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Katie Knight Pursues Big Data and Her Doctorate

January 16, 2020 by School of Information Sciences

Katie Knight has traveled from one end of the information sciences highway to the other – from public libraries to archives, and from archives to metadata. As part of her job as an assistant librarian at the New York School of Design, she cataloged and archived items requiring metadata tagging. It was then that she […]

Filed Under: Featured Story, PhD Spotlight

PhD Student Cassandra Huang

PhD Student Cassandra Huang Pursues Research to Make an Impact on Teenage Cyber-bullying

December 13, 2019 by School of Information Sciences

When Cassandra Huang graduated from high school in her home country of Taiwan, her General Scholastic Ability Test results gave her several options as to what she could pursue in college. For her, it came down to a choice between Chinese literature study and library information science; she chose the latter. “The LIS field has […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Featured Story, PhD Spotlight, Student Research Tagged With: PhD

Associate Professor Devendra Potnis

Associate Professor Devendra Potnis to be Recognized by CCI for International Work

August 15, 2019 by School of Information Sciences

SIS Associate Professor Devendra Potnis will be receiving the College of Communication and Information Bud Minkel International/Intercultural Award this October. The award recognizes the work and research Potnis has conducted over the past two years in Kenya, Benin and India – many geared towards helping people who are disadvantaged in their communities due to financial, […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Faculty Research, Featured Story Tagged With: Africa, Benin, Devendra Potnis, digital literacy, diplomacy, India, Kenya, social justice, US Department of State

Kashif Graham

Student Spotlight: Kashif Graham Finds New Calling in Theological Librarianship

April 23, 2019 by School of Information Sciences

Featured student: Kashif Graham Location: Nashville Education: Bachelor’s of Arts in English literature, and Spanish from Lehman College (City University of New York); Master of Arts in Church Ministry from the Pentecostal Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tennessee; will graduate Spring 2019 with an MSIS degree. Current job: I moved to Nashville to start working at Vanderbilt Divinity School Library […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Featured Story, Student Spotlight Tagged With: Kashif Graham, Student Spotlight, theological librarianship

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