UBC School of Information

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

	ANDREA KAMPEN B.A. (University of Manitoba), M.L.I.S (Dalhousie University) Research interests: User Engagement, Arts-based and Visual Research Methods, Human-Computer Interaction and Knowledge Mobilization. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien
	RODRIGO DOS SANTOS B.Des. (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco), M.Des. (Emily Carr University of Art + Design) 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
	ZACHARY ZABAWA B.Sc. (University of Utah), M.Sc. (University of British Columbia) 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
	CHIYU ZHANG B.Sc (Xiamen University of Technology), M.Sc. (Clarkson University) Research interests: Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Social Media Mining, Misinformation. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed
	TED LEE B.A. (University of Washington), M.A. (Western Washington University) Research interests: Archival Labour, Professionalization of Information Work, Digital/networked Cultures, Histories of Technology, Archival Imaginaries, Information Activism. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Douglas
	DANIELLE BATISTA B.A.R.M. (Brasilia), M.I.S. (Brasilia) Research interests: Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux
	AMELIA W. COLE B.A. (Washington), M.A. (Portland) Research interests: Affect, Engagement, Human-computer Interaction, Digitally-mediated Learning, Information Behaviour, Information Retrieval. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien
	SAMUEL DODSON B.A. (Lewis & Clark College), M.L.I.S (British Columbia) www.samueldodson.info Research interests: Digital Reading and Writing, Human-Computer Interaction, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luanne Freund
	LOIS EVANS B.A. (British Columbia), M.I.S. (Toronto) Research interests: Social Networks, Digital Diplomatics, Autoclassification, Machine Learning and Information Security. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luciana Duranti
	VANESSA FIGUEIREDO B.A. Honours (Federal Fluminense), M.A. (PUC-Rio) Research interests: Information Evaluation, Information Seeking, Retrieval and Use, Internet Information Skills, Searching as Learning, Youth Interaction with Technology. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers
	HODA HAMOUDA B.Sc. (German University in Cairo), M.D. (Emily Carr) Research interests: Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux
	MICHELLE KACZMAREK B.A. Honors (Durham), M.A. (Durham), M.L.I.S. (British Columbia) Research interests: Sustainable Information Practices, Information, Disruption and Resilience, Migration and Displacement, Human-computer Interaction. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan
	ALAMIR NOVIN B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (Concordia) Research interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Information visualization, Concept Mapping, Educational Technology, Social Networking. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers
	NATHANIEL PAYNE B.B.A. (British Columbia), M.Sc. (British Columbia), M.S. (Georgia) Research interests: TBA Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux
	SAGUNA SHANKAR B.A. (London), M.L.I.S. (British Columbia) www.sagunashankar.info Research interests: Ethical Dimensions of Caring for Communities’ Data, Migration and Mobility, Indigenous Data Sovereignty Movements, Transitions in Information Practices. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan
	TRISTAN TRIPONEZ B.I.S. (HTW Chur), M.Sc. (HTW Chur) Research interests: Digital preservation, Long Term Preservation of Music. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Luciana Duranti
	BONNIE TULLOCH B.A. Honours, (SFU), M.A. Children’s Literature (UBC) 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
	NILOU DAVOUDI B.Sc. (University of Calgary), B.A. (University of Calgary), M.St. (University of Oxford) 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
	ALVIONNE KARPINSKI B.A. (History, City University of New York), M.L.I.S. (University of British Columbia) Research interests: Medieval Manuscript Design, Rare Books Forgery, Forgery Detection and Authentication, Rare Books Trade. Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Erik Kwakkel
	BRIAN WATSON B.A. (Keene State College), M.A. (Drew University), M.L.I.S. (Indiana University) 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

Name	Year	Dissertation	Present Occupation
Dr. Millicent Mabi	2020	Viewing immigrant labour integration through an intersectional lens: Information and identity in the settlement of African immigrants to Metro Vancouver, British Columbia
Dr. Darra Hofman	2020	‘Between Knowing and Not Knowing’: Privacy, Transparency, and Digital Records	Assistant Professor at San Jose State University’s iSchool
Dr. Adam Jansen	2019	Technological Features of Preservation Systems that Support the Authenticity of Digital Records	State Archivist, Hawaii State Archives
Dr. Elizabeth Shaffer	2019	Social Media in the Canadian Government: An exploratory study of emerging practice	Director, Digital, Strategic and Indigenous Partnerships, UBC Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
Dr. Weimei Pan	2019	Managing records as evidence and information in China in the context of cloud-based services	Faculty member, Archival Studies, Tianjin Normal University, China
Dr. Sarah Ann Gilbert	2018	Motivations for participating in online initiatives : exploring motivations across initiative types	Postdoctoral Research Scholar and Adjunct Faculty, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland, USA
Dr. Colleen Addison	2017	The issue of avoidance : information avoidance in the context of personal health concerns
Dr. Elaine Goh	2016	Archival law from the trenches : the impact of archival legislation on records management in commonwealth countries	Records Manager, College of Registered Nurses of BC
Dr. Jessica Bushey	2016	The archival trustworthiness of digital photographs in social media platforms.	Archivist, Museum and Archives of North Vancouver
Dr. Corinne Rogers	2015	Virtual authenticity : authenticity of digital records from theory to practice	Project Coordinator, InterPARES Trust
Dr. Donald Force	2013	Pursuing the “usual and ordinary course of business” : an exploratory study of the role of recordkeeping standards in the use of records as evidence in Canada	Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Dr. Nancy Black	2014	The information seeking experiences of the post-secondary distance/online student	Executive Director of Library Services, Nipissing University, Ontario
Dr. Jean McKendry	2013	Reading the landscape of public libraries as place : experiences of homeless men in public libraries in Vancouver, BC	Director of Chinook Regional Library, Saskatchewan (retired)
Dr. Li (Sherry) Xie	2013	The nature of record and the information management crisis in the Government of Canada : a grounded theory study	Faculty member, School of Information Resource Management, Renmin University, China
Dr. Talal Al-haji	2012	Exploring the relationship between research in Information Retrieval and Information Seeking Behavior	Assistant Professor, Department of Library & Information Studies, Kuwait University
Dr. Lei Zhang	2011	A study of functional units for information use of scholarly journal articles	Lecturer, School of Information, San Jose State University
Dr. Chia-Ning Chiang	2010	A multi-dimensional approach to the study of online annotation	Library Coordinator of Taiwan Citation Index, National Central Library in Taiwan
Dr. Saad Alzahrani	2010	The role of editorial boards of scholarly journals on the green and the gold road to open access
Dr. Hee Jin Park	2009	Understanding a folksonomy as a web classification
Dr. Cherie Givens	2009	An exploration of pre-censorship of children’s books : perceptions and experiences of canadian authors and illustrators	Lecturer, San Jose State University Information Privacy Specialist/Attorney-at-Law
Dr. Fiorella Foscarini	2009	Function-based records classification systems : an exploratory study of records management practices	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

Students

PhD Students

Graduates of the iSchool Doctoral Program

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