Curriculum Vitae
Formal Education
University of California, San Diego, Ph.D. in Communication and Science Studies, 2010
Carleton University, M.A. in Communication, 2000
University of Calgary, B.A. in History (First Class Honors), 1998
Significant Continuing Education
Research Fellowship, Center for 21st Century Studies, College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, August 2022 — May 2023
Participant, Online and Blended Teaching Program Community of Practice, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, September — December 2020
Research Fellowship, Center for 21st Century Studies, College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, August 2016 — May 2017
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, August 2011 — July 2012
Academic and Professional Positions Held
Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 2019 — Present
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, August 2012 — 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication, Mongolia International University, June — July 2019
Instructor, Department of Communication, University of California, San Diego, January 2010 — July 2011
Research, Scholarship, and Professional Activities
Articles and papers published or accepted for publication in academic and professional print and electronic journals
Kozak, N. I. (2022). “Enlightenment on all subjects under the sun”: department store information bureaux in Britain and the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. Library & Information History, 38(2), 210-231. [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (2019). “I can’t have that in there”: Little Free Library stewards and intellectual freedom. The Library Quarterly, 89(3), 185-202. [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (2018). Fighting for the Internet: Online blackout protests and Internet legislation in the United States, 1996-2018. M/C Journal, 21(3). [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (2017). Building community, breaking barriers: Little Free Libraries and local action in the United States. M/C Journal, 20(2). [Refereed.]
Haigh, M., Haigh, T. & Kozak, N. I. (2017). Stopping fake news: The work practices of peer-to-peer counter propaganda. Journalism Studies, 19(14). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2017.1316681 [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (2016). “Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”’: Canadian Radio Policy and the Moose Jaw Radio Association, 1922-1947.” Media History, 25(2). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13688804.2016.1229123 [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (May/June 2015). “If you build it, they will come”: Lusk, Wyoming, and the Information Highway Imaginaire, 1989-1999. Information & Culture: A Journal of History, 50(2), 236-256. [Refereed.]
Kozak, N. I. (2014). Local communities and home rule: Extending the Alberta SuperNet to unserved areas. Journal of Community Informatics, 10(2). [Refereed.]
Chapters in books published by appropriate publishers
Kozak, N. I. (2022). Fighting for the Internet: Online blackout protests and Internet legislation in the United States, 1996-2018. In Jin, C. & Mosco, V. (Eds.) Critical Perspectives on New Media: Challenging the Neo-Liberal World Order (pp. 496-506). Shanghai: Shanghai Translation Press. [Invited.]
Kozak, N. I., Haigh, M. & Haigh T. (2018; 2019). Le conflit ukrainien et la traque aux fausses nouvelles. In Sauvageau, F., Thibault, S. & Trudel, P. (Eds.), Les Fausses Nouvelles, Nouveaux Visages, Nouveaux Défis (pp. 133-141). Québec: Les Presses de l’Université Laval; Paris: Éditions Hermann . [Invited.]
Kozak, N. I. (2015). Access to infrastructure. In Ang, P. H. & Mansell, R. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication & Society (pp. ). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. DOI: 10.1002/9781118290743/wbiedcs146 [Invited.]
Kozak, N. I. (2005). Advice ideals and rural prairie realities: National and prairie scientific motherhood advice, 1920-29. In S. A. Carter, P. Roome, L. Erickson, & C. Smith (Eds.), Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History (pp. 179-204). Calgary: University of Calgary Press. [Invited.]
Boschma, G. & Kozak, N. (2005). Continuity and change, 1990-2004. In Faculty of Nursing on the Move: Nursing at the University of Calgary, 1969-2004 (pp. 157-230). Calgary: University of Calgary Press. [Invited.]
Research projects conducted and grants received (indicate source and amount)
Kozak, N. I. & Zimmer, M. Assessing the implementation of CIPA-mandated filtering in U.S. public libraries. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research Growth Initiative (RGI) Grant, July 1, 2017 – December 31, 2018. Principal investigator, $75,102. [Refereed.]
