Faculty
Yvonne Chandler
Associate Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Legal Information Services and Research
Internet Resources and Services
Education for Library and Information Sciences
Hsia-Ching (Carrie) Chang
Assistant Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Adoption/Diffusion of Social Media
Business Analytics
Knowledge/Science Mapping
Cloud Computing Security
Information Security
Human Information Interaction
Information Architecture
Bibliometrics/Scientometrics/Webometrics
Jiangping Chen
Associate Professor
Office: Discovery Park E297J
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 & Activities of Interest
Digital Libraries
Multilingual Information Access and Service
Information Systems Design and Analysis
Ana Cleveland
Regents Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Medical Informatics
Donald Cleveland
Professor Emeritus
Office: Discovery Park E292B
Phone: (940) 565-2445
Email: Donald.Cleveland@unt.edu
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
Yunfei Du
Associate Professor, Interim Associate Dean
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 & 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 & Activities of Interest
Information Organization
Design Theory
Information Access
Special Libraries
Elizabeth Figa
Associate Professor
Office: Discovery Park E295L
Phone: (940) 565-2187
Email: Elizabeth.Figa@unt.edu
B.S., DePauw University
M.S., Illinois State University
M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Research & Activities of Interest
Ethnographic Study of Information Retrieval and Information Behavior
Ethnographic Study of Storytelling and the Oral Tradition
Narrative Analysis
Historical Research Methods
Martin Halbert
Associate Professor, Dean of Libraries
Office: Willis Library Room 222
Phone: 940-565-3025
Email: Martin.Halbert@unt.edu
B.A. Rice University
M.L.I.S., University of Texas, Austin
Ph.D., Emory University
Research & Activities of Interest
Digital Libraries
Digital Preservation
Digital Scholarship
Library Leadership
Suliman Hawamdeh
Professor, Department Chair
Office: Discovery Park E292D
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 & Activities of Interest
Knowledge Management
Library Services and Digital Resource Management
Content, Document and Records Management
Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim
Assistant Professor
Office: Discovery Park E297G
Phone: 940.369.5408
Email: Jeonghyun.Kim@unt.edu
Ph.D. Rutgers University
M.A. Ewha Womans University, Korea
B.A. Ewha Womans University, Korea
Research & Activities of Interest
Data Curation and Management
Information Behavior & Interaction
Library & Information Science Education
Shawne Miksa
Associate Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Information Organization, Control, Access and Theory
Classification Research and Theory
Information Retrieval
Bibliometrics
Scholarly Communication
William Moen
Associate Professor
Office: Discovery Park B201B
Phone: (940) 565-2473
Email: William.Moen@unt.edu
B.A., Philosophy, University of Montana
M.L.S., Lousiana State University
Ph.D., Information Transfer, Syracuse University
Research & Activities of Interest
Information Organization
Metadata
Digital Repositories
Networked Information Discovery & Retrieval
Information Technology Standards Development & Implementation
Information Policy
Evaluation
Brian O'Connor
Professor
Office: Discovery Park E295N
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
Research & Activities of Interest
Image Document Access
Information Seeking Behavior
Browsing, Representation of Questions and Documents
Guillermo Oyarce
Associate Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Information Retrieval Systems
Feature Selection
Human Computer Interaction: Direct Manipulation in IR and Visualization
Cognitive Issues in Distributed Networks and the Digital Library
Jodi Philbrick
Lecturer
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Health Informatics
Health Sciences Libraries
Competencies for Information Professionals
Social Media, Mobile Technology, and Information Access
Barbara Schultz-Jones
Associate Professor
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 & Activities of Interest
Cataloging
Automation systems
Collaboration networks
Information behavior in context
Social network analysis
Daniella Smith
Assistant Professor
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 & Activities of Interest
Leadership Role of School Librarians
Mentorship in Organizations
Information Seeking Behaviors of Children
Cultures and Transformational Leadership
Phil Turner
Professor Emeritus
Office: Discovery Park E296C
Phone: (940) 565-4462
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 & Activities of Interest
Communications
Special Materials Audio Visual
Telecommunications
Management of Libraries and Information Centers, School Media
Research Methods
Michele A. L. Villagran
Lecturer
Phone: (626) 241-2050
Email: Michele.Villagran@unt.edu
B.S.B.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
M.S.L.S., University of North Texas
M.B.A., University of North Texas
M.D.R., Pepperdine University
Ed.D., Org. Leadership, Pepperdine University
Research & Activities of Interest
Legal Information Services and Research
Diversity Issues/Cultural Intelligence
Conflict Management/Dispute Resolution
Competitive Intelligence
Special Libraries
Organizational Leadership/Organizational Behavior
Management of Libraries and Information Agencies
Xin Wang
Lecturer
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 & Activities of Interest
Usability & User Experience Research
Health Informatics
Human Computer Interaction
Image System Design
Ruth West
Associate Professor
Director, xREZ Lab
Office: Discovery Park E296C
Phone: (940) 565-4462
Email: Ruth.West@unt.edu
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Antioch University, Los Angeles
M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Research & Activities of Interest
Cross-disciplinary art-science research
Immersive systems
Augmented and mixed reality
Mobile and participatory media
Citizen science
Human-computer interaction
User interaction and user experience
STEM to STEAM education
Maurice Wheeler
Associate Professor
Office: 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 & Activities of Interest
Management
Leadership
Organizational Culture
Diversity
Public Libraries
Oksana Zavalina
Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Information Science Ph.D. Program
Office: 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. Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Ph.D. Univ. of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Research & Activities of Interest
Information Organization, Access and Retrieval
Metadata, Cataloging and Classification
Subject Access
Semantic Web
Digital Libraries and Aggregations
Use of Information Systems