Faculty

Yunfei Du

Yunfei Du

Professor
Interim Chair and Associate Dean of Academics


Office: Discovery Park E290H
Phone: 940-369-8093
Email: Yunfei.du@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.L.S., University of North Texas
B. S., Anhui Normal University, China
B. A., Nanjing University, China

Research and Activities of Interest

Academic Libraries
International Librarianship
Learning Styles
eLearning
Latino Art, Museums, and Preservation Fellowship


Barbara Schultz-Jones

Barbara Schultz-Jones

Professor and Associate Chair
Director, MS-IS and MS-LS 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



Mohammed Aledhari

Mohammed Aledhari

Assistant Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E236E
Phone: 940-565-3641
Email: Mohammed.Aledhari@unt.edu

Ph.D., Western Michigan University
M.S., University of Basrah
B.A.A.S., University of Anbar

Research and Activities of Interest

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Computational Medicine and Biology
Bioinformatics
Computer Vision

 


Jeff Allen

Jeff M. Allen

Regents Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E298E
Phone: 940-565-3692
Email: Jeff.Allen@unt.edu

Ph.D., Penn State University
M.S., University of North Texas
B.A.A.S., University of North Texas

Research and Activities of Interest

Information Behavior
Knowledge Economy
Knowledge Management
Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
Organizational Culture
Research Methods
Wisdom

 

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Hsia-Ching Chang

Hsia-Ching "Carrie" Chang

Associate Professor

Office: Discovery Park E295L
Phone: 940-565-4253
Email: Hsia-Ching.Chang@unt.edu


Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
M.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan
M.S., State University of New York, Albany
B.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan

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


Haihua Chen

Haihua Chen

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E298A
Phone: 940-369-6662
Email: Haihua.Chen@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S., Wuhan University, China
B.S., Central China Normal University, China

Research and Activities of Interest

Applied Data Science
Data Quality
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Text Mining
Legal Artificial Intelligence
Health Informatics
 


Ana Cleveland

Ana Cleveland

Regents Professor
Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor

Director, Health Informatics Program

Office: Discovery Park E297E
Phone: 940-565-3559
Email: Ana.Cleveland@unt.edu


Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Case Western Reserve University
B.S., University of Texas

Research and Activities of Interest

Health Informatics
Health Sciences Libraries
Disaster Information Management
Health Information-Seeking Behavior
Education of Health Information Professionals
Indexing of Medical Literature


Junhua Ding

Professor
Reinburg Endowed Professor

Director, M.S. in Data Science Program

Office: Discovery Park E292G
Phone: 940-565-2186
Email: Junhua.Ding@unt.edu

Ph.D., Florida International University
M.S., Nanjing University, China
B.S., China University of Geosciences, China

Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science and Engineering
Machine Learning
Software Engineering
Biomedical Computation


Larry Enoch

Larry Enoch

Principal Lecturer
Director, Houston Program

Office: Discovery Park E295P
Phone: 940-565-2760
Email: Lawrence.Enoch@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.L.S., North Texas State University
B.S., Kansas State University

Research and Activities of Interest

Information Organization
Design Theory
Information Access
Special Libraries


Sarah Evans

 

Sarah Evans

Assistant Professor
Director, Children and Young Adult Librarianship Program

Office: Discovery Park E295C
Phone: 940-369-8102
Email: Sarah.Evans@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Washington
M.L.I.S., University of Washington
B.A., University of Washington


Research and Activities of Interest

Library Services for Children and Young Adults
Informal Learning Experiences and Environments
Multiple Literacies
Reader's Advisory
Public Libraries
Comics and Graphic Novels
Pop Culture and Fan Studies
Adolescent Literacies and Identities


Suliman Hawamdeh

Suliman Hawamdeh

Regents Professor

Office: Discovery Park E298J
Phone: 940-565-3690
Email: Suliman.Hawamdeh@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Sheffield
M.L.S., University of Michigan
B.S., Birzeit University

Research and Activities of Interest

Cybersecurity & Information Security
Data Analytics and Data Science
Knowledge Management
Social Noise and Misinformation

 


Lingzi Hong

Lingzi Hong

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E292E
Phone: 940-565-8545
Email: Lingzi.Hong@unt.edu 

Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park
M.S., Beijing Normal University, China
B.S., Beijing Normal University, China


Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science and Engineering
Urban Computing
Crisis Informatics
Data Ethics


Gahangir Hossain

Gahangir Hossain

Associate Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E297J
Phone: 940-565-3507
Email: Gahangir.Hossain@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Memphis
M.S., University of Memphis
M.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
B.S., Shahjalal University of Science and Technology

