Telecommunications Professor Sylvia Chan-Olmsted is the recipient University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship award for the second time in her career.

“I really appreciate the university’s recognition on the importance of research and knowledge generation in higher education. I am just grateful for all the research resources and support available at the University of Florida. I believe that a curious researcher makes a better teacher,” said Chan-Olmsted.

She also recently published papers in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly’s Spring 2013 issue. Chan-Olmsted is the first author on a paper with College doctoral student Hyejoon Rim and former UF journalism faculty member Amy Zerba, entitled, “Mobile news adoption among young adults: Examining the roles of perceptions, news consumption and media usage.”

Since her arrival at the University of Florida, Chan-Olmsted has developed an impressive record of distinction in research that is rivaled by few of her peers in the academic community nationally and internationally.

Over the course of her career, her scholarship has produced 57 refereed publications, 12 book chapters, one written book, two edited books, and 104 refereed conference papers. Focusing on her scholarship since 2008, she has produced 15 refereed journal publications and 27 refereed conference papers. In addition, her work has appeared in several prominent journals, including Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Communication and Society, and the International Journal of Media Management.

The term of her professorship is from 2013-2015 and comes with a $5,000 salary supplement, as well as an allocation of $3,000 to support her research program.

Posted: June 10, 2013
Category: College News, Research News
Tagged as: Awards, Sylvia Chan-Olmsted