Women in communication talk equality at the Oscars

Have you ever been proud of an accomplishment? Our center aims to “empower both women professionals and academics in all the fields of communication.” So do several outstanding women in the movie industry. At the Oscars, 44 women nominees celebrated the work they’ve done. The #askhermore hashtag encouraged red carpet interviewers to ask female Oscar [...]

By |2015-03-03T01:19:13-04:00March 3rd, 2015|General|Comments Off on Women in communication talk equality at the Oscars

FIU Professor Named Associate Director of Kopenhaver Center

Dr. Sigal Segev to help lead the center toward greater engagement and opportunities for women  NORTH MIAMI, FL – Dr. Sigal Segev, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC) at Florida International University (FIU), has been named Associate Director for Programming and Research at the school’s Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver Center [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:05-04:00November 19th, 2014|General, News|Comments Off on FIU Professor Named Associate Director of Kopenhaver Center

Communication Leadership Power Program

The Kopenhaver Center is pleased to offer students and alumni of FIU's School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC) a free and unique opportunity to directly engage the Center's annual events through its Communication Leadership Power Program! Through this certificate program, SJMC students will have the chance to connect with today's influential women communications leaders. [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:05-04:00August 28th, 2014|General|Comments Off on Communication Leadership Power Program

Kopenhaver Fellow Tracy Lucht’s New Book

The Center would like to congratulate Tracy Lucht on her new book, Sylvia Porter: America’s Original Personal Finance Columnist. This highly recommended read is the first biography on Sylvia Porter to document her impressive career from 1935 onward in the male-dominated world of business journalism. Porter's effective, easy to read writing cemented her popularity as [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:05-04:00April 1st, 2014|General|Comments Off on Kopenhaver Fellow Tracy Lucht’s New Book

RECOMMENDED: Women and Public Service

The Kopenhaver Center is pleased to share the achievements of fellow Florida International University faculty member, Dr. Mohamed G. Alkadry, who has recently published a new book titled, Women and Public Service: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities (2013). The book, which was co-authored with Dr. Leslie E. Tower from West Virginia University, offers an in-depth examination [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:05-04:00November 26th, 2013|General|Comments Off on RECOMMENDED: Women and Public Service

RECOMMENDED: New Book on Women Journalists

The Palgrave International Handbook of Women and Journalism (2013), edited by Howard University's own Dr. Carolyn M. Byerly, is the latest book to share research on the current status of female journalists around the world. The book relays significant data covered by the Global Report on the Status of Women in News Media (2011), and [...]

By |2017-01-12T19:17:05-04:00November 21st, 2013|General|Comments Off on RECOMMENDED: New Book on Women Journalists