PhD Student, University of South Carolina, School of Information Science
Raphael Ebiefung is a PhD student at the School of Information Science, University of South Carolina. He previously served as a faculty member and librarian in Nigeria before his doctoral studies. His research, which is at the intersection of academic libraries, GenAI in education... Read More →
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, University of South Carolina
Dr. Mónica Colón-Aguirre is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina, School of Information Science. She has more than ten years of experience teaching in higher education and has taught courses at the undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. She is a recipient... Read More →
Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, School of Information Science
Darin Freeburg is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina’s iSchool, where he teaches courses on information literacy, information policy, and workplace information practices. His current research considers the frictionless design mandates that drive the development... Read More →
Assistant Professor, Simmons University, School of Library and Information Science
Dr. Mei Zhang is an assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University. She has extensive teaching experience in different instructional modalities and has taught courses at undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral levels. Her research focuses... Read More →
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Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies
Sarah Beth Nelson is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies. Before becoming a professor, Sarah Beth worked in public and school libraries. In addition to researching oral information, she studies the American reality open mic... Read More →
Dr. Rebecca Stallworth is an Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University. Her research examines diversity issues in academic libraries and the information-seeking behaviors of first-generation graduate students. In 2020, she received... Read More →
Dr. LaVerne Gray is an Assistant Professor in the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. Her research is at the intersection of information science, historical justice, and critical social theory. Dr. Gray examines how information is located, valued, and mobilized in... Read More →
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Data and Information Sciences
Joseph Winberry, Ph.D. is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. His scholarship emphasizes critical library and information science—especially in relation to societal aging. Current research projects... Read More →
Dr. Sarah Barriage is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science at the University of Kentucky. Her research interests include the information practices of children and youth, social justice in information institutions, and the development and use of child-centered... Read More →
Xiaofeng Li is an Associate Professor in the Department of Library and Information Science at PennWest University. Her research interests include youth information behavior, information literacy, and the development of information resources and services for young people.
Dr. Andrew Zalot is an assistant professor at East Carolina University. His research focuses on intellectual freedom and the intersection of local and social media discourse on book bans.
Jessie is an assistant professor in Pratt Institute’s School of Information. Her research interests include Black teens in public library spaces, critical frameworks for teen librarianship, and the ways we teach future librarians work with all youth.
Dr. Jacqueline ‘Jacquie’ Kociubuk is an Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Information Equity, Diverse Communities, and Critical Librarianship track at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies. Her research focuses on understanding... Read More →
Dr. Latrice Ferguson is an Assistant Professor at East Carolina University in the Department of Library Sciences. Within the world of library sciences, she explores the intersections of community literacies, histories, library practices, and literature with children. She spent many... Read More →
Jenny Bossaller is a Professor at the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. She was coauthor of the third edition of Introduction to Public Librarianship. She has received grant support to prepare dozens of students to work in public... Read More →
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland College Park
Dr. Ana Ndumu is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland College Park. Ndumu’s work focuses on the cross between social identity and information behavior, particularly how accessible and adequate information strengthens marginalized communities. Her studies are thus... Read More →
