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

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. Honours (Durham), M.A. (Durham), M.L.I.S. (British Columbia)
www.michellekaczmarek.info

Research interests: Information Practice & Policy, Repair, Information in Climate Adaptation, Indigenous Information Initiatives, Research Ethics, Aspiration and Storytelling as/of Information practice.

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 M. 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

TRINH NGUYEN
MBA (University of Hawaii), MEd (University of British Columbia)

Research interests: Information Governance in Blockchain, Strategic Data Management in Healthcare.

Dissertation Topic/Title: Centralized, Decentralized, or Recentralized? A conceptual framework of information governance transformation and its associated risks in healthcare.

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Victoria Lemieux

BASHAR TALAFHA
B.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Computer Science (Jordan University of Science and Technology)

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Sentiment and Social Media Analysis, Speech Technologies, Multilingual and Multidialectal Information Processing.

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Muhammad Abdul-Mageed

Name

Year

Dissertation

Present Occupation

Understanding Self-Efficacy in Search as Self-Determined Learning

Leveraging Information Governance and Digital Technologies for Climate Action: An Inquiry into Records Retention and Disposition in Canadian Organizations

Becoming Engineers: How Students Leverage Relationships between Documents and Learning Activities

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