SILS Ph.D. Students
Sumayya Ahmed
ELIME-21 Fellow
Homepage: makatib.org
B.A., Sociology and African American Studies, Wesleyan University; M.A., Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Historical issues in librarianship in Morocco, digital cultural heritage, information and authority in North Africa and the Middle East.
Advisors: Barbara Moran and Christopher (Cal) Lee
B.S., Mathematics Education, North Carolina State University; M.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Research interests: the effects of bias on information retrieval and use, cognitive aspects to information design and retrieval, and examination of personalization from a cognitive perspective
Advisor: Diane Kelly
B.A., Sociology, Smith College; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Community archives, social informatics, digital curation, organizational & cultural memory-making/memorialization processes
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
hbowden@email.unc.edu OR heather@longtermdata.com
Closing the Digital Gap Project Manager and Carolina Digital Curation Doctoral Fellow
B.F.A., Painting, New Mexico State University; M.S., Library and Information Science, University of Denver
Digital curation and preservation, file format obsolescence/endangerment, system design, and motivation in social network activity.
Advisors: Helen Tibbo and Cal Lee
kbrennan at unc dot edu
B.A., English, Messiah College; M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.S., Library Science, Catholic University
Impact of cognitive load on information search and retrieval; measures of mental effort; human-computer interaction (HCI); research methods.
Advisor: Diane Kelly
Jeff Calcaterra
jacalcat@email.unc.edu
jeffcalcaterra.com
B.A., Psychology, North Carolina State University; M.S., Human Factors and Industrial Organizational Psychology, Wright State University
User interface design and evaluation, visualization, IT management, computer-supported cooperative work.
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
B.S., Information Management and Technology, Syracuse University; M.S., Information, University of Michigan
Games and Learning; Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy; Information Seeking Behavior and Use; Libraries and the 21st Century Challenge of Shifting Demographics.
Advisor: Stephanie Haas
achass@email.unc.edu
B.A., Sociology, Brandeis University; M.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Information behavior of digital archive users, digital humanities, curation and preservation environments
Advisor: Christopher (Cal) Lee
B.A., Psychology, Harvard University; M.S., Information Science, UNC at Chapel Hill
Research interests: information behaviors, text mining and information retrieval, particularly concerning health/medicine; information needs/use in various cultural contexts; research methods
Advisor: Claudia Gollop and Barbara Wildemuth
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.A. Drama; M.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Natural language processing, knowledge representation, and lexicography, of the language used in electronic contexts such as chat, SMS, IM, forums, and online games
Advisor: Stephanie Haas
B.A. Philosophy, Concord College; M.L.S., Texas Woman's University
Research: Information behavior and decision making during a personal crisis; affective and cognitive influences on information seeking; information seeking and avoidance as a coping / therapeutic activity; user education
B.S., Science, Technology & Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.L.I.S, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Information literacy in the Arab world, library services for non-native English speakers
Advisors -Barbara Moran and Javed Mostafa
kaitcost@email.unc.edu
Homepage: k8lin.com
B.A., Film, Vassar College; MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research: Patient-to-patient communication, online social networks, social support and personal health information management and sharing.
Advisors: Barbara Wildemuth
Jonathan Crabtree
Jonathan_Crabtree@unc.edu
B.A. Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MSIS, archives and records management concentration, UNC at Chapel Hill; Geography: GIS & Geomorphology Master's Studies, UNC at Chapel Hill
Digital curation, archives, and preservation
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.S. Secondary Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MSIS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, SILS
Human-computer interactions, interactive information retrieval, collaboration, and information seeking and behavior especially with regard to health
Advisors: Rob Capra and Barbara Wildemuth
aedwards [ at ] unc.edu
B.S. Information Science, B.A. English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Mobile interface design, mobile usability, faceted search
Advisor: Diane Kelly
BS Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill; MLS, NCCU; MA, Liberal & Global Studies, UNC-Greensboro
Academic libraries, mentoring of faculty-librarians, library organizational behavior, popular materials
Advisor: Barbara Moran
http://shera.ils.unc.edu/~xyfan/home/main.html
B.S. Environmental Science, Fudan University; M.S. Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University; M.S., Environmental Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Personalized Information Retrieval, Text Mining
Advisor: Javed Mostafa
M.S. Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Research: intersection of social networking, libraries, civics learning, and information literacy skills
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Royster Fellow
B.A., Art History, Duke University; M.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Data provenance, research workflows, data modeling, history and theory of information science
Advisors
Brad Hemminger and Ryan Shaw
Advisor: Barbara Moran and Javed Mostafa
B.S., Computer and Information Science, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan; M.S., Computer Science, University of California, San Diego
Digital preservation, Digital humanities
Advisor: Richard Marciano
B.S.N., Nursing, University of Illinois; M.S.N., Nursing/Healthcare Systems and Informatics, UNC-Chapel Hill; Post-Master's Certificate in Nursing Education, UNC-Chapel Hill
