Faculty and students in the College of Information and Communications actively pursue a wide array of initiatives that drive forward both research and creative scholarship. A cornerstone of this scholarly environment is the hosting of multiple conferences and symposia year. These events attract national and international participants that highlight cutting-edge research and showcase the creative work of faculty and students alike.
Each year's lecture features those in library, children's literature and storytelling professions who espouse Augusta Baker's advocacy for equity, social justice and diverse literature. The event is supported by the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair, Richland Library, the South Carolina Center for Community Literacy and the College of Information and Communications.
The CIC Research & Creative Scholarship Symposium is an internal forum for CIC faculty and doctoral students to learn each other’s research and creative scholarship.
Identifying trends and shaping the future of research/strategy in the field is the goal of the Global Strategic Communication Consortium.
This biennial event welcomes scholars from various disciplines and approaches that address the vital relationships between civil rights and public communication from local/national/transnational contexts, perspectives and periods.
The Ronald T. and Gayla D. Farrar Award in Media & Civil Rights History, given biennially, recognizes the best journal article or chapter in an edited collection on the historical relationship between the media and civil rights published during the previous two years.
