Full-time Faculty
Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross
Assistant Professor
I completed my PhD at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information in 2024. I am a critical communications scholar, focusing on the political economy of communication, contingent media, and the convergence of media industries on digital platforms. I am Mi'kmaw and a member of the Millbrook F...Read more
Cameron Pierson
location_on493 - 1961 East Mall
My teaching and research are informed by my background as an American Library Association accredited librarian. With experience in national, university, legal, school libraries, and ProQuest, I have worked in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Germany, and now Canada. These experiences have ...Read more
Elizabeth Shaffer
A critical archives scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer investigates the intersections of race, gender, and digital infrastructures and technologies. Her research questions how information policy, practices and systems emerge and evolve in contemporary digital spaces, with particular attention to...Read more
Eric Meyers
Eric Meyers
Associate Professor | Graduate Advisor
emaileric.meyers@ubc.ca
phone604 827 3945
location_onIKBLC 485
Eric M. Meyers is an Associate Professor at the School of Information at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches and conducts research on the information practices of young people in academic and everyday contexts. Eric’s research interests lie at the intersection of information scien...Read more
ON LEAVE
until March 1, 2025
Erik Kwakkel
Erik Kwakkel
ON LEAVE
until March 1, 2025
Professor
emailerik.kwakkel@ubc.ca
phone604 822 4448
location_onIKBLC 496
Research Area
Digital and Cultural HeritageI am a Professor at the UBC School of Information where I teach and conduct research on the History of the Book. My primary interests are book design and communication in the premodern world, in particular how information was disseminated and consumed in the age before the invention of the printing ...Read more
Research Area
Digital and Cultural Heritage
Fatemeh Salehian Kia
Fatemeh Salehian Kia
Assistant Professor of Teaching
Fatemeh Salehian Kia is a researcher in learning analytics, human-computer interaction, and educational technology. Her work explores learner engagement with educational technologies, focusing on quantifying learning contexts and understanding how students interact with information. She employs div...Read more
Hannah Turner
I am a settler critical information studies scholar, and my research investigates the connection between documentation, culture, and technology. I teach in the iSchool graduate program, and I teach two classes in the Informatics Minor: INFO 200: Foundations of Information and INFO 301: Digital Cultu...Read more
Heather O'Brien
I am a Professor at the iSchool. My research and teaching interests are in the areas of information seeking and retrieval, user engagement with digital media, information access and knowledge exchange. I have an MLIS and PhD from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I have spent 20 years s...Read more
ON LEAVE
until July 1, 2025
Jennifer Douglas
I am an Associate Professor at the iSchool, where I teach classes on archival arrangement and description, personal and community archives.
I earned my PhD from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, where I focused on the many and varied processes and agents that shape personal...Read more
Research Area
Archives and Records
Julia Bullard
I am an assistant professor at the iSchool and I teach courses in knowledge organization, classification theory, and information systems. My research looks at the way that knowledge organization systems are designed, implemented, revised, broken or fixed. I am interested in the design of organizatio...Read more
Lisa Nathan
Hello and thank you for your interest in my work.
I am a faculty member at a public, post-secondary institution that occupies unceded Musqueam territory (i.e., I am an uninvited guest on stolen land).
My research, teaching, and service are guided by aspirations of humility, reciprocity, and im...Read more
Luanne Sinnamon
Luanne Sinnamon
Associate Professor | Director | Minor in Informatics Program Chair
phone604 822 0825
location_onIKBLC 477
I am an Associate Professor at the UBC iSchool and served as Director from 2015-2020. I hold a PhD from the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, an MLS degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an MA (Russian history) from Carleton University, and a BA from the University of To...Read more
Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
I am an Associate Professor at the iSchool, cross-appointed with the Department of Linguistics. I am also an associate member of the Department of Computer Science. My areas of research interest are natural language processing, deep learning, Arabic natural language processing, and social media mi...Read more
Richard Arias-Hernández
I am an Associate Professor of Teaching at the School of Information at UBC. I teach courses on digital libraries, digital collections, information systems, information visualization, data management, analytics, and visualization at the iSchool graduate programs and in the Bachelor of Media Studies ...Read more
Tess Prendergast
I am a Lecturer at UBC iSchool, where I teach courses in librarianship and children’s literature. Prior to joining the iSchool in 2019, I worked as a children’s librarian in a large urban public library for over two decades, where my work focused on early literacy support for diverse families, a...Read more
Victoria Lemieux
I am a Professor of Archival Science at the School of Information and lead of the Blockchain research cluster, Blockchain@UBC at the University of British Columbia – Canada’s largest and most diverse research cluster devoted to blockchain technology. My current research is focused on risk to the...Read more
Adjunct Professors/Sessional Lecturers
Alexandra Wieland
location_onSimon Fraser University
I work as the Processing and Reference Archivist in Special Collections and Rare Books at Simon Fraser University, where I lead reference and instructional activities. I am also responsible for managing, preserving, and promoting access to archival fonds and collections.
