I’m absolutely thrilled and honored to share that I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved my tenure yesterday during their March meeting. I am extremely grateful to my colleagues in the School of…
Awards
Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Scholarship and Research
Today, I officially begin an additional appointment as the Provost’s Faculty Fellow for Scholarship and Research in the Center for Faculty Excellence at Simmons University. I am incredibly excited and honored to begin this position to help “craft and implement a vision for supporting faculty research and scholarship at Simmons University as part of a…
Improving Digital Inclusion and Broadband Infrastructure in Native Communities
I am incredibly honored and excited to announce that our Community Informatics Lab at Simmons University has received a two-year grant (award #LG-250043-OLS-21) from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to work with the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums. Here is the description of the project that is available on…
ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award
I am incredibly humbled to share the news that I have received this year’s ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. My students always inspire me. I am grateful to them for this award. In particular, I want to thank my former rock star students who wrote absolutely incredible letters of support for my nomination, including:…
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Yesterday, the Dean of my College and Provost of my University visited my office with a bottle of champagne, as is Simmons tradition, and informed me that I received tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor. It’s been quite a ride in academia so far, and recognizing how grateful I am to a magnitude of…
2019 Ernest A. Lynton Award Finalist
I am incredibly honored to share the news that I was selected as a finalist for this year’s Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement for Early Career Faculty. Santamaría Graff, Assistant Professor of Urban Teacher Education at IUPUI was this year’s recipient, which was jointly awarded by Campus Compact and Brown University’s…