Book reviews, editorials, interviews, and other minor publications
Dye, J. & Kozak, N. I. (2023). “Editorial.” Library & Information History, 39(3), iii. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2023.0154.
Kozak, N. I. (2023). Review of the book The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information, by Craig Robinson. Library & Information History, 39(2), 138-39. DOI 10.3366/lih.2023.0150.
Dye, J. & Kozak, N. I. (2023). “Editorial.” Library & Information History, 39(2), iii. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2023.0144.
Kozak, N. I. (2022). “Editorial.” Library & Information History, 38(2), iii. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2022.0109.
Kozak, N. I. & Dye, J. (2022). “Editorial.” Library & Information History, 38(1), iii. DOI: 10.3366/lih.2022.0095.
Kozak, N. (2022). “Where are All the Puzzles?”: The Jigsaw Puzzle Industry and the COVID-19 Pandemic." In Street, Z. & Eschrich, J., eds., Sickness, Systems, Solidarity: A Pandemics and Games Essay Jam. Tempe: Center for Science and the Imagination, Arizona State University.
Haigh, T. & Kozak, N. (2015). Making Time for the Past: Historical Scholarship in the Information School. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congrès annuel de l’ACSI.
Haigh, M. & Kozak, N. (2015). The Social Study of Information Work: StopFake.org and Ukraine’s Online War with Russia. In Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS/Actes du congrès annuel de l’ACSI.
Haigh, T. & Kozak, N. (2014). Exploring the Social Studies of Information. In iConference 2014 Proceedings (pp. 1189-1190). doi: 10.9776/14248
Papers and other presentations at academic and professional meetings
Kozak, N. I. (2022, April). “Enlightenment on All Subjects under the Sun”: The Selfridge Information Bureau in Fact and Fiction.” Library & Information History Group (LIHG) Annual General Meeting Keynote, Virtual. [Invited]
Kozak, N. I., Nunez, R., & Huynh, M. L. (2021, November). “Ditching Dewey: A Survey of U.S. Public Libraries.” Wisconsin Library Association (WLA) Annual Conference, Green Bay, WI. [Refereed Abstract]
Kozak, N. I. (2020, November). “Beyond Boots Book-Lovers’ Library: Store Libraries in the UK, US, and Canada, 1900-1945.” Library & Information History Group (LIHG) at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) Conference 2020, St. Hilda’s College Library, Oxford, UK. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N.I. (2019, January). “We Won’t Allow Politicians to Speak for Us Anymore”: Sex Workers, Social Media, and Protest. Understanding the Social in the Digital Conference. University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. [Full paper; Refereed Abstract]
Kozak, N. I. (2017, October). “‘Oh, I Can’t Have that in There’: Little Free Library Stewards and Intellectual Freedom.” Information Policy & Pizza. Center for Information Policy Research. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [Invited Speaker]
Kozak, N. I. (2017, October). “Stopping Fake News: Un exemple ukrainien.” Les fausses nouvelles: le nouveau visage d'un vieux problème. Centre d‘études sur les médias. Montréal, Canada. [Invited Speaker; Short Paper in French]
Kozak, N. I. (2015, July). “When Municipal Competition is a Threat: Exploring the History of Corporate Challenges to Municipal Communications Provision.” International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference. Montréal, Canada. [Refereed Abstract; Short Paper]
Haigh, T., Kozak, N. I., & Haigh M. (2015, June). “Making Time for the Past: Historical Scholarship in the Information School.” 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Haigh, M., Kozak, N. I., & Haigh, T. (2015, June). “The Social Study of Information Work: StopFake.org and Ukraine’s Online War with Russia.” 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS), Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2015, May). ‘“If You Build It, They Will Come’: Lusk, Wyoming, and the Information Highway Imaginaire, 1989-1999.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. San Juan, Puerto Rico. [Refereed Panel Proposal; Video Presentation]
Kozak, N. I. (2013, June). “‘Knitwear Cases Seem to be Particularly Tricky’: Bloggers’ and Blog Readers’ Understandings of Intellectual Property Law.” International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference. Dublin, Ireland. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2013, June). “‘Simply Scan, Print and Repeat’: New Challenges to Intellectual Property Laws and Potential Futures.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. London, UK. [Refereed Position Paper; Formal paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2013, June). “From a Chocolate Allergy Curse to a Cease and Desist Order?: Handicrafters’ Responses to Intellectual Property Issues.” Department of Communication 30th Anniversary Celebration, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, California. [Invited Speaker; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2012, October). “A Chocolate Allergy Curse or a Cease and Desist Order?: Handicrafters’ Responses to Intellectual Property Issues.” Association of Internet Researchers’ Conference 13.0: Technologies Conference. Greater Manchester, UK. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2012, March). “On Rabbits, Owls, and Monsters: Examining Intellectual Property Rights in Handicraft Communities.” Out of the Attic and Into the Stacks: Feminism in LIS: The Unconference, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [Invited Speaker; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2011, November). “Edging Back from the Neoliberal? Broadband Expansion and the Federal Government’s American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.” National Communication Association Annual Convention. New Orleans, Louisiana. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2009, November). “‘One of the Most Brilliant Government Innovations’: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Alberta, Canada.” The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) Biennial Conference. San Diego, California. [Refereed Abstract; Short Paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2009, November). “The Cadillac and ‘Old Technology’: Expanding Broadband to Rural and Underserved Americans, Lessons from the Alberta, Canada, SuperNet Case.” National Communication Association Annual Convention. Chicago, Illinois. [Refereed Abstract; Short Paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2009, October-November). “The Broadband Stimulus Act and Lessons from History: Telecommunications Development in the Rural Western U.S.” Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C. [Refereed Abstract; Short Paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2009, October). “‘One of the Most Brilliant Government Innovations’: Overcoming the Digital Divide in Alberta, Canada.” (Working Paper for ACSUS). Western Canadian Studies Association (WCSA) Symposium, University of Southern California. Los Angeles, California. [Invited Speaker; Short paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2007, October). “Another Chapter in a Long Tale of Helping Themselves: Local High Speed Internet Solutions in Rural and Small-Town Alberta.” (Revised version). Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting. Montréal, Québec. [Refereed Abstract; Short paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2007, May-June). “Another Chapter in a Long Tale of Helping Themselves: Local High Speed Internet Solutions in Rural and Small-Town Alberta.” Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [Refereed Abstract; Short paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2007, May). “The SuperNet is Here: Connecting to the High-Speed Network in Rural Alberta.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, California. [Refereed Abstract; Short paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2006, November). “Silent but for the Incessant Hum: Connecting to the SuperNet in Rural Central Alberta.” Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting. Vancouver, British Columbia. [Refereed Abstract; Short paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2005, October). “Bruno Latour’s ‘Felix Culpa’: Science Studies, Context, and the Politics of Knowledge.” Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting. Pasadena, California. [Refereed Abstract; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2005, June). “‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?’: Amateur Community and Private Commercial Radio in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, 1922-1934.” Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Western Ontario. London, Ontario. [Refereed; Formal paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2004, March). “Language and Image: Scientific Documents at the University of California’s College of Agriculture.” Science Studies Program Colloquium Series, University of California, San Diego. La Jolla, California. [Invited Speaker; Notes/Slides]
Kozak, N. I. (2002, June). “Advice Ideals and Rural Prairie Realities: National and Prairie Motherhood Advice, 1920-1929.” Unsettled Pasts: Reconceiving the West through Women’s History Conference, University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta. [Refereed; Formal paper]
Kozak, N. I. (2000, May). “The ‘Consumption Junction’: Rural Communities and Communication Technology, 1900 to 1950.” Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta. [Refereed; Formal paper]
Kozak, N. I. (1999, June). “‘Among the Necessities’: A Social History of Communication Technology on the Canadian Prairies, 1900 to 1950.” Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference, Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Québec. Awarded the Van Horne Institute Prize for the Best Student Paper. [Refereed; Formal paper]
Kozak, N. I. (1997, May). “Friendly or Fragmented?: A Historiography of Social Relations in Mid-Nineteenth Century Red River.” First Alberta Undergraduate History Colloquium, University of Alberta. Edmonton, Alberta. [Formal paper]
Editorials, reviews and interviews of one’s research by others
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. (2015, June 2). “How Ukrainian Journalists Identify Fake Russian Media Reports.” In Ideas Can… URL: http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/how-ukrainian-journalists-identify-fake-russian-media-reports
Other significant research, scholarship, and professional activities, completed or in progress, not listed elsewhere, but deemed significant
Respondent, “Quantum Access Gaps: Learning from Broadband” presented by Prof. Christopher Terry. CQN Quantum Society QuEST. University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (August 26, 2022).
