Professor, School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall, CB #3360
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360

Email: rcapra [at] unc [dot] edu
Office: Manning Hall, Room 210
Phone: 919-962-9978
Office hours: Click here to schedule an office hours meeting

See our work on:
Search+Chat: How does AI chat change search behaviors?

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About me...

My research interests lie at the intersection of human-computer interaction and information retrieval. I work on projects related to interactive information retrieval, search interfaces, and personal information management. My work is unified by an interest in how people find, refind, manage and share information, and how technology can help support these tasks.

Education:

• Ph.D., Virginia Tech (Computer Science)
• M.S., Washington University in St. Louis (Computer Science)
• B.S., Washington University in St. Louis (Computer Science)

Teaching:

• Database Systems I (INLS 523)
• Usability Evaluation and Testing (INLS 719)
• Programming Information Applications (INLS 570)

Funded Projects:

• Knowledge Representation and Re-Use for Exploratory and Collaborative Search (NSF CAREER Award)
• Search Assistance Using Search Trails (NSF)
• NSF Task-Based Information Search Systems Workshop

Links:

• CHIIR – ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval
• UNC SILS IISL – Interactive Information Systems Lab
• Personal Information Management Workshop Series
• My Google Scholar page