SILS Ph.D. Students
ELIME-21 Fellow
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B.A., Sociology & African American Studies, Wesleyan University; M.A., Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Historical issues in librarianship in in Morocco, digital cultural heritage, information and authority in North Africa and the Middle East.
Advisors: Barbara Moran and Javed Mostafa
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; documentary arts (film and writing); 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
B.A. in English from Messiah College; M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University; M.S.L.S. from Catholic University
The impact of cognitive abilities on human-information interaction; usability and cognitive design in human-computer interaction; and collaborative information seeking.
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Advisor: Diane Kelly
brinegar [ at ] unc.edu
B.S., Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Intersection of Personal Information Management and Human-Computer Interactions in personal digital collections, Information Security, Information Visualization
Advisors: Rob Capra and Cal Lee
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. 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
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: Helen Tibbo
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
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
Advisor: Barbara Wildemuth
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
B.A. Human Resource Development, Northeastern State University; MLIS, University of Iowa
Reading comprehension and the web, educational leadership & collaboration, children's and young adult literature and services, outreach to pre-service teachers.
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
AB in History, Mount Holyoke College; MSLIS with a concentration in archives management, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
Personal recordkeeping in digital environments, information as possession.
Advisor: Deborah Barreau
BA in History (ancient) from Whitman College, MA LIS from University of Missouri, ELIME fellow
Information literacy, including information literacy standards used in the Middle East and how they reflect the needs of their communities.
Advisors: Barbara Moran & Javed Mostafa
TRLN Doctoral Fellow
B.A., English Language and Literature, Ohio Northern University; J.D., Ohio Northern University; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Academic libraries, education for librarianship, scholarly communication and copyright issues
Advisor: Paul Solomon
Ashlee Edwards
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
B.A., Chemistry and Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.B.A., Elon College; M.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Human Computer Interaction/User Centered Design and diffusion of technology
Advisor: Paul Solomon
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
B.S. Education, University of Kansas; M.S. Education, University of Kansas
K-12 learning and instruction, school library initiatives, integrative curriculum technology, everyday information practices of individuals with developmental disabilities
Advisors: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
B.S., Compuper 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., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Information use in e-Learning, intersection of technology and pedagogy in online education
Advisor: Deborah Barreau
B.A., Psychology, B.S., Political Science, Quincy University; J.D., Case Western Reserve University; M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Public library administration, leadership training and development, and international library practices
Advisor: Evelyn Daniel
BSN, Nursing, University of Illinois; MSN, Nursing/Healthcare Systems & 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
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
B.A., History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Graduate coursework in public health at UNC-Chapel Hill
Broad interest in health and medical informatics, in both developed and developing environments.
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
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: Claudia Gollop and 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
Homepage: http://ils.unc.edu/~xiniu
B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University, China
Information seeking behavior, empirical research methods
Advisor: 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: Deborah Barreau
B.A., History, Williams College; M.A., History, Brown University; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
Homepage: www.felixportnoy.com
B.A., Psychology, Haifa University; M.A.Sc., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto.
Research interests: Human-computer interaction research: orienting response to online advertisement.
Advisor: Gary Marchionini
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
Homepage: www.derekrodriguez.net
B.A., English, Duke University; M.S., Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Library evaluation and assessment, academic libraries, library operations, project management, information technologies for libraries
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
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
B.S. Engineering, Imperial College, London
Timur Uckun
B.A., Computer Science, Thomas Edison State College; M.B.A., CUNY\Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business.
Information risk and assurance, data curation and digital preservation.
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
B.A., French, Pennsylvania State University; M.A., French, Indiana University; M.L.S., University of Alabama
Academic libraries, student information behavior, reference services
Advisor: Barbara Moran
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.A., Comparative Literature, University of Georgia; B.A., M.A., English, University of Georgia; M.S., Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Metadata, the evolution of technical services in academic and law libraries, interdisciplinary knowledge organization, scientific organization of data
Advisor: Jane Greenberg
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., School of Information, 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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