Students

ANDREA KAMPEN
B.A. (University of Manitoba), M.L.I.S (Dalhousie University)

Research interests: Human-Computer Interaction, User Engagement, Visual Research Methods, Mental Health and Wellness, Embodiment.

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Heather O’Brien

RODRIGO DOS SANTOS

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Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Lisa Nathan

ZACHARY ZABAWA

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CHIYU ZHANG
B.Sc (Xiamen University of Technology, China), M.Sc. (Clarkson University, USA)

Research interests: Natural language processing, Deep learning, Social media mining, Misinformation.

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed

TED LEE

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DANIELLE BATISTA
B.A.R.M. (Brasilia), M.I.S. (Brasilia)

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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)
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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.C.P. (Fluminense), M.M.C. (Rio de Janeiro)

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)

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Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux

ANDREA HOFF
B.F.A. Honours (Victoria), M.A. (Dublin), M.F.A. (Vancouver)

Research interests: Graphic Novels; Visual Literacy; Multimodal Literacies; New Media; Popular Culture; Identity; Marginalization; Critical Theory; Feminist Theory; Creative Writing; Youth and Young Adults; Youth Engagement; Community Action.

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Eric Meyers

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

DREW PAULIN
B.A. Honors (Ontario), M.Sc. (British Columbia)

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

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)

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

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 GARDNER-HARRISON

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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

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Year

Dissertation

Present Occupation

Viewing immigrant labour integration through an intersectional lens: Information and identity in the settlement of African immigrants to Metro Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Between Knowing and Not Knowing’: Privacy, Transparency, and Digital Records

Technological Features of Preservation Systems that Support the Authenticity of Digital Records

Social Media in the Canadian Government: An exploratory study of emerging practice

Managing records as evidence and information in China in the context of cloud-based services

Motivations for participating in online initiatives : exploring motivations across initiative types

Lecturer, San Jose State University

Information Privacy Specialist/Attorney-at-Law