Dr. Vandana Singh, professor in the School of Information Sciences and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the College of Communication and Information, was recently selected for the Cultural Competence in Computing (3C) Fellowship program.

The cohort-based program is for faculty, staff, graduate students, and others in the computing field who want to engage in professional development on the topics of DEI and how systemic racism and bias impact students and faculty alike. Singh has been accepted into the program’s third cohort.

“The program is two years long, and the commitment is to produce a deliverable, which is … Read more “Professor Vandana Singh Selected for Prestigious 3C Fellowship Program”

In 2022, two School of Information Sciences alumni took part in the LEADING Fellowship Program through Drexel University’s Metadata Research Center. Justin Blair and Kay P Maye were among the 26 fellows to complete a data science project under the mentorship of information science centers across the United States. Maye (’21) is currently the scholarly engagement librarian for social sciences and data at Tulane University, and Blair (’21) continues to focus on publication of his research. We caught up with both to discuss their time in the program and its impacts on their future careers in the field of information … Read more “SIS Alums Justin Blair and Kay P Maye Complete LEADING Fellows Program for Data Science”

The day consisted of two events — an afternoon panel and an evening celebratory reception. At the afternoon panel discussion, CCI Dean Joe Mazer spoke to the significance … Read more “Event Recap: MSIS Celebrates its 50th Anniversary of Accreditation”

In May of 2022, Roger Justus was playing the job search waiting game. He’d left behind his 25-year career in IT to find a vocation that would “feed his soul,” and friends and family had encouraged him to explore librarianship. Ultimately, he chose to return, to some extent, to his roots: His first passion and his undergraduate degree were in geography, which led him to the pathway in geographic information sciences through the MSIS program. Fortunately, the same day Roger walked across the … Read more “Alumni Highlight: MSIS Alum Roger Justus Offered Dream Job on Graduation Day”