GSLIS names 2014-2016 Research Fellows

The GSLIS faculty have selected three scholars to be appointed research fellows from August 2014 to August 2016. GSLIS research fellows are chosen because their work is relevant to the interests of GSLIS faculty and students. Each will give at least one lecture during their appointment.

Nominated by Professor Les Gasser is Kristen Haring, assistant director of and lecturer in Stanford University’s Science in the Making Integrated Learning Environment program. Haring’s teaching addresses science and technology as components of culture, and her research focuses on communications technology. Her current projects include a book on the influence of the telephone on conceptions of place, and a book and exhibit on the cultural history of binary systems.

Nominated by Assistant Professor Nicole Cooke and Associate Professor Kate McDowell is Julia Hersberger, associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Department of Library and Information Studies. Hersberger’s research interests include information behavior, resilience theory, virtual communities, and social networking. Her research expands theories of resilience and information poverty to examine information exchange and behavior in often overlooked populations.

Nominated by Associate Professor Christine Jenkins, Assistant Professor Carol Tilley, and Associate Professor Kate McDowell is Rebekah Willett, assistant professor of library and information studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Willett teaches courses on young adult literature, multicultural literature for children and young adults, informational divides, and online participatory cultures. She has conducted research on children’s media cultures, focusing on issues of gender, play, literacy, and learning.

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