I serve on the board of t...Read more
Bri(an) Watson
Bri(an) Watson is a disabled, white, queer & nonbinary settler hailing from N'dakina in Aln8ba8dwaw8gan (colonially: New Hampshire), now living in Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and səlilwətaɬ. As a Vanier Scholar at UBC’s iSchool, they focus on information’s histories and the prac...Read more
Colleen Pawliuk
emailcpawliuk@bcchr.ca
location_onBC Children's Hospital
I graduated from the UBC iSchool in 2016. I work at BC Children's Hospital, where I work in an embedded role supporting many different types of research, including providing extensive support for systematic and scoping reviews. I greatly enjoy sharing my passion for health librarianship with those w...Read more
Dan Farrell
I received my MAS from the iSchool in 2007. I have worked in both archives and records management, most recently as Records Analyst for the City of Richmond. I am the author of The Inkblot Record and other books of poetry. My research and writing interests focus on the historical, political and soci...Read more
Research Area
Archives and Records
Dan Slessor
emaildslessor@langara.ca
location_onLangara College
I am a librarian at Langara College, responsible for managing the Library's communication channels, assessment initiatives, and reference services.
Danielle Batista
emailbatistad@mail.ubc.ca
Danielle Batista, BAS, MIS, is a Ph.D. Candidate from the iSchool@UBC. She is a member of the Blockchain@UBC Research and Cybersecurity Certified by ISC2. She has 20 years of experience in records and information management. Her specialties are public records management, electronic and digital recor...Read more
Ean Henninger
emailean.henninger@ubc.ca
location_onUBC Department of Family Practice, Innovation Support Unit
After several years working in public and academic libraries in the US and Canada, I am branching out into other roles in postsecondary settings motivated by interests in pedagogy, knowledge translation, assessment & evaluation, and project management. Within libraries, I have researched and pub...Read more
Erin Clupp
Erin is a legal information professional with 5+ years experience working in a private law firm. Prior to shifting to law libraries, she worked predominantly in archival and records management roles in academic and public institutions. She obtained an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario, a B...Read more
Eugene Barsky
Eugene Barsky
Research Data Librarian
emaileugene.barsky@ubc.ca
location_onUniversity of British Columbia
Eugene works with the UBC researchers curating and managing research data, from planning to deposit, to preservation. Eugene participates in building Lunaris, a scalable, national research data discovery service and collaborates with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance), and the Eu...Read more
Fiona Hunt
emailfhunt@langara.ca
location_onLibrary and Information Technology Program, Langara College
My background is primarily in academic libraries, where I have taught information literacy skills and concepts to postsecondary students and worked collaboratively to integrate information literacy into the institution’s curriculum. In the role of liaison librarian, I have undertaken collection de...Read more
Inaam Charaf
I am a Sessional Lecturer at UBC iSchool, and Assistant Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley, Department of Information Studies. I am an enthusiastic educator with a great passion for teaching and research. I hold an MLIS and a Ph.D. in Library, Information and Communication Sciences fro...Read more
Jessica Lee
I am a manager at Burnaby Public Library where I oversee operations at the McGill branch location and projects for the library system. I've been proud to lead and be apart of projects that launch new library spaces, services, and digital products. My work is informed by creative problem solving and ...Read more
Karin B. Schmidlin
Karin B. Schmidlin
Sessional Lecturer | PhD student
location_onUniversity of Waterloo and Emily Carr University of Art + Design
I am a passionate educator and designer teaching human-centered design courses that focus on developing products, services and systems aimed at enhancing a human's life. In conjunction with my teaching endeavours, I am currently pursuing a doctoral degree at UBC's Faculty of Education, concentrating...Read more
Kathryn Shoemaker
emailkshoe@telus.net
location_onUBC
After many years illustrating children’s books and materials and teaching illustration I completed the Masters Degree in Children’s Literature at UBC. Then having caught a scholarly bug I pursued a doctorate. The best part of this academic work has been the opportunity it gave me to teach teache...Read more
Kevin Day
Kevin Day
Educational Services Manager | Sessional Lecturer
emailischool.edsm@ubc.ca
phone604-822-2461
location_onIKBLC 479
Kristin Kozar
emailkristin.kozar@ubc.ca
Kristin is a proud member of the Hwlitsum First Nation and served on council for 6 years. She is a 2018 Masters of Library and Information Studies graduate, concentration in First Nation curriculum. She has previously worked at what was formerly known as UBC Aboriginal Health and has worked on a pro...Read more
Lisa Nathan
Hello and thank you for your interest in my work.
