Sumayya Ahmed
B.A., Sociology and African American Studies, Wesleyan University; M.A., Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University
Research Interests: Arabic, Amazigh (Berber), and Islamic manuscripts; Intellectual history of archives in the Maghreb (North Africa); Critical digital humanities; (Digital) Cultural heritage
Advisors: Barbara Moran and Christopher (Cal) Lee
Sandeep Avula
B. Tech, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT); M.S.I.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Information retrieval; Recommender systems
Advisors: Jaime Arguello and Diane Kelly
B.S., Mathematics Education, North Carolina State University; M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Effects of bias on information retrieval and use; Cognitive aspects to information design and retrieval; Examination of personalization from a cognitive perspective
Advisor: Diane Kelly
B.A., Sociology, Smith College; M.S.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Community archives; Social informatics; Digital curation; Organizational & cultural memory-making/memorialization processes
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
Kathy Brennan
B.A., English, Messiah College; M.B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.S.L.S., Catholic University
Research Interests: Impact of cognitive load on information search and retrieval; Measures of mental effort; Human-computer interaction (HCI); Research methods
Advisor: Diane Kelly
B.A., Psychology, North Carolina State University; M.S., Human Factors and Industrial Organizational Psychology, Wright State University
Research Interests: User interface design and evaluation; Visualization; IT management; Computer-supported cooperative work
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
Leo L. Cao
B.S., Information Management and Technology, Syracuse University; M.S., Information, University of Michigan
Research Interests: 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
B.A., Sociology, Brandeis University; M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Information behavior of digital archive users; Digital humanities; Curation and preservation environments
Advisor: Christopher (Cal) Lee
Thu-Mai Christian
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
Rachael Clemens
B.A. Philosophy, Concord College; M.L.S., Texas Woman's University
Research Interests: 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
Amanda B. Click
B.S., Science, Technology & Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.L.I.S, UNC-Greensboro
Research Interests: Academic integrity; Information literacy; Library services for international students; Cultural adaptation in higher education
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Jonathan Crabtree
B.A., Economics; M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Digital curation; Archives; Preservation
Advisor: Helen Tibbo
Anita Crescenzi
B.S., Secondary Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Human-computer interactions; Interactive information retrieval; Collaboration and information seeking and behavior especially with regard to health
Advisors: Rob Capra and Diane Kelly
Ashlee Edwards
B.S., Information Science; B.A., English, UNC-Chapel Hill
Research interests: Biometrics/physiological signals; Interactive information retrieval; Search task development
Advisor: Diane Kelly
Nina 
Exner
B.S., Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.L.S., North Carolina Central University; M.A., Liberal & Global Studies, UNC-Greensboro
Research Interests: Academic libraries; Research competency development; Mentoring of faculty-librarians; Library organizational behavior; Grantsmanship, Popular materials
Advisor: Barbara Moran
Patrick Golden
B.A., History, University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests: Scholarly note-taking practices; Critical information studies; Infrastructure studies; Histories of computing and networking
Advisors: Ryan Shaw and Stephanie Haas
Sheryl Grant
B.A., Communication, Evergreen State College; M.S.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Reputation systems; Technology-mediated social participation; Digital badge system design; Value-driven and value-sensitive design
Advisor: Barbara Wildemuth
Elliott Hauser
B.A., Art History, Duke University; M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Data provenance; Research workflows; Data modeling; History and theory of information science
Teaching: Programming; Web development
Advisors: Brad Hemminger and Ryan Shaw
Jacob Hill
B.A., History, University of Nevada, Reno; M.S.I.S., North Carolina Central University
Research Interests: Knowledge organization; Digital humanities, Baha’i Studies, Arabic & Persian manuscripts
Advisor: Ryan Shaw and Brad Hemminger
Kimberly Hirsh
B.A., Classics (Latin) and Dramatic Art; M.A.T., Latin; M.S.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Information needs and behaviors of adolescents; Role of school libraries in learning; Professional development of school librarians
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Zekun Hu
B.M., Archival Science, Wuhan University
Research Interests: Archives; Digital preservation; Personally identifiable information in digital collections
Advisor: Christopher (Cal) Lee
Samantha Kaplan
B.A., Economics & Comparative Literature, University of Georgia; M.L.I.S, University of South Carolina
Research Interests: Misinformation and disinformation
Advisors: Barbara Wildemuth and Ryan Shaw
Heejun Kim
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Yonsei University; M.S., Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Credibility assessment of health information in health-related online communities; Dynamics of social and information networks; Data analytics; Text mining; Machine learning
Advisors: Jaime Arguello and Javed Mostafa
Heather Davidson Maneiro
B.S., Elementary Education, Concordia College; M.S.L.I.S., Syracuse University
Research Interests: Information literacy
Teaching: Information retrieval and analysis; Children’s Literature; Writing; Reference sources and services; School library administration and program evaluation; Standards for school libraries
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Deborah (Debbie) Maron
