and Issues
  Jacob Long, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• Narrative Inquiry of Black Educators in South Carolina as they Experience Cultural Heritage Institutions
  Constance Caddell, School of Information Science
• Comparisons of Social Justice Curriculum in LIS Programs
  Wendy Moore, School of Information Science

Section 3: Scholar-To-Scholar Session & Lunch