Theodore Dreyfus Ledford

Theodore Dreyfus Ledford

Doctoral Student

PhD, Information Sciences, Illinois (in progress)

MS, Library and Information Science, Illinois

BA, Cultural Studies, McGill University

Research focus

My interests cover argumentation, network analysis and social epistemology to address how expertise is used in the construction of knowledge.

Publications & Papers

Heng Zheng, Theodore Dreyfus Ledford, and Jodi Schneider. “Arguing about Controversial Science in the News: Does Epistemic Uncertainty Contribute to Information Disorder?” iConference 2024. Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. Ed. by Sserwanga, I., et al. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14597. Springer, Cham, 211–235. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_16.

Togzhan Seilkhanova, Theodore Dreyfus Ledford, and Jodi Schneider. COVID-19 information spaces, boundaries, and information sharing: An interview study. Information Research: an International Electronic Journal, 29(2), 525–545. http://doi.org/10.47989/ir292845.