Moderator, “Reimagining Spaces.” CILIP Library & Information History Group (LIHG) conference. Online (July 2, 2022).
Co-organizer: Symposium on “Power & Gendered Labor in the Academy.” Center for 21st Century Studies. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (March 8, 2019).
Chair, Panel on “No Law.” The Big No: A Center for 21st Century Studies Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (April 2017).
Chair, Panel on “Literacy and/as Access to Information.” International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference. Montreal, Canada. (July 2015).
Co-Organizer: Workshop on “Exploring the Social Studies of Information.” iConference 2014. Berlin, Germany. (March 2014).
Discussant: Panel on “Representation and Policy-Making.” International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Annual Conference. Dublin, Ireland. (June 2013).
Organizer: Panel on “Weaving Handicrafts into the Web: Crafting Cultures and Online Communities.” Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference. Manchester, UK. (October 2012).
Moderator: Panel on “Designing and Crafting.” Association of Internet Researchers’ (AoIR) Annual Conference. Manchester, UK. (October 2012).
Organizer: Panel on “Policy in Practice: Evaluating the Implementation of Communication Legislation.” International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. San Francisco, California. (May 2007).
Conference Co-Organizer: “Unsettled Pasts.” Department of History, University of Calgary. Calgary, Canada. (2002).
Teaching
Instruction in the Classroom, Laboratory, Studio, or Clinic
List of all courses taught
Spring 2012:
L&I SCI 110 Introduction to Information Science 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 19 students
Fall 2012:
L&I SCI 110 Introduction to Information Science 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 41 students
L&I SCI 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 23 students
Spring 2013:
L&I SCI 110 Introduction to Information Science 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 28 students
L&I SCI 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 23 students
Fall 2013:
INFOST 110--002 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 44 students
INFOST 110--003 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 44 students
Spring 2014:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 26 students
Fall 2014:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 32 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 24 students
Spring 2015:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 25 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 22 students
Fall 2015:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 22 students
INFOST 660 Information Policy 3 credits, onsite, undergraduate/graduate, 14 students
Spring 2016:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 76 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 24 students
Fall 2016:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 44 students
Spring 2017:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 29 students
Fall 2017:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 125 students
GLOBAL 202 Globalization and Information Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 27 students
Spring 2018:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 23 students
Fall 2018:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 118 students
GLOBAL 202 Globalization and Information Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 34 students
Spring 2019:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 21 students
INFOST 960 Doctoral Seminar in Information Policy 3 credits, face to face and distance, PhD, 9 students
Fall 2019:
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 115 students
INFOST 660 Information Policy 3 credits, onsite, undergraduate/graduate, 10 students
Spring 2020:
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 20 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 18 students
Fall 2020:
GLOBAL 202 Globalization and Information Technology 3 credits, online, undergraduate, 25 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 23 students
Summer 2021
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, online, undergraduate, 23 students
Fall 2021
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 80 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 30 students
Spring 2022
