Assistant Professor

Pronouns: He/Him/His

bdobresk@utk.edu

Brian Dobreski is an assistant professor in the School of Information Sciences at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. His research focuses on the practices and implications of knowledge and information organization, as well as the concepts of personhood and personal identity in information. Brian received his PhD in information science from Syracuse University and previously worked as a librarian in systems and cataloging positions, including at Syracuse University and Eastman School of Music. He has authored works in publications including Journal of Documentation, Knowledge Organization, Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, Social Media + Society, Journal of Information Ethics, and Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. From 2021-2023, he served as president of the Canada and US chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organization. His awards and honors include CCI’s Faculty Teaching Award (2023), the Bonnie Carroll and Roy Cooper Faculty Enrichment Award (2021), honorable mention for the ProQuest Best Dissertation Award (2020), and runner up for the iSchools 2020 Doctoral Dissertation Award. In 2024, he and his colleagues, with the Inclusive Catalog Lab, received a three-year National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to further their work in supporting the needs of LGBTQ+ library users.