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Marianne Martens, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, presented "The Language of Betrayal: Ownership, Power and Control of J.K. Rowling’s Pottermore Website" at the Society for the History of Authorship Reading and Publishing (SHARP) conference in Paris in July 2016.
Rebecca Meehan, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, and alumna Julaine Clunis, M.L.I.S. ’16, are co-authors (with J. Kawalec, B. Caldwell, D. Putnam) of a poster titled “EHR Preparedness Among New Podiatric Residents: National Survey of Podiatric Residency Directors,†presented to the American Podiatric Medical Association, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2016.
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, served on a panel (with I. Vamanu, T. Gorichinaz, and A. Suorsa) titled "Phenomenology in Library and Information Science: Studying Information Experiences" at the Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) in June 2016 in Uppsala, Sweden.
Christopher Dum, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, was recently featured on NPR's Marketplace, speaking with Kai Ryssdal about his new book "Exiled in America: Life on the Margins in a Residential Motel" (Columbia University Press).
Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, and graduate students Raffaele Zanoli, Simona Naspetti and Serena Mandores, from Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy, presented “A Priori Groups Versus Operant Categories†at the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 11, 2016.
E. Thomas Dowd, Department of Psychological Sciences, was elected fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in New York, New York, on Oct. 28, 2016.
Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, presented “Personal History and Political Style†at the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 9, 2016.
Lala Hajibayova, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, received a fellowship (about $2,000) from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), to attend the Summer Research Institute for the Science of Socio-Technical Systems, June 27–July 1, 2016, in Stevenson, Washington.
Steven Brown, Evaluation and Measurement, and James Good, University of Durham (UK), presented “Moving Beyond the Qualitative-Quantitative Binary: Q Methodology's Emancipatory Potential for a Transformative Applied Social Science†at the Mixed Methods International Research Association at Durham University in the United Kingdom on Aug. 4, 2016.
Kiersten F. Latham, Ph.D., School of Library and Information Science, has been named to the board of the International Committee on Training of Personnel (ICTOP) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). ICTOP addresses the professional development of museums and heritage and the educational preparation of professionals working around the world.