Completed Dissertations
2025
Bak, Michelle
Promoting a Healthy and Comprehensive Diet through Theory-Driven Large Language Models-Based Agents
Han, Kanyao
Natural Language Processing for Supporting Impact Assessment of Funded Projects
Han, Yingying
Community Archives as Agency: Documenting Chinese American Experiences in the U.S.
Jeoung, Sul Lam (Sullam)
Examining Large Language Models for Safety and Robustness through the Lens of Social Science
Jiang, Xiaoliang
Identifying Place Names in Scientific Writing Based on Language Models, Linked Data, and Metadata
Kanengoni, Jean
Measuring Up: Public Libraries Discovering Their Impact in Zimbabwe
Kaushik, Smirity
Digital Trust, Safety, and Privacy in the Age of Emerging Technologies
Kilhoffer, Danton Zachary Alexander (Zachary)
Human Factors in the Standardization of AI Governance: Improving the Design of Risk Management Standards for Ethical AI
Li, Lan
Transparent, Reusable, and Purpose-Driven Data Cleaning
Mishra, Apratim
Hype and Diversity in Science: A Bibliometric Study of Biomedical Literature
Murugappan, Vairavan
A Framework for Large-scale Dynamic Social Network Analysis with Application to Key Actor Analysis
Perkins, Jana
Scholarship Writ Large: A Data-Rich Analysis of Professionalization in English Literary Scholarship from 1940 to the Present
Subramanian, Suresh
A Unified Computational Framework for Modeling Health Policy Adoption in Complex Real-World Environments
Tang, Liang (Jackie)
The Role of Proximity in Human-Agent Trust
Zalot, Andrew
Tweet of the Town:' Synthesizing Local and Social Media Discourse on Book Bans
Zhou, Zhixuan (Kyrie)
A Pragmatic And Human-Centered Approach to Promoting Software Accessibility: Design, Education, Governance
2024
Chen, Si
Designing Ethical Emotion AI in Online Learning among Ability-Diverse Learners
Desai, Smit Apurva
Designing Metaphor-Fluid Voice User Interfaces
Gryk, Michael Robert
Explorations in Provenance in the Information Sciences
Guo, Qiuyan
Exploring Chinese Celebrity Fans' Online Information Behaviors and Understandings of Their Practices
Hu, Yuerong
Complexities and Nuances of Online Book Reviews in Scholarly Research
Hur, Keunseok Paul (Paul)
Metacognitive Effects of Confusion during Learning: Continuous, Real-Time Self-Report Methods and Insights
Kim, Jenna
Evaluating Pre-Trained Language Modeling Approaches for Author Name Disambiguation
Park, Jai Hyun (Jay)
A Computational Approach toward Understanding the Political Language of Ideologically Opposing Groups—From Historical Newspapers to Social Media
Burns Petrella, Julia
Educating Pre-Service School Librarians about Race, Racism, and Whiteness
Richardson, Courtney
Art as Information: Re-Reading Quicksand
Shang, Wenyi
Moving between Scales: Computationally Modelling Social Dynamics in the Elite Society Of Premodern China
Zheng, Qingxiao
Shifting Paradigms in the UX Evaluation of Human-AI Interaction: From Dyadic to Monadic Designs
2023
Han, Ruohua
Exploring the Sharing of Autobiographical Memories and Memory Objects in Chinese Families
Hoang, Khanh Linh
Natural Language Processing to Support Evidence Quality Assessment of Biomedical Literature
Morales, Myrna
Towards a Theory of Trust in Libraries and Democracy
Parulian, Nikolaus Nova
A Conceptual Model for Transparent, Reusable, and Collaborative Data Cleaning
2022
Cheng, Jessica
Agreeing to Disagree: Applying a Logic-based Approach to Reconciling and Merging Multiple Taxonomies
Kacunguzi, Dianah Twinoburyo
Knowledge Preservation Practices of Herbalists in Uganda: An Ethnographic Study
Lee, Lo