Research and Activities of Interest

Artificial Intelligence, Brain and Cognitive Science
Data Science and Analytics
Cybersecurity Management 
Cognitive System Engineering
Machine Learning and Recommender Systems
Health Informatics and Management


Tozammel Hossain

Tozammel Hossain

Assistant Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E236L
Phone: 
Email: Tozammel.Hossain@unt.edu

Ph.D., Virginia Tech
M.S., Virginia Tech
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Research and Activities of Interest

Bioinformatics
Health Informatics
Social Media Analytics
Event Forecasting
Cybersecurity


Heejun Kim

Heejun Kim

Assistant Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E295G
Phone: 940-369-8285
Email: Heejun.Kim@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
M.S., University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
B.S., Yonsei University

Research and Activities of Interest

Text Mining
Machine Learning
Information Retrieval
Health Informatics
Geographic Information Science

 


Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim

Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim

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
Digital Humanities
Data Literacy and Learning
Library and Information Science Education


Wael Korani

Wael Korani

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E236Q
Phone: 940-565-2016
Email: Wael.Korani@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Regina, Canada
M.S., Tuskegee University
M.S., Cairo University, Egypt
B.A., Ain Shams University, Cairo

Research and Activities of Interest

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Optimization (nature inspired techniques)
Database
Cognitive Neuroscience


Tricia Kuon

Tricia Kuon

Multiple Year Lecturer

Office: Discovery Park E296A
Phone: 940-369-5767
Email: Tricia.Kuon@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of Wyoming
M.S., University of Wyoming
B.A., University of Wyoming


Research and Activities of Interest

Makerspaces
Library Innovations
Virtual Reality Uses in School
 

 
Priyan Malarvizhi Kumar

Priyan Malarvizhi Kumar

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E236N
Phone: 940-565-3201
Email: Priyan.malarvizhikumar@unt.edu

Postdoc, Middlesex University, UK
Ph.D., VIT University, India
M.Tech., VIT University, India
B.Tech., Anna University, India

Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science
Cybersecurity
Big Data
Internet of Things
Cloud Computing
Machine Learning

 


Tae Hee Lee

Tae Hee Lee

Clinical Assistant Professor

Office: E236J
Phone: 940-565-3296
Email: Taehee.Lee@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
M.S., Syracuse University
B.S., Sung Kyun Kwan University

Research and Activities of Interest

Accessibility
Digital Library
Information Behavior
Information Security
Usability
User Experience


Brady Lund

Brady D. Lund

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E236S
Phone: 940-565-2518
Email: Brady.Lund@unt.edu


Ph.D., Emporia State University
M.S., Emporia State University
B.S., Wichita State University

Research and Activities of Interest

Cyberpsychology
Information Ethics
Information Security and Privacy
International Development
Scholarly Communications
Special Libraries and Information Services for Industry
Technology Adoption


Shawne D. Miksa

Shawne D. Miksa

Professor

Office: Discovery Park E298L
Phone: 940-565-3560
Email: Shawne.Miksa@unt.edu


Ph.D., Florida State University
M.L.S., Florida State University
B.A., University of Central Florida


Research and Activities of Interest

Cataloging and Classification
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


Brian O'Connor

Brian O'Connor

Professor

Office: Discovery Park E292P
Phone: 940-565-2347
Email: Brian.O'Connor@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Film, Montclair University
M.L.I.S., University of California, Berkeley
​A.B., Greek and Latin, Dartmouth College

Research and Activities of Interest

Image Document Access
Information Seeking Behavior
Browsing, Representation of Questions and Documents
Philosophy of Information
Proximity and Epidata


Jodi Philbrick

Jodi Philbrick

Principal Lecturer

Office: Discovery Park E295J
Phone: 940-369-5880
Email: Jodi.Philbrick@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S.L.S., University of North Texas
B.A., University of Houston

Research and Activities of Interest

Health Informatics
Health Sciences Libraries
Competencies for Information Professionals
Social Media, Mobile Technology, and Information Access


Ana Roeschley

Ana Roeschley

Assistant Professor
Director, Archival Studies Program

Office: Discovery Park E236J
Phone: 940-565-2618
Email: Ana.Roeschley@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S., Simmons College
M.A., Simmons College
B.A., University of Texas at Austin

Research and Activities of Interest

Archival Studies and Management
Participatory Archives
Community-Based Archives
Digital Archiving
Information Behavior
Digital Humanities


