Directory and Bios
Faculty Directory and Biographies
Meet our Faculty Members
The faculty members at the San José State University School of Information are award-winning scholars and leaders in their professional communities.
Each of our faculty members maintains a web page, where you can learn more about their experiences, their teaching and research interests, and their publications. You can access our faculty list, and click on each name to view web pages with more information or contact the faculty member via email.
Read the latest news about our faculty, or visit our Center for Information Research and Innovation, where you can learn more about their research projects.
Our faculty members bring a wealth of professional and scholarly knowledge to the courses they teach, as well as in their role as faculty advisors. MLIS students are able to choose from among our pathway advisors organized by specialty, or from one of our generalist advisors, when creating a customized pathway through the MLIS curriculum.
In addition to receiving numerous awards handed out by leading professional organizations, our school honors our outstanding faculty with special awards in recognition of their teaching excellence, outstanding achievements, exemplary service, and overall hard work and dedication to our graduate students and the community. The Faculty and Staff Awards are announced each year in the spring.
“The professors were knowledgeable and motivated to ensure the courses gave me the foundation to understand the competencies covered.” – MLIS graduate
A-Z Faculty Profiles
Profiles include photos, CVs, education and work histories, research interests, teaching interests, an email contact form, a complete list of all published syllabi, and for many a video welcome.
https://ischoolapps.sjsu.edu/facultypages/view.php
Full-Time Faculty
Professors
- Dr. Anthony Bernier
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Anthony Chow
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Geoffrey Z. Liu
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Ziming Liu
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. David V. Loertscher
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Lili Luo
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Linda Main
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Kristen Radsliff
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Michael Stephens
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Virginia Tucker
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae
Associate Professors
- Dr. Joni Richards Bodart
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Michelle Chen
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Mary Ann Harlan
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Dan Nathan-Roberts
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professors
- Dr. José Aguiñaga
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Jessica Bushey
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Yu Chi
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Crystal Fausett
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Hengyi Fu
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Souvick Ghosh
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Ulia Gosart
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. James Hodges
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Darra Hofman
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Norman Mooradian
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Laura Otero
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Gary Shaffer
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Karen Wang
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae
Lecturers
- Dr. Sue Alman
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Mary Bolin
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Frank Cervone
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Renee Jefferson
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Alison Johnson
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Jason Kaltenbacher
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Kelly Rausch
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Alyce Scott
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Vicki Steiner
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Beth Wrenn-Estes
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae - Dr. Lei Zhang
Faculty Profile – Curriculum Vitae
Faculty Emerita/Emeritus
- Debbie Faires
Faculty Profile - Dr. Bill Fisher
Faculty Profile - Dr. Pat Franks
Faculty Profile - Dr. Chris Hagar
Faculty Profile - Dr. Debbie Hansen
Faculty Profile - Dr. Ken Haycock
Faculty Profile - Dr. Jim Schmidt
Faculty Profile - Dr. Robert Wagers
Faculty Profile - Dr. Judith Weedman
Faculty Profile - Dr. Blanche Woolls
Faculty Profile