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: Towards transformative engagement: The international and foreign student stakeholders in the academic library; a view from the subaltern |
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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: Digital Storytelling in Higher Education Improves Student Learning Objectives Retention |
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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 |
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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 |
Hongbo Zou (2019)
Dissertation Title: Understanding the Role of Social Media in Enhancing Participatory Services in Public Libraries |
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Salvador Barragan (2020)
DissertationTitle: Appraisal and retention of information in the private sector: A case study |
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Cherry-Ann Smart
Cherry-Ann’s research interests are in
the areas of library leadership and management, access to
information, the scholarly communication process, and patron
engagement with libraries, particularly in the context of the
English-speaking Caribbean. Her research question looks at the
student stakeholder and how they interact with the academic
library, especially as it relates to the library meeting their
needs and expectations towards a successful scholarly outcome.
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.
Virginia Tucker
Virginia Tucker is assistant 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.