SILS Ph.D. Students

 

Sumayya Ahmed

sumayya@email.unc.edu

ELIME-21 Fellow

Homepage: makatib.org

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


 

Earl Bailey

earl.bailey@gmail.com

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


Heather L. Barnes

hlbarnes@email.unc.edu

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
 


Heather L. M. Bowden

hbowden@email.unc.edu OR heather@longtermdata.com

Closing the Digital Gap Project Manager and Carolina Digital Curation Doctoral Fellow

Homepage

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
 


Kathy BrennanKathy Brennan

kbrennan@unc.edu

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.

Advisor: Diane Kelly 


Justin BrinegarJustin Brinegar

brinegar [ at ] unc.edu

http://justinbrinegar.com/

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 


Amanda ClickAmanda Click  

aclick@live.unc.edu

http://amandaclick.com

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
 


Leo L. Cao  

lcao@unc.edu

B.S., Information Management and Technology, Syracuse University; M.S., Information, University of Michigan.

Homepage and Vita

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


Alexandra (Alex) Chassanoff

photo of Alexandra Chassanoffachass@email.unc.edu

http://ils.unc.edu/~achass/

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
 


 Annie Chen

atchen@email.unc.edu

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
 


Laura Christopherson

llchrist@email.unc.edu

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
 


Rachael Clemens

photo of Rachel Clemens rclemens@email.unc.edu

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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
 


Kaitlin Light Costello

Kaitlyn Light Costellokaitcost@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
 


Ernie J. Cox

photo of Ernie J. Cox

ejcox@email.unc.edu  

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


Amber Cushing 

cushinga@email.unc.edu

Homepage

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


Christine DalsotoChristina Daltoso 

daltoso@live.unc.edu

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
 


Cheryl L. Davis

davic@email.unc.edu

photo of Sheryl DavisTRLN 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

omgitstheash.com/blog

B.S. Information Science, B.A. English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Mobile interface design, mobile usability, faceted search

Advisor: Diane Kelly 

 


 

Beth Ellington

photo of Beth Ellington

elliv@email.unc.edu

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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
 


Nina ExnerNina Exner

nexner@email.unc.edu

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


Xiangyu Fan

xyfan@email.unc.edu

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
 


 

Sheryl Grant

photo of Sheryl Grant

sherylgrant@gmail.com

M.S. Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill

Research: intersection of social networking, libraries, civics learning, and information literacy skills

Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
 


Dana Hanson-Baldauf

 hansonda@unc.edu

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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
 


Chien-Yi Hou

chienyi@unc.edu

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


Julia Khanova

Julia Khanovajulia.khanova@unc.edu

B.S., Information Science, UNC-Chapel Hill

Information use in e-Learning, intersection of technology and pedagogy in online education

Advisor: Deborah Barreau


Mary Wilkins Jordan

wilkinsj@email.unc.edu

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
 


Lauren E. Kearns

photo of Lauren Kearns

lkearns@unch.unc.edu

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 Leonard

elisabeth@elisabethleonard.com

Homepage

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
 


Laura Haak Marcial

marcial@unc.edu

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
 


Chad Morgan

photo of Chad MorganTRLN 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 Murillo

DigCCurr Fellow

amurillo@email.unc.edu

http://amurillo.web.unc.edu

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
 


Xi Niu

photo of Xi Niu

xiniu@unc.edu

Homepage:  http://ils.unc.edu/~xiniu

B.S., M.S., Tsinghua University, China

Information seeking behavior, empirical research methods

Advisor: Brad Hemminger
 


Ericka Patillo

patillo@email.unc.edu

Homepage: 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
 


Alexander Hoyt Poole

ahpoole@email.unc.edu

B.A., History, Williams College; M.A., History, Brown University; M.S., Library Science, UNC-Chapel Hill

Advisor: Helen Tibbo
 


Felix Portnoy

portnoy@email.unc.edu

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 
 


 

Martha Preddie

preddie@email.unc.edu

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
 


Jason Priem 

priem@email.unc.edu

Homepage

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 

 


 

Sarah Ramdeen

photo of Sarah Ramdeenramdeen@email.unc.edu

http://ramdeen.web.unc.edu/

B.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 


Casey Rawson

crawson@email.unc.edu

http://www.unc.edu/~crawson/

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) Richards

lorraine.eakin@unc.edu

Homepage

B.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
 


 

Derek Rodriguez

Derek_Rodriguez@unc.edu

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
 


Cynthia (Cindy) Schmidt

schmidtc@email.unc.edu

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
 


Laura Sheble

photo of Laura ShebleTRLN 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 


Simon Spero

ses@unc.edu

B.S. Engineering, Imperial College, London

 


Timur Uckun

uckun@email.unc.edu

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


Amy VanScoy

photo of Amy VanScoyHomepage

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
 


Javier Velasco

jvelasco@unc.edu

Homepage

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
 

photo of Jewel Wardjewel_ward@unc.edu

Homepage

A.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
  


Hollie C. White

hcwhite1@email.unc.edu

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 
 


 

Wan-Ching Wu

wanchinw@email.unc.edu

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
 


Ayoung Yoon

ayyoon@email.unc.eduAyoung Yoon

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