Join us in congratulating Lori L. Tharps, Kopenhaver Center Fellow on the release of her new book, Same Family, Different Colors: Confronting Colorism in America's Diverse Families, which is slated for release in Fall 2016 from Beacon Press.
Outside the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for Women in Communication at FIU’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, from left, Andrew Trabazo, Simiyyah Black, Carolina Estrada, Mirza de la Fuente, Ashley Orozco, Dr. Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, and Dr. Robert Gutsche, Jr. (Photo by Lillian Abreu) Five SJMC undergraduate students have been named Research [...]
Leading From the Outside: Rethinking Journalism Leadership When Change is the new Normal Media shape our perception of the world, tell us what our communities are like -- even, to a large degree, who we are. Often, they have been wrong, making us believe our neighborhoods are more unsafe than they are, for example, or [...]
Join the Kopenhaver Center Monday, September 21, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) as it launches its Fall 2015 Leadership Series with "Women and Television: Succeeding in the Business," a free webinar with CBS4's Marybel Rodriguez. Attendees can watch it in person from the center (BBC Campus, Academic II, Room 252), or view it live online [...]
Do you wonder how women can excel in their leadership positions? Find yourself wanting to know their secrets? In a recent article for Fortune “The Trait That Makes Women Great” Geoff Colvin asserts women’s empathy is one of the traits that allow them to be great leaders. According to Colvin, empathy allows women to build [...]
NORTH MIAMI, FL – A new look at studies of women and media shows all communications industries are out of step with the U.S. population. The extensive analysis of data by the Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication at Florida International University covered the decade from 2005-2015 on the role [...]
Nikki Usher, an assistant professor at the School of Media & Public Affairs at George Washington University, is the winner of the 2015 Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Outstanding Junior Scholar Award. Kopenhaver, dean emeritus and professor at Florida International University’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will present the award on Wednesday, Aug. 5 at the [...]
According to Katherine Hansen, the general impression is that women are now becoming incrementally more successful in the workforce. Women are represented in the workforce in greater numbers than ever and holding a higher percentage of managerial and executive jobs than in the past. Women-owned businesses have doubled in the last dozen or so years. [...]
Vine is a popular video-sharing social media platform that allows users to post and watch six-second videos. The most popular ones are creative and humorous. “Viners” with the most followers and views use imaginative techniques and outrageous antics. So what does this mean for communicators? Here are some best practices to start your own Vine [...]