Aantaki Raisa

Aantaki Raisa, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student, is the recipient of a 2022 Cancer Policy Internship sponsored by the UF Health Cancer Center (UFHCC) and the UF Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS). The internship will be for the Fall 2022 academic…

Aantaki Raisa, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, received the People’s Choice Award in the Three-Minute Thesis competition for her work on colorectal cancer screening among immigrant populations. The competition was held at the Conference of Southern Graduate Schools on Feb. 17-19, 2022. In November…

Aantaki Raisa, a University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications doctoral student, received first place and the People’s Choice Award in the UF Graduate School Three Minute Thesis Competition. She was one of ten finalists and the only CJC competitor. Developed by the University of Queensland in Australia and…

Jordan Alpert, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Advertising assistant professor, and CJC doctoral student Aantaki Raisa are two of the co-authors of “When Text Simplification is Not Enough: Could a Graph-Based Visualization Facilitate Consumers’ Comprehension of Dietary Supplement Information?” published in JAMIA Open on April 4. Co-authors…

In 2017, a nine-episode documentary series, Vaccines Revealed, was shared on a closed Facebook group affiliated with anti-vaccination topics.  Since then, the content information on the series had 29,000 shares on Facebook alone. These films were promoted as being superior to the knowledge of doctors and were often referenced in…

University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) doctoral student Amanda Bradshaw was lead author of “Propagandizing Anti-Vaccination: Analysis of ‘Vaccines Revealed’ Documentary Series” published in Vaccine on Jan. 22. Co-authors include: UFCJC Advertising professor Debbie Treise; , doctoral students , Matthew Cretul, Aantaki Raisa, Alexis Bajalia; Public Relations…