Courses & Activities

University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Sciences,
2001-2004

Classes taught include: Leadership and Design of Organizations; Research as Rhetoric; Technology, Information and Society: Convenience or Chaos?

Other academic activities: University-wide — Ad Hoc Distinguished Professor Nomination Committee; Chair, School of Information Sciences Dean’s Search Committee; Member, Global Studies Program Advisory Committee; Member, College of General Studies IT Industry Advisory Board; Member, Graduate Faculty. School of Information Sciences — member, Doctoral Studies Committee; Member, Admissions Committee; Member, Curriculum Committee; Member, Faculty Development & Evaluation; Member, Planning and Budgeting Committee; Chair, Faculty Search Committee (for 3 positions); Member, Robert Korfhage Award Committee; Academic Director, Certificate of Advanced Study in Leadership and Management (2003-ongoing).

University of Michigan, Professor, School of Information,
1996-2001

Classes taught included: Leadership and Organizational Design; Leadership and Management of Information Technology Organizations; Research as Rhetoric (all graduate level classes). Freshmen Seminar—Women in Technology.

Other academic activities: Member, Capital Campaign Planning Committee; Chair, Information Technology Strategic Directions Group; President’s Information Technology Revolution Committee (PIRC); PIRC Infrastructure Sub-committee; PIRC “What should we teach?” Subcommittee; PIRC “How should we teach?” Subcommittee; Information Technology Policy Committee; Distance Education Task Force; Media Union Executive Committee; U-M Digital Library Program Governing Group; School of Information -- Governing Faculty; Curriculum Committee; Promotion and Tenure Committee; Information Economics, Management and Policy Program Committee.

University of Tennessee, Professor, School of Information Sciences,
1989-96

Other academic activities: Chair, Instructional Technology Advisory Committee 1992-1994; Information Resources Planning Council 1992-1994, Grants for Instructional Technology Committee, 1994-1994. Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for Planning and Budgeting 1994-1996; Student Affairs Council 1995-1996; Faculty Data Form Committee 1992-1994; Distance Education Advisory Committee 1993-1996; Academic and Research Advisory Committee, UT Computing Center 1992-1994; Faculty Affairs Committee 1994-1996; Dean's Council 1992-1996; the Board of the Tennessee Center for Literacy Studies 1993-1996.

The Catholic University of America, Adjunct Professor,
1982-86

Classes taught included: Database Design; Information Retrieval; Microcomputers for Information Management.

Other academic activities: Curriculum Design Committee.

University of California, Berkeley, Visiting Professor, School of Library, Archives and Information Studies,
1979-1980

Classes taught included: Information Retrieval; Information Systems Design; Foundations of Information Science; Doctoral seminar—Contemporary Information Science Issues.

Marconi Avionics, Hertfordshire, England, Head of the Education and Training Centre,
1979-80

Classes taught included: Systems Analysis; Structured Design Techniques; Management of Complex Software Projects; Hardware Design Processes for Software Engineers; Software Design Processes for Hardware Engineers.

University College, London, England, Instructor, School of Library, Archives and Information Science,
1972-1978

Classes taught included: Online Search Methodologies; Information Retrieval; Database Design; Computers and Archives Administration.

University College, London, England, Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Statistics,
1977-1979

Classes taught included: Computer Software Optimization; Development of Computer Models; Computer Modelling and Simulation.

The Queen’s University, Belfast, Department of Library and Information Studies, Visiting Professor,
1976-77

Classes taught included: Library Automation; Information Retrieval.