Jeff M. Allen
Regents Professor; Director, Center for Knowledge Solutions
Office: Discovery Park E295A
Email: Jeff.Allen@unt.edu
B.A.A.S., University of North Texas
M.S., University of North Texas
Ph.D., Penn State University
Research and Activities of Interest
Knowledge acquisition
Knowledge management
Workforce development and innovation
Bobbie Bushman
Lecturer; Houston Program Coordinator
Office: Houston Texas
Phone: 417-468-8701
Email: Bobbie.Bushman@unt.edu
B.S., Missouri State University
M.L.I.S., University of Missouri
Ph.D., University of Missouri
Research and Activities of Interest
Children and Young Adult Services
Library Services for the Deaf
Public Libraries
Special Needs Library Programming
Yvonne Chandler
Associate ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E295E
Phone: 940-565-3777
Email: Yvonne.Chandler@unt.edu
B.A., Clark College
M.S., Atlanta University
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research and Activities of Interest
Legal Information Services and Research
Internet Resources and Services
Education for Library and Information Sciences
Hsia-Ching "Carrie" Chang
Assistant ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E295L
Phone: 940-565-4253
Email: Hsia-Ching.Chang@unt.edu
B.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan
M.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan
M.S., State University of New York, Albany
Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
Research and Activities of Interest
Adoption/Diffusion of Social Media
Business Analytics
Knowledge/Science Mapping
Cloud Computing Security
Bibliometrics/Scientometrics/Webometrics
Information Architecture
Human Information Interaction
Jiangping Chen
Professor and Chair
Director, Information Science Ph.D. Program
Office: Discovery Park E292BA
Phone: 940-369-8393
Email: Jiangping.Chen@unt.edu
B.S., Wuhan University, China
M.S., Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Research and Activities of Interest
Data Analysis and Data Science
Digital Libraries
Information Retrieval and Access
Information Systems
Ana Cleveland
Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor; Regents ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E297E
Phone: 940-565-3559
Email: Ana.Cleveland@unt.edu
B.S., University of Texas
M.S., Case Western Reserve University
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Research and Activities of Interest
Medical Informatics
Junhua Ding
Professor
Director, Data Science Program
Office: Discovery Park E292G
Phone: 940-565-2186
Email: Junhua.Ding@unt.edu
B.S., China University of Geosciences, China
M.S., Nanjing University, China
Ph.D., Florida International University
Research and Activities of Interest
Data Science and Engineering
Machine Learning
Software Engineering
Biomedical Computation
Yunfei Du
Professor; Associate Dean of Academics
Office: Discovery Park E296P
Phone: 940-369-8093
Email: Yunfei.Du@unt.edu
B. S., Anhui Normal University, China
B. A., Nanjing University, China
MLS, Ph.D., University of North Texas
Research and Activities of Interest
Academic Libraries
International Librarianship
Learning Styles
eLearning
Larry Enoch
Senior Lecturer
Office: Discovery Park E295P
Phone: 940-565-2760
Email: Lawrence.Enoch@unt.edu
B.S. Kansas State University
M.L.S. North Texas State University
Ph.D. University of North Texas
Research and Activities of Interest
Information Organization
Design Theory
Information Access
Special Libraries
Suliman Hawamdeh
Professor
Office: Discovery Park E298J
Phone: 940-565-3690
Email: Suliman.Hawamdeh@unt.edu
B.S. Birzeit University
M.L.S. University of Michigan
Ph.D. University of Sheffield
Research and Activities of Interest
Knowledge Management
Library Services and Digital Resource Management
Content, Document and Records Management
Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim
Associate Professor
Office: Discovery Park E297G
Phone: 940-369-5408
Email: Jeonghyun.Kim@unt.edu
Ph.D. Rutgers University
M.A. Ewha Woman's University, Korea
B.A. Ewha Woman's University, Korea
Research and Activities of Interest
Digital Curation and Data Management
Digital Libraries
Information Behavior and Interaction
Library and Information Science Education
John Marino
Assistant Professor
Office: Discovery Park E297N
Phone: 940-565-3767
Email: John.Marino@unt.edu
B.S. University of Delaware
M.A. Gallaudet University
M.S.I.S. University of Washington
Ph.D. University of Washington
Research and Activities of Interest
LIS Education
Information behavior in context
The Big 6 information problem-solving process
Digital learning environments
Children and young adult services in libraries
Shawne D. Miksa
Associate ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E297N
Phone: 940-565-3560
Email: Shawne.Miksa@unt.edu
B.A., University of Central Florida
M.L.S., Florida State University
Ph.D., Florida State University
Research and Activities of Interest
Organization, control and access to information resources
Theory development in LIS