Understanding Information Activities of Hobbyists in the Making of Arts and Crafts Across Space
2021
Barbosa, Natã Miccael
Exploring Algorithmic Realism in the Data Economy
Hao, Yun
Towards a Better Understanding of Music Playlist Titles and Descriptions
Nance, Kinyetta Lashawn
African Americans and mobile video: exploring Black cultural practice on Vine
Phelps, Kirstin Clare
Collective Leadership for Community Action: A Case-Based Inquiry into Supporting Digital Literacy Initiatives
Rezapour, Shadi
From User-Generated Text to Insight; Context-Aware Measurement of Social Impacts and Interactions Using Natural Language Processing
Roberto, Keller Raffaele
Description is a Drag (and Vice Versa): Classifying Trans Identities
Samuel, Noah Oluwafemi
Characteristics of Business Incubators Influencing Collaboration Among Member Startup Firms
Williams, DeAnza
#BlackBoyYALit: Seeing Black Boys in 21st Century Young Adult Literature
2020
Lee, Joo Ho
Using Grant Applications to Measure the Evolution of Collaborative and Non-collaborative Research
Mishra, Shubhanshu
Information Extraction from Digital Social trace Data with Applications to Social Media and Scholarly Communication Data
Strickland Bloch, Beth
The Values and Ethics of Biomedical Engineering Practices in the Design of Novel Biotechnologies
Takazawa, Aiko
Tutteli to Japan: a Case Study of Spontaneous Collaboration in Disaster Response
2019
Cunningham, Paige Danielle
Exploring Communication Patterns in Massive Open Online Courses
Gabb, Henry A, III
An Informatics Approach to Prioritizing Risk Assessment for Chemicals and Chemical Combinations Based on Near-Field Exposure from Consumer Products
Jett, Jacob Guy
Towards a General Conceptual Model for Bibliographic Aggregates: Four Case Studies from Our Bibliographic Standards
Jones, Jimi
So Many Standards, So Little Time: A History and Analysis of Four Digital Video Standards
Kehoe, Adam Kyle
Predicting Controlled Vocabulary Based on Text and Citations: Case Studies in Medical Subject Headings in MEDLINE and Patents
Lawrence, E.E.
Reading for Democratic Citizenship: A New Model for Readers' Advisory
Martaus, Alaine
Modeling Participatory Literacy (In Your Pants): An Analysis of Print and New Media Convergence in the Vlogbrothers' YouTube Videos
Sherman, Garrick T.
Document Expansion and Language Model Re-Estimation for Information Retrieval
2018
2017
Ahmed, Shameem
mHeath Literacy: Characterizing People's Ability to Use Smartphone-based Health-related Applications
Austin, Jeanie Lynn
Libraries for Social Change: Centering Youth of Color and/or LGBTQ Youth in Library Practice
Baker, Karen
D'Arpa, Christine
"Procure, Propagate, and Distribute Among the People": The Information Service Functions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1862-1888
Fenlon, Katrina S.
Thematic Research Collections: Libraries and the Evolution of Alternative Scholarly Publishing in the Humanities
Kim, Jinseok
The Impact of Author Name Disambiguation on Knowledge Discovery from Large-Scale Scholarly Data
Lucic, Ana
Summarization of Biomedical Texts by Utilizing the Information Extracted from Comparative Sentences
Lugya, Fredrick
Next generation catalogues: an analysis of user search strategies and behavior
Serbanuta, Claudia
Voices from the Other Side of the Wall: The Case of Romanian Libraries of the 1970s and the 1980s
Smith, Mikki (Dawn)
Print Networks and Youth Information Culture: Young People, Amateur Publishing, and Children's Periodicals, 1867-1890
Thomer, Andrea
Site-based data curation: bridging data collection protocols and curatorial processes at scientifically significant sites
Thompson, Cheryl A.
