Profiles of PhD Students and Alumni
Profiles of Gateway PhD Students and Alumni
The Gateway PhD program is a global research program. We invite you to learn more about our current doctoral students and the alumni.
Gateway PhD Program Current Students
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Proposal Title: A Communicological Framework for Evaluating Digital Preservation Efficacy |
Proposal Title: How Electronically Stored Information “ESI” is Altering Information and Records Appraisal |
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Proposal Title: Changing in the Open: OER Textbooks, Online Communities, and the Management of Academic Libraries |
Proposal Title: The Student-Researcher Information Experience with Academic Information Management |
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Proposal Title: A study of information literacy of graduate students in the Middle East |
Proposal Title: Librarians’ Understanding of Information Literacy in Academic Libraries in Bulgaria: A Case Study |
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Proposal Title: Understanding the Information Choices of Technical College Students |
Proposal Title: The necessity for academic libraries to become strategic business partners: The case of the University of the West Indies |
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Proposal Title: Taking the Library to the People: Female Librarians and Patrons at the Victoria Public Library, 1900-1949 |
Proposal Title: Digital Storytelling in Higher Education Improves Student Learning Objectives Retention |
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Proposal Title: Understanding the Role of Social Media in Enhancing Participatory Services in Public Libraries |
Proposal Title: Towards transformative engagement: The international and foreign student stakeholders in the academic library; a view from the subaltern |
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Proposal Title: Faculty Research and Publication Practices in the Sciences, Social Sciences, and Humanities: A Qualitative Study |
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Gateway PhD Program Alumni
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Karen Kaufmann (2019)
Dissertation Title: Socio-cognitive relevance of information literacy: The impact on student success |
Nilo Sarraf (2019)
Dissertation Title: Mapping the Neurophysiological and Affective Dimensions of the Information Search Process Model |
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Shelly Buchanan (2018)
Dissertation Title: The Impact of Student-Driven, Independent Inquiry on Academic Motivation |
Africa Hands (2018)
Dissertation Title: Doctoral Student Motivation: An Exploratory Study of Motivating Factors for Earning the PhD |
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Kim Morrison (2018)
Dissertation Title: Counter-story as Curriculum: Autoethnography, Critical Race Theory, and Informed Assets in the Information Literacy Classroom |
Laura Anderson (2016)
Dissertation Title: Information Sharing in Virtual Collaboration: A Software Engineering Perspective |
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Melissa Fraser-Arnott (2016)
Dissertation Title: Personalizing Success: The Professional Identity Experiences of LIS Graduates in Non-Library Roles |
Clarence Maybee (2015)
Dissertation Title: Informed Learning in the Undergraduate Classroom: The Role of Information Experiences in Shaping Outcomes |
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Maria Otero-Boisvert (2015)
Dissertation Title: Funding the Academic Library: An Ethnography |
Mary‑Jo Romaniuk (2014)
Dissertation Title: Developing Emerging Leaders in the Library Profession: Program Content, Self-efficacy and Leadership |
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Tina Inzerilla (2013)
Dissertation Title: Community College Faculty’s Teaching Social Networks and Their Implications for Librarians |
Virginia Tucker (2013)
Dissertation Title: Acquiring Search Expertise: Learning Experiences and Threshold Concepts |
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Mary Ann Harlan (2012)
Dissertation Title: Information Pathways: The Information Practices and Experiences of Teen Content Creators |
Cheryl Stenström (2012)
Dissertation Title: Factors Influencing Funding Decisions by Elected Politicians at the State/Provincial Level: A Case Study of Public Libraries in Canada |
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Diana Wakimoto (2012)
Dissertation Title: The History of Queer Community Archives in California Since 1950 |
Katia G. Karadjova
Katia G. Karadjova is interested in the perception and understanding of information literacy in different parts of the world especially among academic librarians. Her work experiences have included positions with Information Literacy Programs at Humboldt State University (HSU), California State University at San Marcos (CSUSM) and California State University at Long Beach (CSULB). Katia graduated with a MLIS from San Jose State University (SJSU) in 2011.
Jennine Knight
Jennine’s doctoral work is guided by her desire to participate meaningfully in the scholarly discourse on the role and value of Caribbean academic libraries. She has proposed a case study approach on how academic libraries create value for their respective institutions through effective fulfillment of the needs of their diverse stakeholders.
Clarence Maybee
Clarence is interested in how higher education students are taught to use information to learn. During his Masters-level studies at SJSU, he conducted two research projects revealing how higher education students experience information use in a learning environment. After graduating with his MLIS in 2005, Clarence worked as the Information Literacy Librarian at Mills College in Oakland, CA (2005 – 2007) and Colgate University in Hamilton, NY (2007 – 2011). Currently, Clarence serves as the Information Literacy Specialist at Purdue University Libraries.