Information behavior
Bibliometrics and scholarly and scientific communication
History and foundation of library and information sciences, history of science
LIS education in information organization
William Moen
Associate ProfessorOffice:
Phone:
Email: William.Moen@unt.edu
B.A., Philosophy, University of Montana
M.L.S., Lousiana State University
Ph.D., Information Transfer, Syracuse University
Research and Activities of Interest
Information Organization
Metadata
Digital Repositories
Networked Information Discovery & Retrieval
Information Technology Standards Development & Implementation
Information Policy
Evaluation
Brian O'Connor
ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E292P
Phone: 940-565-2347
Email: Brian.O'Connor@unt.edu
A.B., Greek and Latin, Dartmouth College
M.A., Film, Montclair University
M.L.I.S., Library and Information Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Research and Activities of Interest
Image Document Access
Information Seeking Behavior
Browsing, Representation of Questions and Documents
Guillermo Oyarce
Associate ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E295G
Phone: 940-565-3564
Email: Guillermo.Oyarce@unt.edu
B.S., Physics, University of North Texas
M.S., Technology and Cognition, University of North Texas
Ph.D., Information Sciences, University of North Texas
Research and Activities of Interest
Information Retrieval Systems
Feature Selection
Human and Computer Interaction: Direct Manipulation in IR and Visualization
Cognitive Issues in Distributed Networks and the Digital Library
Jodi Philbrick
Senior LecturerOffice: Discovery Park E295J
Phone: 940-369-5880
Email: Jodi.Philbrick@unt.edu
B.A., University of Houston
M.S.L.S., University of North Texas
Ph.D., University of North Texas
Research and Activities of Interest
Health Informatics
Health Sciences Libraries
Competencies for Information Professionals
Social Media, Mobile Technology, and Information Access
Barbara Schultz-Jones
Associate ProfessorDirector, School and Youth Librarianship Programs
Office: Discovery Park E296G
Phone: 940-369-8081
Email: Barbara.Schultz-Jones@unt.edu
Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S.L.S., University of North Texas
B.A., University of British Columbia
Research and Activities of Interest
Cataloging
Automation systems
Collaboration networks
Information behavior in context
Social network analysis
Daniella Smith
Associate ProfessorAssociate Director, Information Science Ph.D. Program
Office: Discovery Park E296E
Phone: 940-565-3569
Email: Daniella.Smith@unt.edu
Ph.D., Florida State University
M.S., Florida State University
B.S., Florida State University
Research and Activities of Interest
School Libraries
Children and Young Adult Services in Libraries
Library and Information Science Education
Information Seeking Behaviors
Educational Technology
Social Media Analysis
Distance Learning
Tricia Kuon
Multiple Year LecturerOffice: Discovery Park E296A
Phone:
Email: Tricia.Kuon@unt.edu
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction University of Wyoming
M.S., Library Science University of Wyoming
B.A., Elementary Education University of Wyoming
Research and Activities of Interest
Makerspaces
Library Innovations
Virtual Reality Uses in School
Xin Wang
Senior LecturerOffice: Discovery Park E296L
Phone: 940-369-5983
Email: Xin.Wang@unt.edu
Ph.D., University of Missouri
M.L.S., University of Missouri
B.A., Shanxi University, China
Research and Activities of Interest
Usability & User Experience Research
Health Informatics
Human and Computer Interaction
Image System Design
Maurice Wheeler
Associate ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E296N
Phone: 940-369-8191
Email: Maurice.Wheeler@unt.edu
B.Mus., Shorter College
M.Mus., University of Michigan
M.I.L.S., University of Michigan
Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Research and Activities of Interest
Management
Leadership
Organizational Culture
Diversity
Public Libraries
Oksana Zavalina
Associate ProfessorOffice: Discovery Park E298G
Phone: 940-565-3776
Email: Oksana.Zavalina@unt.edu
B.S. LIS, Kiev State Institute of Culture, Ukraine
M.L.I.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research and Activities of Interest
Information Organization, Access and Retrieval
Metadata, Cataloging and Classification
Subject Access
Semantic Web
Digital Libraries and Aggregations
Use of Information Systems
Emeritus Faculty
Donald Cleveland
Professor Emeritus
B.A., Howard Payne College
M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Texas A&M University
Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Philip "Phil" Turner
Professor Emeritus
Email: Philip.Turner@unt.edu
B.S., Mathematics, Boston State College
M.S., Inst. Tech, University of Wisconsin LaCrosse
M.S.L.S., Lib. Science, Texas A&M, Commerce
Ed.D., Inst. Tech., Texas A&M
Research and Activities of Interest
Communications
Special Materials Audio Visual
Telecommunications
Management of Libraries and Information Centers, School Media
Research Methods