Data Expertise and Service Development in Geoscience Data Centers and Academic Libraries
2016
Bettivia, Rhiannon
Encoding Power: The Scripting of Archival Structures in Digital Spaces using the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model
Duffy, Damian
Educational Hypercomics: Learners, Institutions, and Comics in E-Learning Interface Design
Leetaru, Kalev Hannes
Can We Forecast Conflict? Forecasting Global Human Behavior at the Macro-Societal Level Using Surface-Level Emotional and Thematic Indicators For Remote Media-Based Population Assessment
Lenstra, Noah
The Community Informatics of an Aging Society: A Comparative Case Study of Public Libraries and Senior Centers
Smith, Brittany Noell
Motivation and Skill Acquisition in an Online Amateur Multimedia Community: A Case Study
Villa-Nicholas, Melissa
Latinas in Telecommunications: Intersectional Experiences in the Bell System
2015
Chao, Tiffany
Methods Metadata: Curating Scientific Research Data for Reuse
Ginger, Jeffrey
Capturing The Context of Digital Literacy: A Case Study of Illinois Public Libraries in Underserved Communities
Luo, Yang
The Genesis of Youth Services in Public Libraries in China, 1912-1937
Nappo, Caroline Marie
Libraries and the System of Information Provision in the 1930s United States: The Transformation of Technology, Access, and Policy
Organisciak, Piotr (Peter)
Design Problems in Crowdsourcing: Improving the Quality of Crowd-based Data Collection
Sacchi, Simone
What Do We Mean by “Preserving Information”? Towards Sound Conceptual Foundations for Digital Stewardship
Weber, Nicholas
A Framework for Analyzing the Sustainability of Peer Produced Science Commons
Yeo, ShinJoung
Behind the Search Box: The Political Economy of a Global Internet Industry
2014
Dousa, Thomas M.
Julius Otto Kaiser and His Method of Systematic Indexing: An Early Indexing System in its Historical Context
Rhinesmith, Colin
The Social Shaping of Cloud Computing: An Ethnography of Infrastructure in East St. Louis, Illinois
Roberts, Sarah T.
Behind the Screen: The Hidden Digital Labor of Commercial Content Moderation
2013
2012
Comstock, Sharon L.
A Case Study of Legitimate Literacies: Teens’ “Small World” and the School Library
Gaffney, Loretta Mary
Intellectual Freedom and the Politics of Reading: Libraries as Sites of Conservative Activism, 1990-2010
Khanal, Navadeep
The Lens of Postcolonial Theory in LIS Research and Practice
Noble, Safiya Umoja
Searching for Black Girls: Old Traditions in New Media
Urban, Richard J.
Principle Paradigm Revisiting the Dublin Core 1:1 Principle
Wickett, Karen Michelle
Collection/Item Metadata Relationships
2011
Chee, Brant Wah Kwong
Exploring Machine Learning Techniques Using Patient Interactions in Online Health Forums to Classify Drug Safety
Ruan, Lian J.
Information-Seeking and Sharing Behaviors Among Fire Service Field Staff Instructors: A Qualitative Study
Rubenstein, Ellen L.
"It's a Microcosm of Life": Weaving a Web of Information and Support in an Online Breast Cancer Community
Spelke, Kenneth A.
Factors Affecting Selection of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education Institutions
Wei, Qin
Information Fusion in Taxonomic Descriptions
Wright, Daniel T.
Information and the Evolution of Codon Bias
Xiang, Xin
A Network Approach to Topic Summary and Knowledge Discovery in Social Tagging
2010
Gross, Benjamin M.
Online Identifiers in Everyday Life
Hardy, Christa Valencia
Piecing a Quilt: Jessie Carney Smith and the Making of African American Women's History
Healey, Paul
Uncertainty Management in Reference Interactions with Pro Se Law Library Users
Hu, Xiao
Improving Music Mood Classification Using Lyrics, Audio and Social Tags
Jones, M. Cameron
Remix and Reuse of Source Code in Software Production
Zavalina, Oksana Lvivna
Collection-Level Subject Access in Aggregations of Digital Collections: Metadata Application & Use
2009
Choi, Heekyung
A Qualitative Study of Student Perspectives and Experiences in an Information Technology Education
Cragin, Melissa H.
Scientific Data Collections: Use in Scholarly Communication and Implications for Data Curation
Gretencord, Timnah Card
From Outreach to Engagement: An Actor-Network-Theory Analysis of Attracting Spanish-Speaking Participants to Public Programming
Gruzd, Anatoliy Anatoliyovych
Automated Discovery of Social Networks in Online Learning Communities
Jackson, Larry S.
Website Structure
Kyrillidou, Martha
Item Sampling in Service Quality Assessment Surveys to Improve Response Rates and Reduce Respondent Burden: The “LibQUAL+® Lite” Randomized Control Trial (RCT)
Linton, Norma J.
Connecting: The Use of Information and Communication Technologies by Older Adults in a Retirement Community
Park, Sarah Y.
Representations of Transracial Korean Adoption in Children's Literature
Rebaza, Claudia M.
The Modern Coterie: Fan Fiction Writers as a Community of Practice