Faculty Directory
![Portrait photo of Assistant Professor José Aguiñaga](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-aguinada-jose.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Academic Libraries, Administration and Management, Archival Collections,
Buildings/Facilities, Collections Development, Database and Other Retrieval Systems,
Digital/Virtual Libraries, Distance Education in LIS, Electronic Reference Services,
Information and Society/Culture, Libraries and Society/Culture, LIS as a Profession,
LIS Education and Programs, LIS Faculty and Students, Personnel, Reference and Information
Services, Storytelling, Strategic Planning/Marketing/Lobbying
![Portrait photo of Susan Alman](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-alman-susan.png)
Lecturer, Gateway PhD Program Coordinator
School of Information
Research Interests: Administration and Management, Continuing Education in LIS, Distance
Education in LIS, Libraries and Society/Culture, LIS as a Profession, LIS Education
and Programs, Strategic Planning/Marketing/Lobbying
![Portrait photo of Professor Anthony Bernier](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-bernier-anthony.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Administration and Management, Buildings/Facilities, Critical
Perspectives on LIS, Distance Education in LIS, Evaluation of Service, History of
Libraries and Library Science, Libraries and Society/Culture, LIS as a Profession,
Pedagogy in LIS, Public Libraries, Serving Multicultural Populations, Young Adult
Services
![Portrait photo of Associate Professor Joni Richards Bodart](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-bodart-joni.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Adult Services, Booktalking, Children's/YA Literature, Children's
Services, Intellectual Freedom and Censorship, Public Libraries, Readers Advisory
Services, YA Services
![Portrait photo of Mary Bolin](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-bolin-mary.png)
Lecturer, Gateway PhD Program Coordinator
School of Information
Academic Libraries, Administration and Management, Critical Perspectives on LIS, Discourse
Analysis, Information Retrieval Theory and Practice, LIS as a Profession, Open Access
Journals, Philosophy/Values/Ethics of LIS
![Assistant Professor Jessica Bushey](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-bushey-jessica.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Archival Collections, Collections Development, Information and
Society/Culture, Preservation of Collections, Reference and Information Services,
Storytelling, Usability, UX, Web Design, Visual Arts
![Frank Cervone](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-cervone-frank.png)
Lecturer, BSISDA Coordinator
School of Information
Research Interests: Cybersecurity, Health Informatics, Health Information Technology,
Information Privacy and Security, Knowledge/IR Management, LIS Education and Programs,
Social Network Analysis
![Lee C. Chang](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-chang-lee.png)
Lee C. Chang
Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: Software Systems Engineering Applied to Data Science Projects
![Assistant Professor Shih Yu Chang](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-chang-shih-yu.png)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: Lucid Visualization, Machine Learning, Physical Layer Security,
Random Tensors, Statistical Analysis, Tensor Data Processing, Wireless Networking
![Michelle Chen](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-chen-michelle.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Data Science, Information Systems and Technologies, Information
Visualization
![Assistant Professor Yu Chi](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-chi-yu.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Health Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, Information Needs/Behaviors
of Specific Groups, Information Retrieval Theory and Practice
![Professor Anthony Chow](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-chow-anthony.png)
Professor and Director
School of Information
Research Interests: Data Analytics and Informatics, eLearning, Information Needs of
Underserved Populations, Instructional Design and Technology, Organizational Leadership
and Management, Technology Integration, Usability, UX and Web Design
![Assistant Professor Crystal Fausett](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-faussett-crystal.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Computer/Information Networks, Human Factors, Human-Centered Cybersecurity,
Human-Computer Interaction, Research Methods, Teamwork, Training, Usability, UX, Web
Design, Users and Uses of Information Systems
![Professor Jerry Z. Gao](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-gao-jerry.png)
Professor
Department of Computer Engineering (Teaching in the Applied Data Science Department)
Research Interests: Cloud Computing and Services, Mobile Cloud Computing and Technologies,
Mobile Computing and Service, Mobile Sensor Technologies, Service Engineering, Smart
Cities, Software as a Service (Saas), Software Engineering, Testing as a Service (TaaS),
Test Automation
![Assistant Professor Souvick Ghosh](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-ghosh-souvick.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Conversational Search Systems, Database and Other Retrieval Systems,
Human-Computer Interaction, Information Retrieval Theory and Practice, Information
Systems and Technologies
![Assistant Professor Ulia Gosart](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-gosart-ulia.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Collections Development, Copyright/Intellectual Property, Indigenous
Cultural Institutions, Information Needs of Underserved Populations, International/Comparative
Librarianship
![Associate Professor Mary Ann Harlan](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-harlan-mary-ann.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Children's/YA Literatures, Information Communities in Rural Areas,
Information Literacy and Instruction, Information Needs and Behaviors/Practices, Young
Adult Services
![Associate Professor James Hodges](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-hodges-james.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Archival Collections, Electronic Documents, Information and Society/Culture,
Preservation of Collections
![Darra Hofman](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-hofman-darra.png)
Lecturer, MARA Coordinator
School of Information
Research Interests: Archival Collections, Archival Description/RAD, Archives and Records
Centers, Computer/Information Networks, Copyright/Intellectual Property, Information
Policy, Intellectual Freedom and Censorship, Law Libraries, Records Management
![Renee Jefferson](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-jefferson-renee.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Academic Libraries, Action Research, Evaluation of Service, Research
Methods
![Alison Johnson](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-johnson-alison.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Information Needs and Behaviors/Practices, Information Retrieval