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B.A., Journalism and Media and English, Rutgers University; M.A., Digital Culture and Technology, King's College London; M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Interests: Metadata pedagogy; Philosophy of information
Teaching: Organization of information, Digital libraries
Advisors: Ryan Shaw and Brian Sturm
John D. Martin IIIB.A., Latin, Western Michigan University; M.A., Islamic Studies, American University in Cairo
Research Interests: Survey interfaces and methods; Disclosure of personal information; Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) education; Digital humanities; Middle East libraries and cultural institutions
Teaching: Human information interaction; Basic information technologies; Programming for information professionals
Advisor: Diane Kelly
Angela P. Murillo
B.A., Geoscience, English, and Spanish, University of Iowa; M.L.I.S., University of Iowa
Research Interests: Scientific data sharing and reuse; Scientific metadata; Scientific data cyberinfrastructure; Earth science informatics; Bioinformatics; Data curation
Advisor: Jane Greenberg
Sarah Beth Nelson
B.A., Latin and English, University of Georgia; M.L.I.S., University of Alabama; Ed.S., School Library Media, University of Georgia
Research Interests: Orality and literacy; True personal storytelling; Contemporary oral tradition
Advisor: Brian Sturm
Danny Anh Nguyen
B.S., Information Science, B.S., Mathematical Sciences (Computer Science), UNC- Chapel Hill; M.S., Computer Information Systems, Boston University; M.B.A., North Carolina State University
Research Interests: Scholarly communications, Information retrieval; Human-Computer interaction, Social media; Evidence-based practice
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
Ericka Patillo
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B.A., Music History, Old Dominion University; M.S.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Academic libraries; Organizational effectiveness; Middle management
Advisor: Barbara Moran
Jason Priem
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
ramdeen@email.unc.eduB.A., Humanities; B.S., Geology; M.S.L.I.S., Florida State University
Research Interests: Data stewardship (preservation, curation, management, access, etc.); Information seeking behavior (related to physical objects); Earth and space science/geoscience informatics
Teaching: Organization of information; Science data stewardship; Museums and archives related topics
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
Casey Rawson
B.S., Biology, Duke University; M.A.T., Middle Grades Education, University of Louisville; M.S.L.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research: Teacher-librarian collaboration; STEM education and school libraries; Diversity and equity in library services for youth; Preservice school librarian education
Teaching: School library administration; Teacher-librarian collaboration; Instructional design and inquiry-based learning; Youth and technology in libraries; Instructional technology; Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research methods
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Emily E. Roscoe
B.A., Political Science; M.S.L.S.; M.P.A.; J.D., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Government officials' legal and societal obligations for information management; Legal foundations of public information in a representative government; Legal risk management for libraries and archives
Advisor: Christopher (Cal) Lee
Cynthia (Cindy) Schmidt
B.A., History (Secondary Teaching Endorsement); M.S., Education (School Library Media Endorsement), Longwood University
Research Interests: School library media; Marketing/PR for libraries; Professional advocacy/recruitment; Library 2.0
Advisor: Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Grace Shin
B.S., Computer Science, Sookmyung Women's University; M.S., Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Interests: Health information; Information seeking and behavior especially with regard to health; Human-Computer interaction
Advisors: Bradley Hemminger and Javed Mostafa
Elnora Kelly Tayag
B.A., Art History, University of California, Irvine; M.A., Religion, Claremont School of Theology; M.L.I.S., University of California Los Angeles
Research Interests: Community-based collections; Digital humanities
Advisor: Ryan Shaw and Sandra Hughes-Hassell
Leslie Thomson
B.A., English; M.I.St., University of Toronto
Research Interests: Everyday life information practices; Human information behavior; Information practices; Online content creation; Personal information management, Qualitative research methods
Teaching: Human information behavior; Everyday life information; Emotions and information
Advisor: Barbara Wildemuth
Megan Threats
B.A., Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy; B.A., Comparative Cultures and Politics, Michigan State University; M.S.L.I.S., Syracuse University
Research Interests: Health information seeking behavior; Health information management; User-centered health information retrieval
Advisors: Claudia Gollop and Amelia Gibson
Emily Vardell
evardell (at) email (dot) unc (dot) edu
B.A., Biological Chemistry, B.A., German Studies, Wellesley College; M.L.S., Texas Woman's University
Research Interests: Health information behavior; Health insurance literacy and decision-making
Teaching: General reference skills; Health sciences reference; Health information behavior; Human information behavior; Consumer health information; Evidence-based medicine; Advanced searching skills
Advisor: Claudia Gollop
Jewel Ward
jewel_ward@unc.eduA.B., International Studies and History; M.S.I.S., UNC-Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Transfer, management, preservation, and curation of (usually "big") data and information for use and re-use
Advisor: Reagan Moore
Shenmeng Xu
B.A., Broadcast and Television Journalism, Dalian University of Technology; M.S., Regional Economics, Dalian University of Technology
Research Interests: Scientometrics; Scholarly communications; Altmetrics and related areas.
Advisor: Brad Hemminger
Yinglong Zhang
B.S., Psychology, Jianghan University; M.S.I.S., University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests: Human-computer interaction; Collaborative search; Data science; Eye-tracking
Advisor: Rob Capra and Diane Kelly