Yi Wan is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on how power systems shape information access at the individual, community, institutional, and societal levels, with a particular attention to health information and improving equity in information... Read More →
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
LaTesha Velez (she/her/hers) is an Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro LIS program. After working in libraries off and on since 1994, she is now focused on teaching new professionals to thrive in a growingly diverse and globalized field. LaTesha critically... Read More →
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky, College of Communication and Information, School of Information Science
C. Sean Burns is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky’s School of Information Science, where he teaches courses in the undergraduate ICT program and the graduate LIS program. Several of these courses, such as his LIS systems librarianship course and ICT systems administration... Read More →
Leah T. Dudak is a public librarian and Ph.D. candidate at Syracuse University’s iSchool. Her research examines public libraries and the trauma that library staff encounter, centering supporting library workers, systemic issues contributing to trauma, and trauma-informed care. Drawing... Read More →
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland iSchool
Dr. Jieun Yeon is an assistant professor at the University of Maryland College of Information. Her research centers on public library governance, aiming to facilitate democratic and community-oriented decision-making for public library professionals and community members. Her ongoing... Read More →
Professor Kate McDowell’s interdisciplinary work at the University of Illinois examines how storytelling plays a vital role in humanizing data analysis and communication. She focuses on storytelling as information research and how the history of library storytelling informs data... Read More →
Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, School of Information
Ulia Gosart is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information, San Jose State University. Since 2022 she advocates for peace in Ukraine through fundraising, thematic symposia, traveling exhibit and publishing. She is a co-founder of Librarians for Ukrainian Peace and Indepen... Read More →
Dr. Clark studied history and political science as an undergrad and holds a Master’s in Russian and East European Studies, and MLIS, and a Ph.D. in Imperial Russian History. Dr. Clark volunteered extensively translating for Russian and Ukrainian Pentecostals leaving Russia during... Read More →
I worked as an information professional in government and corporate organizations, and earned my Ph.D. in Information Science (with minor in Decision Making) at Rutgers School of Communication and Information. My interests evolve around humanistic research and understanding of relationships... Read More →
Jeonghyun (Annie) Kim a Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of North Texas, where she has been directing the Digital Curation and Data Management Graduate Academic Certificate program.
Edward Benoit III is the Interim Director and Associate Professor in the School of Information Studies at Louisiana State University. Benoit coordinates the archival studies and cultural heritage resource management programs.
Rebekah Willet is Professor and Director of the iSchool PhD Program in the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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 →
Tuesday November 17, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EST TBA
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 →
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 →
Laura Saunders is a Professor and Associate Dean at Simmons University School of Library and Information Science as well as the Director of the Simmons Center for Information Literacy. Her teaching and research focus on the areas of information literacy including news/media literacy... Read More →
I am a PhD candidate in Information Sciences and Technology at Syracuse University. I am planning to defend my dissertation in Spring 2027 and am seeking tenure-track faculty positions for August 2027. My research and teaching center on critical approaches to interrogating the relationships... Read More →
Wednesday November 18, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am EST TBA
Africa S. Hands is assistant professor in the department of information science at University at Buffalo. Her research examines public library access in marginalized populations, information access in higher education settings, and the experiences of graduate and doctoral students... Read More →
PhD candidate, University of Maryland, College Park, College of Information
Twanna Hodge (she/her) is a PhD candidate in the College of Information at the University of Maryland, College Park. She holds a BA in Humanities from the University of the Virgin Islands and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Washington. Her PhD... Read More →
Doctoral Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jamillah R. Gabriel is a doctoral student in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with over 17 years of experience working in public and academic libraries. Her research interests focus on the information needs and behaviors of African... Read More →
Wednesday November 18, 2026 10:30am - 11:45am EST TBA
Yi Wan is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on how power systems shape information access at the individual, community, institutional, and societal levels, with a particular attention to health information and improving equity in information... Read More →