I am a faculty member at a public, post-secondary institution that occupies unceded Musqueam territory (i.e., I am an uninvited guest on stolen land).
My research, teaching, and service are guided by aspirations of humility, reciprocity, and im...Read more
Melissa Salrin
emailmsalrin@sfu.ca
location_onSimon Fraser University
As an archivist working in and managing special collections, a lot of my work is focused in collecting stories about the local communities, spaces, and places in which we live. I am deeply interested in identifying and enacting strategies to make archives and special collections welcoming, vibrant s...Read more
Trevor Smith
location_onDouglas College
At Douglas College, Trevor oversees the library’s print and digital book’s collection and works with Technical Services for cataloging and processing. He regularly presents at conferences on using tools like Excel and Access in academic collections work. He has worked on projects with the Albert...Read more
Visiting Academics
Syeda Shahid
emailsyeda.shahid@ubc.ca
My teaching and research interest includes more broadly information behaviour and seeking. Additionally, I am interested to investigate the underpinning philosophical approaches and application of information literacy (IL) instruction, professionals' competencies and IL assessment methods.
Emeriti
Edie Rasmussen
Edie Rasmussen
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Rasmussen is a Professor Emeritus in the iSchool, where she also served as Director from 2003 to 2010. Prior to joining UBC she was a Professor at the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. She has also served on the faculty at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore...Read more
Judith Saltman
Judith Saltman
Professor Emeritus
Judith Saltman was a children's librarian from 1970 to 1983 at the Toronto Public Library, the West Vancouver Memorial Library, the New Westminster Public Library, and the Vancouver Public Library. She taught at the iSchool from 1983 to 2016. Her areas of specialization include children's literature...Read more
Ken Haycock
emailken@kenhaycock.com
Research Area
Libraries and LibrarianshipKen Haycock was a professor and director of the iSchool during a period of transformation. From 1992 to 2002, the school moved from hundreds of dollars in research funding and alumni giving to millions. A Ph.D. program, the multidisciplinary MA in Children’s Literature, the joint MAS/MLIS program,...Read more
Research Area
Libraries and Librarianship
Luciana Duranti
I am a Professor Emerita at the iSchool. My areas of specialization are archival theory, diplomatics, and digital records. My research aims to find solutions to digital record issues that can be universally applied.
Since 1998, I have been the Director of InterPARES (www.interpares.org), a multi-...Read more
Margaret Ann Curry
Margaret Ann Curry
Professor Emeritus
emailann.curry@ubc.ca
Dr. Curry is a Professor Emerita at the iSchool where she served from 1990 to 2008 in various administrative capacities including Chair of the MLIS program. From 2008 to 2014, she assumed roles at the University of Alberta, including Director of the School of Library and Information Science and Prof...Read more
Mary Sue Stephenson
Mary Sue Stephenson
Senior Instructor Emeritus
emailmss@mail.ubc.ca
Dr. Stephenson is a Senior Instructor Emerita at the iSchool where she served from 1987 to her retirement in 2016. She earned her BA from the University of Texas at Austin and her MLIS and Ph.D in Information Science from The University of North Texas. As a Senior Instructor she focused on service...Read more
Richard Hopkins
Professor Hopkins worked in a wide variety of library settings: School Libraries (Burnaby School District), University Libraries (UBC), Special Libraries (Petro-Canada), Public Libraries (Calgary Public Library), College Libraries (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology), and Freelance Librariansh...Read more
Rick Kopak
B.A. (Alberta), M.L.S., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Research Area
Information Design
Terry Eastwood
Terry Eastwood
Associate Professor Emeritus
emaileastwood@mail.ubc.ca
Research Area
Archives and Records- Archivist, the Provincial Archives of British Columbia, 1973-1981
- Adjunct Professor, History Department, Simon Fraser University, 1979 and 1980
- Appointed Assistant Professor in the then School of Librarianship at the University of British Columbia to chair and teach in the newly established ...Read more
Research Area
Archives and Records