Profiles of PhD Students and Alumni

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Cheryl Stenström

Cheryl is a full-time lecturer in the MLIS program at San Jose State University’s iSchool. Previously she was the Chief Librarian/CEO of South Shore Public Libraries in Nova Scotia. As a Consultant and Instructor, she has developed and delivered online and in-person training sessions to colleagues from across the continent on such diverse topics as legal information searching, services for patrons with print disabilities and web development.

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Virginia Tucker

Virginia Tucker is an associate professor at the School of Information, San Jose State University. Her career in information services began as head librarian at the Stanford University Physics Library. She was recruited by Dialog to their sci-tech client services and training group and eventually was promoted to manage client training programs worldwide. After many years working directly with end users and professional searchers, Virginia moved behind the scenes and worked as an information architect for commercial search engines. 

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Diana Wakimoto

Diana is currently the Online Literacy Librarian at Cal State East Bay where she teaches information literacy courses, works in the University Archives, and helps other faculty members incorporate technology in their teaching. Before moving back to California, she lived in Boston and worked at the Ernest Hemingway Collection at the JFK Presidential Library and Museum.

Dissertation Title: The History of Queer Community Archives in California Since 1950