Development and use of standardized terminologies for clinical software applications; healthcare informatics; asynchronous learning (web-based education); systems analysis and administration
Advisor: Stephanie Haas
Julia Khanova
B.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Information use in e-Learning, intersection of technology and pedagogy in online education
Advisor: Gary Marchionini (current) and Deborah Barreau (past)
elisabeth@elisabethleonard.com
B.A., German and Management, Salem College; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.B.A., Wake Forest University
Innovation, marketing, professional development for staff and librarians, pedagogy
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
John D. Martin IIIELIME Fellow
B.A., Latin, Western Michigan University; M.A., Islamic Studies, American University in Cairo; M.A. (pending), Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University
Computation and the Humanities, Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS), digital libraries in the Islamic World, pedagogy of technologies
Advisors: Barbara Moran and Javed Mostafa
TRLN Doctoral Fellow
B.A., History, University of Florida; M.A., Ph.D. History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitization of primary sources
Advisor: Joanne Gard Marshall
Angela MurilloDigCCurr Fellow
B.A., Geoscience, English, and Spanish; M.L.I.S., University of Iowa
Digital curation and preservation, scientific data, and information seeking behavior/use
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.S. Information Science, B.S. Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S. Computer Information Systems – Boston University; M.B.A. – North Carolina State University
Scholarly communications, Information retrieval, Human-Computer interaction, Social media, Evidence-based practice
Advisor: Dr. Bradley (Brad) Hemminger
Ericka PatilloHomepage: http://www.unc.edu/~patillo/
B.A., Music History, Old Dominion University; M.S. in Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Interests: Academic libraries, organizational effectiveness, middle management
Advisor: Barbara Moran
B.A., History, Williams College; M.A., History, Brown University; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.A., Sociology; M.B.A., University of the West Indies; M.S., Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Information needs/seeking behavior, health information, health literacy and user education
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
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B.A., History; M.Ed., Social Studies Education, University of Florida
Research: Scholarly communication, social media, Web-based metrics of scholarly impact, open-access publishing, information visualization
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
ramdeen@email.unc.eduB.A., Humanities, Florida State University; B.S., Geology, Florida State University; M.S., Library and Information Science, Florida State University
Information seeking behavior of Geologist when searching for physical sample sets and how this effects collection curation and user access.
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
B.S., Biology, Duke University; M.A.T., Middle Grades Education, University of Louisville; M.S., Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill
Information needs and behaviors of adolescents; adolescents' responses to information overload; diversity in young adult literature
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Lorraine (Lori) RichardsB.A., Economics, University of California at Santa Cruz; M.A., Economics, California State University at Hayward
Electronic Records Management, Digital Curation, Cloud Computing, Economics of Public Information Stewardship
Advisor: Cal Lee and Helen Tibbo
Emily E. Roscoe
Project Manager, Educating Stewards of Public Information Infrastructure (ESOPI2)
B.A., Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.P.A., UNC-Chapel Hill
Public information and records especially:
• government officials' legal and societal obligations for information management
• legal foundations of public information in a representative government
Effective use of information for problem-solving
Advisor: Christopher (Cal) Lee
B.A. in History (Secondary Teaching Endorsement), Longwood University; M.S. in Education (School Library Media Endorsement), Longwood University
School library media, marketing/PR for libraries, professional advocacy/recruitment, library 2.0
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
TRLN Doctoral Fellow
B.S., Botany, Auburn University; M.L.I.S., Wayne State University
Scholarly Communications; Sociology of Research; Bibliometrics; Research Methods; Information Interactions; International Information & Library Science
Advisor: Diane Kelly
Timur Uckun
B.A., Computer Science, Thomas Edison State College; M.B.A., CUNY-Baruch College
Information risk and assurance, data curation and digital preservation.
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
Emily Vardell
Louis Round Wilson Fellow
B.A., Biological Chemistry, B.A., German Studies, Wellesley College; M.L.S., Texas Woman's University
Research interests: Information literacy in health policy and health insurance information. The use of mobile technologies to support healthcare.
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
A.A., Advertising, B.A., Social Communication with Visual Design; Escuela de Comunicacion Monica Herrera, Santiago, Chile.
User experience design and communication, Javier's research project explores self-disclosure in social media.
Advisor: Gary Marchionini
jewel_ward@unc.eduA.B., International Studies and History; M.S.I.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The transfer, management, preservation, and curation of (usually "big") data and information for use and re-use.
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.S., Psychology, National Taiwan University; M.A., Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University
Human-information interaction, system design and evaluation and information seeking behavior
Advisor: Diane Kelly
http://ayoungyoon.web.unc.edu/
B.A., History, Ewha Women's University; M.S.I., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Digital curation, Personal Digital Collections on the Web, End-user trust on data and repository
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
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