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Doctoral Student ProfilesMinjie Chen
-mchen6, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsMulticulturalism in American youth literature; the representation of ethnic Chinese history and culture in youth literature; Chinese children's and young adult literature. More Information ... Sharon L. Comstock -scomstoc, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsFolkloristic understanding of technology-rich learning environments; youth libraries; digital library use and creation in K-12 education; inquiry-based (e)learning; LIS education and the professional continuum; children's literature with an emphasis on fairy tale; digital divide within the profession. More Information ... Ingbert Floyd
-ifloyd2, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsDeveloping methods of structuring the rich detail present in many ethnographic research studies so that it is useful for design activities; exploring how design techniques used in HCI and CSCW, such as participatory design, patchwork prototyping, scenario-based design, and various methods of rapid prototyping and evaluation can be used to guide evolution in the broader context of sociotechnical ecologies; exploring how theoretical concepts developed in social informatics and social studies of technology can be used to inform and improve designed interventions in sociotechnical ecologies. More Information ... Jeff Ginger
-ginger, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsJeff is just beginning to formulate his formal research interests in library science but has already found himself drawn to social and community informatics with a particular interest in the digital divide and digital literacy. More Information ... Xiao Hu -xiaohu, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsInformation retrieval, data mining, information extraction. More Information ... Navadeep Khanal
-khanal, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsSocial and community informatics; critical perspectives in ICT4D research and practice; information policy. More Information ... Yang Luo -yangluo1, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsLibrary and information services for children. More Information ... Caroline Nappo -cnappo2, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsPolitical economy of information; history of LIS; history of communications. More Information ... Safiya Noble -snoble, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsSociology of information, information in society, community informatics, information policy, social networks. More Information ... Claudia Rebaza -rebaza, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsComputer-mediated communication, user studies, the folklore of online creative writing communities. More Information ... Ellen Rubenstein -erubens3, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsOnline communities, health information, information-seeking behavior; social capital; social networks; digital access, ethnography. More Information ... Miriam Sweeney -sweeney6, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsSocial aspects of technology; online identity and embodiment; virtual worlds; race, gender and technology. More Information ... Qin Wei -qinwei2, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsNatural language processing, machine-learning and data Mining; information retrieval systems and semantic web. More Information ... Karen Wickett -wickett2, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsInformation organization and knowledge representation. More Information ... Oksana Zavalina -zavalina, at illinois.edu- Research InterestsInformation organization and access; metadata (collection-level and item-level); cataloging; use and users of digital libraries and aggregations of digital collections. More Information ...
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HEADLINESTwelve Students Honored with Grants GSLIS Students Named Diversity Scholars Guide Highlights Best Gift Books for Youth For Improving Early Literacy, Reading Comics is No Child's Play UPCOMING EVENTSBrownbag discussion about community archiving (Dec 3) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Fair 2009 (Dec 9) Faculty Meeting (Dec 9) Ian Brooks: Designing a Culturally Sensitive Interface for an Endemic Disease Cyberenvironment (Dec 16) 2009 Downs Intellectual Freedom Award Reception (Jan 16) iConference 2010 (Feb 3 - Feb 6) Faculty Meeting (Feb 10) Faculty Meeting (Mar 3) |
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