Awards
Vanessa Kitzie and Travis Wagner (Ph.D. alum) won the Association of Library and Information Science Education's (ALISE) Bohdan S. Wynar Research Paper Competition for their paper "In Many Ways, You're This Person Who's Providing Light”: Theorizing Embodied Responses to Information Absence within LGBTQIA+ Communities." They will present the paper at the ALISE 2024 Conference in Portland, Oregon in October.
Rachel Williams won the ALISE Pratt Severn Faculty Innovation Award, which honors innovation by full-time faculty members, or a group of full-time faculty members, who incorporate evolving information technologies in the curricula of accredited master’s degree programs in library and information studies. The award was established in 1996 and includes a $1,000 cash award. Williams' project focused on using VR training to teach library science students mental health first aid through learning deescalation techniques.
USC Propel Research Mentorship Program
Ehsan Mohammadi was accepted into the USC Propel Research Mentorship Program. This one-year training program is designed to prepare faculty for securing federal grants. The application process is highly competitive, and acceptance into this program signifies the university’s recognition of exceptional research capabilities.
Research and Grants Funded
Jenna Spiering (PI) - Extending School Librarian Preparation Through Transitional Mentorship with Early Career School Librarians - $374,194
Vanessa Kitzie (PI) - Leveraging National Library Partnerships to Develop a Community-Driven Online LGBTQIA+ Consumer Health Guide - $249,980
Feili Tu-Keefner (PI), Brett Robertson (Co-PI) - Project Library PREPARE: Planning, Response, Emergency Preparedness, and Resilience Education - $249,721
Dick Kawooya (PI) - Fostering Information and Knowledge Access in the Digital Environment: A Situational Analysis of Legal-regulatory Frameworks in ARIPO Region University of Cape Town, South Africa , grant from the International Development Research Centre - $100,000