Theory and Practice, Organization of Information, Pedagogy in LIS, Users and Uses
of Information Systems
![Jason Kaltenbacher](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-kaltenbacher-jason.png)
Lecturer, MS Informatics Coordinator
School of Information
Research Interests: Administration and Management, Archives and Records Centers, Electronic
Documents, Information Policy, Information Systems and Technologies, Information Technology
Management, Records Management
![Professor Geoffrey Z. Liu](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-liu-geoffrey.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Distance Education in LIS, Human-Computer Interaction, Information
Retrieval Theory and Practice, Information Systems and Technologies
![Assistant Professor Guannan Liu](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-liu-guannan.png)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence Systems, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning
Techniques, Wireless Signal Processing
![Professor Ziming Liu](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-liu-ziming.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Digital/Virtual Libraries, Electronic Documents, History of Information
Science, Information and Society/Culture, Information Needs/Behaviors of Specific
Groups, International Information Issues, Scholarly and Scientific Communication,
Serving Multicultural Populations
![Professor David Loertscher](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-loertscher-david.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Collections Development, Distance Education in LIS, Pedagogy in
LIS, Reading and Literacy, School Media Centers/Libraries, Young Adult Services
![Professor Lili Luo](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-luo-lili.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Academic Libraries, Digital/Virtual Libraries, Evaluation of Service,
Pedagogy in LIS, Reference and Information Services, Research Methods
![Assistant Director Linda Main](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-main-linda.png)
Assistant Director and Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Books/Printing/Publishing Industry, Designing Information Products
for a Global Audience, Distance Education in LIS, Information Architecture, Web Programming
Languages
![Assistant Professor Mohammad Masum](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-masum-mohammad.png)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: AI, Cybersecurity, Deep Learning, Ethics in AI, Health Informatics,
Large Language Processing, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Tiny Machine
Learning
![Assistant Professor Norman Mooradian](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-mooradian-norman.png)
Assistant Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Information and Society/Culture, Knowledge/IR Management, Philosophy/Values/Ethics
of LIS
![Dan Nathan-Roberts](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-nathan-roberts-dan.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Ergonomics, Health Informatics, Human Factors, Human-Computer
Interaction, Usability, UX, Web Design
![Assistant Professor Vishnu Pendyala](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-pendyala-vishnu.png)
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning
![Professor Kristen Radsliff Rebmann](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-rebmann-kristen-radsliff.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Academic Libraries, Community Information Centers, Critical Perspectives
on LIS, Data Analytics and Informatics, Distance Education in LIS, eLearning, Information
Literacy and Instruction, Information Policy, Instructional Design and Technology,
Pedagogy in LIS, Public Libraries, Reading and Literacy, Research Methods, Scholarly
and Scientific Communication, School Media Centers/Libraries, Science and Technology
Literatures, Serving Disabled Populations, Serving Multicultural Populations, Serving
the Aged, Storytelling, Technology Integration, Young Adult Services
![Associate Professor Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-nicholas-rocca-tonia.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Computer/Information Networks, Cybersecurity, Health Informatics,
Information Systems and Technologies
![Alyce Scott](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-scott-alyce.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Digital/Virtual Libraries, Preservation of Collections
![Professor Simon Shim](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-shim-simon.png)
Chair and Professor
Department of Applied Data Science
Research Interests: Internet Computing, Database Management, Machine Learning, Information
Retrieval
![Vicki Steiner](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-steiner-vicki.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Academic Libraries, Copyright/Intellectual Property, Information
Literacy and Instruction, Law Libraries, Open Access, Reference and Information Services,
Scholarly and Scientific Communication
![Professor Michael Stephens](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-stephens-michael.png)
Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Emerging Technologies in Libraries and Information Systems, Information
Literacy and Instruction, Libraries as Learning Organizations, LIS Education and Programs,
LIS Faculty and Students, Pedagogy in LIS
![Associate Professor Virginia Tucker](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-tucker-virginia.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Database and Other Retrieval Systems, Human-Computer Interaction,
Information Architecture, Information Retrieval Theory and Practice, Knowledge/IR
Management, Law Libraries, Music Organization of Information, Search Engines
![Associate Professor Michele A. L. Villagran](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-villagran-michelle.png)
Associate Professor
School of Information
Research Interests: Cultural Intelligence, Diversity, Inclusion, Community and Equity,
Information and Society/Culture, Information Needs/Behaviors of Specific Groups, Law
Libraries, Libraries and Society/Culture, Serving Multicultural Populations, Social
Justice in Library and Information science, Special and Corporate Libraries
![Beth Wrenn-Estes](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-wrenn-estes-beth.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Children's/YA Literatures, Children's Services, Collections Development,
Distance Education in LIS, Early Childhood Literacy and Learning, Information Literacy
and Instruction, Information Needs/Behaviors of Specific Groups, Public Libraries,
School Media Centers/Libraries, Storytelling, Young Adult Services
![Lei Zhang](/information-data-society/pics/cids-faculty-zhang-lei.png)
Lecturer
School of Information
Research Interests: Human-Computer Interaction, Information Retrieval Theory and Practice,
Linked Open Data, Metadata and Semantic Web, Organization of Information, Taxonomies,
Thesauri, Ontologies, Users and Uses of Information Systems