PhD Faculty Supervisors

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Research Profile: Michele Villagran

Statement of Research Interests and Experience

My research interests and activities include areas under diversity, inclusion, community and equity; and social justice in libraries. Specifically, topical areas of cultural issues, cultural intelligence, and multicultural populations focused in law libraries and special libraries.

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Research Profile: Sue Alman

Statement of Research Interests and Experience

My research interests are in the areas of interpersonal and organizational communications, online teaching and learning, blockchain technology, and library marketing. I have been involved with distance and online education since the 1990s, and I directed the online MLIS program at the University of Pittsburgh (2001-2012). My most recent research studies have focused on MOOCs, and the social and cognitive presence as factors in learning and student retention and in the Personal Information Management (PIM) of LIS faculty.

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Research Profile: Anthony Bernier

Statement of Research Interests and Experience

My primary research explores public space equity for young adults and the administration of library services with them. More specifically my interests connect the built library environment to visions of young adults as fully entitled citizens and active social agents. Those interests intersect in the study of history, architecture and design, administration, and critical cultural studies.