Teaching Associate Professor

Information Management for Organizational Effectiveness

Starting in the fall of 2011, I have taught INLS385 (formerly numbered as 285), Information Management for Organizational Effectiveness. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Basic concepts in the way that information, people, and technology interact to influence organizational effectiveness. Principles of problem solving, teamwork, leadership, and organizational change/innovation.

Information Management for Organizational Effectiveness Classes

Seminar in Public Libraries

Starting in the spring of 2005, I led INLS843 (formerly numbered as 341), the Seminar in Public Libraries. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Selected topics in public library services, systems, networks, and their management. Current issues are emphasized, along with the interests of the participants.

Public Libraries Seminars

Foundations of Information Science

I started teaching this class in the spring of 2014. The SILS catalog describes INLS201 as:

Examines the evolution of information science; information representation, organization and management; search and retrieval; human information seeking and interaction; organizational behavior and communication; policy, ethics and scholarly communications.

Foundations of Information Science Classes

User Interface Design

Starting in the spring of 2010, I taught INLS718, User Interface Design. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Basic principles for designing the human interface to information systems, emphasizing computer-assisted systems. Major topics: users' conceptual models of systems, human information processing capabilities, styles of interfaces, and evaluation methods.

User Interface Design Classes

Retrieving & Analyzing Information

Usually during the summer sessions, I taught INLS151 (formerly numbered as 040, then numbered as 200, now numbered as 151), Retrieving and Analyzing Information. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Introduction to and application of the processes that can be used in seeking information, evaluating the quality of the information retrieved, and synthesizing the information into a useful form.

Retrieving and Analyzing Information Classes

Perspectives on Information, Techology and People

In the fall 2022 session, I taught one of the first offerings of INLS777, Perspectives on Information, Techology and People. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Examines the relationships between information, technology, and people from an array of disciplinary, professional, cultural, and other orientations. Survey from historical and future viewpoints. Explores the application of diverse perspective to understand current matters of concern.

It was, in a way, somewhat similar to the course I had taught beginning in 2010, INLS758, International and Cross Cultural Perspectives for Information Management. The SILS catalog describes it as:

Examines information in society for selected nations/cultures. Compares institutions, processes, and trends in the globalization of information management in the face of barriers of language and culture.

Perspectives on Information, Techology and People Classes

Management for Information Professionals

I started teaching at SILS during the summer of 2000 (in my second year of doctoral studies) when I co-taught INLS585 (formerly numbered as 131), Management for Information Professionals, with Dr. Evelyn Daniel. As described in the SILS catalog, it is:

An introduction to general management principles and practices intended for information professionals working in all types of organizations. Topics include planning, budgeting, organizational theory, staffing, leadership, organizational change, and decision making.

Management for Information Professionals Classes