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Susannah Enkema is the VP of Research & Insights at Shelton Group, the nation’s leading marketing communications agency focused exclusively on energy and the environment. She directs her team in designing primary and secondary, quantitative and qualitative research projects. She plays a key role at the front end in making sure they’re asking [...]

FIU’s annual celebration, Faculty Convocation awards select individuals for their significant achievements in their scholarly pursuit and achievements. They are recognized for their impactful teaching, outstanding research, and exemplary service.   This year, two CARTA faculty members, Adjunct Professor Eva Gasson and Associate Teaching Professor Maria Ines Marino, were honored and recognized by the [...]

Eight Questions with Alanna Barlow- CARTA REAL Triumph Graduate Summer 2022 A true testament to triumph, Alanna Barlow has seen both the brightest and darkest days as a young black woman in America. Struggles with identity and mental health clouded Alanna’s path to greatness until clarity and confidence guided her to where she [...]

Associate professor, David J. Park, Ph.D., in the School of Communication published an award-winning book detailing the ongoing climate crisis, and its exacerbation by mass media and widespread consumerism. Dr. Park has been teaching advertising and public relations at FIU in the School of Communication + Journalism (SCJ) as a tenured professor since [...]

The BOLD Strategic Communications Agency is elated to announce that six members have been accepted for the 4A’s Foundation’s Multicultural Advertising Internship Program (MAIP) this summer. The nonprofit organization provides students and recent graduates with fellowships at advertising, communications, and marketing agencies over a 22-week period and with opportunities to gain employment after [...]

As our Spring semester comes to a close, CARTA looks back on March 29th, where BOLD FIU (our resident strategic communication agency) hosted ComCon after a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ComCon is a series of conferences that bring FIU students together alongside some of the best names in the communications [...]

On April 20, FIU faculty members congratulated one of their own as Elizabeth Baquero became one of the inaugural Rewarding Excellence in Teaching Incentives (RETI) recipients for her class, Fundamentals of Communication (COM 3714). This award recognizes faculty members who work to create learning-centered, inclusive classroom experiences while also providing other faculty members [...]

Written By: Jessica Fernanda Rechani As a dynamic factor on the topic of communication, Professor Mihaela Plugarasu is a force to be reckoned with, especially in her new communications class here at FIU, COM 4930- Self-Leadership A Guide to Personal and Professional Excellence. Held throughout two weekends, COM 4930 prepares tomorrow’s leaders to [...]

As the president of the FIU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) organization, Raquel C. Batista is one busy student with big ambitions for both her future and the future of other PRSSA chapters. She is currently building the foundation for the new executive board of the FIU chapter along with her faculty advisors [...]

FIU alumnus, Bernardo Marques Dalla (‘21), since receiving his Master of Science in Mass Communication: Global Strategic Communication has gone on to become an acclaimed creative in the advertising space. Recently, he was awarded the Gold on the Muse Creative Advertising Award for his ad work on promoting a fictional feature for the mobile [...]