Teaching
My teaching interests align with my research interests in information access and use. Primary areas are: information and data sources and services, information behavior, and information retrieval. My approach to teaching is grounded in openness, dialogue and self-directed learning. I recognize the value of diverse cultures and epistemologies and focus on the individual strengths of students by offering flexible learning options. I treat assignments as opportunities to develop bridging knowledge by applying theoretical and conceptual knowledge to real world problems and scenarios.
Current Courses
- INFO 303 – Search Engines and Society (new course for Minor in Informatics) – Public Syllabus and Reading List
- LIBR 557 – Information Retrieval Concepts and Practice – description
- LIBR 504 – Management of Information Organizations – description
Formerly Taught:
- LIBR 530 – Subject-Based Information Services – description
- LIBR 539J – Data Sources in the Public Domain – description
- LIBR 610 – Theoretical and Research Foundations – description
Scholarship of Teaching Grants
- UBC Advancing Education Renewal Program: Re-envisioning the First Nations Curriculum Concentration (2021-22)
- NSERC Collaborative Research and Training Experience – Designing for People Graduate Training (2017-2022) (Co-Applicant)
Graduate Supervision
I am seeking graduate students interested in research relating to human information interaction and interactive information retrieval in relation to human learning and reading, misinformation and access to and use of open data. Students with demonstrated research abilities and research interests that align with mine (see also my Publications) are encouraged to contact me.
Doctoral Students
- Yifan Liu, 2022-continuing – (Supervisor)
- Alice Li, 2022-continuing – (Supervisor)
- Samuel Dodson, completed 2021 – (Co-Supervisor with Dr. Rick Kopak)
- Becoming Engineers: How Students Leverage Relationships between Documents and Learning Activities
- Sarah Gilbert, completed 2018 – (Co-Supervisor)
- Colleen Addison, completed 2017 – (Supervisor)
- Jean McKendry, completed 2013 (Co-Supervisor)
Masters Student (thesis option)
- Yifan Liu, completed 2022 (Supervisor)
- Eleanor Ren, completed 2021 (Supervisor)
- Winnie (Ak Wai) Li, completed 2019 (Supervisor)
- Billy Augustine, completed 2018 (Supervisor)
- Bonnie Paige, completed 2017 (Supervisor)
- Blake Hawkins, completed 2017 – (Co-Supervisor)
- Samuel Dodson, completed 2016 (Co-Supervisor)
- Kristoff Kessler, completed 2013 (Supervisor)