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Longtime iSchool Faculty Member Promoted to Full Professor
Congratulations to Professor Michael Stephens
Eleven years after his hiring, Dr.
Michael Stephens has been promoted to full professor at San José
State University. Stephens joined the SJSU School of Information
in 2011 as an assistant professor. He teaches courses in the
iSchool’s fully online Master of Library and
Information Science degree program.
Six Graduating Students Receive Awards for Excellence
Graduation festivities are in full
swing, and six students from the San José State University School
of Information will be graduating with one more award to put on
their resumes. Stephanie Duran, Natasha Finnegan, Ayana
Sarrieddine, Ariell Lomax, Jaime D. Zullo, and Kristin Peace were
selected by the faculty to receive one of the Director’s Awards for
Excellence.
Ukraine and the Role of Libraries: A Q&A with Dr. Ulia Gosart
Published: June 21, 2022 by Eori Tokunaga
As part of our efforts to uplift community voices, Dr. Ulia Gosart shares her personal and professional experiences as it relates to the Russian-Ukrainian War. Dr. Gosart is an assistant professor with the San José State University School of Information. She received her Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of California Los Angeles, her M.S. in Library and Information Science from Connecticut State University, and her B.A. in Librarianship from Kiev National University of Culture and Arts in Ukraine.
New Perspectives: iSchool Hires Five Tenure-Track Assistant Professors
Published June 7, 2022 by Hilary Meehan
I discovered something exciting while flipping through my June 2022 edition of ALA’s American Libraries yesterday; the SJSU iSchool has hired five new tenure-track assistant professors! Their names are José Aguiñaga, Jessica Bushey, Ulia Gosart, James Hodges and Norman Mooradian. Welcome one and all!
Understanding Good Library Management with Tiffany Duck
“I like being a manager. I know it can be stressful but I really like it. I think it gives you the opportunity to help shape people’s work and help them grow and get to where they want to go professionally.”
Tiffany Duck, ‘13 MLIS
Suffolk, VA