Sarah Ryan

Sarah Ryan

Associate Professor
Director, Law Librarianship Program

Office: Discovery Park E295E
Phone: 940-369-5203
Email: Sarah.Ryan@unt.edu


J.D., Quinnipiac University
Ph.D., Ohio University
M.L.S., Texas Woman's University 
M.A., Ohio University
B.A., Capital University 

Research and Activities of Interest

Communications
Empirical Legal Research and Research Services
Law Librarianship
Research Methods in Law and Social Science
Statutory Reform of U.S. Criminal Laws
Veterans Law and Legal Practice



Sahara Ali

Sahara Ali

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E295
Phone: 
Email: Sahara.ali@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of Maryland
M.S., University of Maryland
B.S.c., University of Engineering & Technology Lahore

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Research and Activities of Interest

Artificial Intelligence
Spatiotemporal Data Mining
Casual Inference
Distributed Computing
Big Data Analytics 
Earth Informatics

Kewei Sha

Kewei Sha

Associate Professor

Office: Discovery Park E295A
Phone: 940-565-3271
Email: kewei.sha@unt.edu


Ph.D., Wayne State University
M.S., Wayne State University
B.S., East China University of Science and Technology

Research and Activities of Interest

Data Analytics
Edge Computing
Security and Privacy
Blockchain
Healthcare Systems
IoT

 

 

 

Sharad Sharma

Sharad Sharma

Professor
Director, B.S. in Data Science Program

Office: Discovery Park E292C
Phone: 940-565-2605
Email: Sharad.Sharma@unt.edu


Ph.D., Wayne State University
M.S., University of Michigan
B.Arch.,  Birla Institute of Technology, India


Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science
Data Visualization
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Human Behavior Modeling
Multi-Agent System
Gaming

 

 
Daniella Smith

Daniella Smith

Professor
Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professor
Director, Information Science Ph.D. Program

Office: Discovery Park E296E
Phone: 940-565-3569
Email: Daniella.Smith@unt.edu


Ph.D., Florida State University
S.L.I.S., Florida State University
M.L.I.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

 
Xin Wang

Xin Wang

Principal Lecturer
Director, B.S. in Information Science Program

Office: 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


Stephen Wheeler

Stephen Wheeler

Clinical Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E292D
Phone: 940-369-7580
Email: Stephen.Wheeler@unt.edu

Ph.D., Walden University
M.S., Texas A&M University - Commerce
B.S., Texas A&M University - Commerce

Research and Activities of Interest

Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Dynamic Planning Systems
Linear Symbolic Problem-Solving Systems
Natural Language Processing
 


 


Ting Xiao

Ting Xiao

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E296C
Phone: 940-369-5212
Email: Ting.Xiao@unt.edu


Ph.D., Northwestern University
M.S., Northwestern University
B.S., Zhejiang University


Research and Activities of Interest

Big Data/Data Science
Machine/Deep Learning
Software Development
Health Informatics
Sensor Information Extraction


Oksana Zavalina

Oksana Zavalina

Professor

Office: Discovery Park E298G
Phone: 940-565-3776
Email: Oksana.Zavalina@unt.edu


Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.L.I.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. LIS, Kiev State Institute of Culture, Ukraine

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

 

Philip "Phil" Turner
Professor Emeritus
Email: Philip.Turner@unt.edu

Ed.D., Inst. Tech., Texas A&M
M.S.L.S., Lib. Science, Texas A&M, Commerce 
M.S., Inst. Tech, University of Wisconsin LaCrosse 
B.S., Mathematics, Boston State College 

Research and Activities of Interest
Communications
Special Materials Audio Visual
Telecommunications
Management of Libraries and Information Centers, School Media
Research Methods


In Memoriam Faculty

 

Yvonne Chandler

Yvonne Chandler (1957-2020)
Associate Professor

Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.S., Atlanta University
B.A., Clark College

Research and Activities of Interest

Legal Information Services and Research
Internet Resources and Services
Education for Library and Information Sciences

 

 

 

Don Cleveland

Donald B. Cleveland (1935 - 2019)
Professor Emeritus

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.L.S., University of Texas at Austin
M.S., Computer Science, Texas A&M University 
 

 

Research and Activities of Interest
Information Retrieval
Systems Analysis
Health Care Systems
Science & Technology Information Networks

 

Elizabeth Figa

Elizabeth Figa (1955-2020)
Associate Professor 

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.L.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., DePauw University 

 

Research and Activities of Interest
Storytelling