iSchool students come from all over Canada and around the world. Some students come to the iSchool right after completing an undergraduate degree, some after other advanced degrees, and still others after pursuing another career for a number of years. This wealth of experience and background provides an always interesting and eclectic environment to both students and faculty.
PhD Students
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ANDREA KAMPEN Research interests: User Engagement, Arts-based and Visual Research Methods, Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Mobilization. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien |
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RODRIGO DOS SANTOS Research interests: Everyday Design Practices for Societal and Environmental Justice, Human–More-than-Human Interactions, Design as Relational Practices, Participatory and Research Through Design. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan |
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ZACHARY ZABAWA Research interests: Indigenous Sovereignty & Critical Theory informed Blockchain Development, Participatory Research Designs for Oral History Preservation, & Decentralized Autonomous Organizations. Dissertation Topic/Title: Terra Nullius Redux: Indigenous Respect & Consensus for Navigating a Platform Sovereignty Future Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux |
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CHIYU ZHANG Research interests: Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Social Media Mining, Misinformation. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed |
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TED LEE Research interests: Archival Labour, Professionalization of Information Work, Digital/networked Cultures, Histories of Technology, Archival Imaginaries, Information Activism. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Douglas |
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DANIELLE BATISTA Research interests: Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux |
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AMELIA W. COLE Research interests: Affect, Engagement, Human-computer Interaction, Digitally-mediated Learning, Information Behaviour, Information Retrieval. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien |
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SAMUEL DODSON Research interests: Digital Reading and Writing, Human-Computer Interaction, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luanne Freund |
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LOIS EVANS Research interests: Social Networks, Digital Diplomatics, Autoclassification, Machine Learning and Information Security. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luciana Duranti |
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VANESSA FIGUEIREDO Research interests: Information Evaluation, Information Seeking, Retrieval and Use, Internet Information Skills, Searching as Learning, Youth Interaction with Technology. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers |
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HODA HAMOUDA Research interests: Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux |
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MICHELLE KACZMAREK Research interests: Sustainable Information Practices, Information, Disruption and Resilience, Migration and Displacement, Human-computer Interaction. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan
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ALAMIR NOVIN Research interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Information visualization, Concept Mapping, Educational Technology, Social Networking. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers |
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DREW PAULIN Research interests: eLearning, Educational Technology, Learning Analytics, Interaction Design, Information Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction. Dissertation Topic/Title: The design and evaluation of blended learning educational environments Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Caroline Haythornthwaite |
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NATHANIEL PAYNE Research interests: TBA Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux |
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SAGUNA SHANKAR Research interests: Human-Information Interaction, Information Practices of Newcomers to Canada, Information Services to Support Social Inclusion, Visual Research Methods. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan |
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TRISTAN TRIPONEZ Research interests: Digital preservation, Long Term Preservation of Music. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luciana Duranti |
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BONNIE TULLOCH Research interests: Children’s and Young Adult Media, Internet Memes, Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Nonsense and Sense-making, Multiliteracies, Critical Literacy, Postcolonial and Feminist Theory, Translation Theory. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers |
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NILOU DAVOUDI Research interests: Human-Information interaction, Digital Afterlife Industry, Digital Remains and Postmortem Data Management, Death and Social Media Platforms. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien |
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ALVIONNE KARPINSKI Research interests: Medieval Manuscript Design, Rare Books Forgery, Forgery Detection and Authentication, Rare Books Trade. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Erik Kwakkel |
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BRIAN WATSON Research interests: History (sexuality, privacy, sexology, obscenity and pornography), Linked Data Vocabularies, Digital Humanities, Queer Nomenclature, Ethical Cataloging. Dissertation Topic/Title: focused on sexology, queer nomenclature, and ethical cataloging in archives, libraries, and museums. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Julia Bullard |
Graduates of the iSchool Doctoral Program