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, online, undergraduate, 30 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 15 students
Fall 2022
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 29 students
Spring 2023
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 27 students
Fall 2023
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 46 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, online, undergraduate/graduate, 30 students
Spring 2024
INFOST 110 Introduction to Information Science and Technology 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate, 35 students
INFOST 465 Legal Aspects of Information Products and Services 3 credits, face to face, undergraduate/graduate, 27 students
Student Supervision
Doctoral Dissertation Committees:
Jeremy Mauger (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2014)
Nicholas Proferes (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2015)
Liza Barry-Kessler (Information Studies, committee member, 2012 – 2013)
Jennifer Thiele (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2016)
Shannon Crawford-Barniskis (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2022)
Ann Graf (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2018)
Yanyan Wang (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2018)
Michelle Hamberlin (Information Studies, co-chair, 2016 – 2017)
Meghan Dowell (Information Studies, chair, PhD 2023)
Yazeed Alhumaidan (Information Studies, preliminary examination committee member, 2019)
Vanessa Schlais (Information Studies, co-chair, in progress)
Bradley Wiles (Information Studies, committee member, PhD 2023)
Bo Hyun Hong (Information Studies, initial chair, 2021 - 2022)
Opeyemi Oboh (Information Studies, initial chair, 2023 - 2024)
John Adebayo (Information Studies, committee member, 2024)
Doctoral Independent Readings Supervision:
2013: 2
2019: 1
MLIS Fieldwork Supervision:
2016: 2
2019: 1
2020: 1
MSIST Independent Study Supervision:
2018: 1
2020: 1
Undergraduate BSIST Internship Supervision:
2013: 1
2014: 5
2015: 5
2017: 2
2018: 4
2019: 5
2020: 1
2022: 2
McNair Scholar Supervision
2022: 1
Teaching Awards
SOIS Teaching Awards (program ended Fall 2013):
Fall 2012 for L&I Sci 110 and L&I Sci 465
Spring 2013 for L&I Sci 110 and L&I Sci 465
Fall 2013 for INFOST 110 (002) and INFOST 110 (003)
Other Teaching Activities
Presenter at UWM Center for Teaching & Learning Symposium. (January 11, 2024).
Presenter at 21st Century Studies (C21) Virtual Grad Student Writing Group. (April 16, 2021).
Presenter at SOIS PhD Workshop, “Academic Communities.” (November 6, 2019).
Organizer of SOIS PhD Workshop, “Mentoring.” (December 5, 2018).
Organizer of SOIS PhD Workshop, “Another Stop on the Academic Journey: Post-Doctoral Fellowships.” (April 17, 2018).
Co-presenter at SOIS PhD Workshop, “Who’s Afraid of Peer Review?” (November 17, 2016).
Participated in SOIS PhD Workshop on “Creating Posters” (November 12, 2015).
Co-presented Center for 21st Century Studies (C21) Grad Professionalization Panel: What to Expect as a Young Faculty Member (April 14, 2015).
Co-created SOIS PhD Workshop on “TA Experience and Course Design” with Donald Force (March 11, 2014).
Graded MLIS Proficiency Exams
Spring 2013: 17
Fall 2013: 11 and sat as a substitute member on the MLIS Proficiency Committee for an appeal
Co-presented SOIS PhD Workshop on “What to Expect as a Junior Faculty Member” with Terrance Newell (February 19, 2013)
Participated in the CIPR PhD Student Workshop (January 14-15, 2013)
Participated in the CIPR PhD Student Workshop with Annette Markham (April 5, 2013)
Service
Membership or leadership in department, school, college, division, university, or system committees and/or task forces
UWM International Committee, 2023-2026
UWM Nominations Committee, 2023-2024
Chair of SOIS Academic Planning and Budget Committee, 2023-2024
Chair of SOIS BSIST Program Committee, 2023-2024
College of Community Engagement and Professions Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Working Group, 2022 - 2023
UWM Dismissal/Discipline Hearing Committee, 2022 - 2023
College of Community Engagement and Professions Research and Curriculum Restructure Working Group, Fall 2022 - Fall 2023
Chair of SOIS Diversity and Equity Committee (DEC), 2021-2023
SOIS BSIST Program Committee, Fall 2021
UWM 2030 Action Team, Core Curriculum, 2021 -
UWM 2030 Implementation Team, Revising Undergraduate Student Experience Group, 2020 - 2021
UWM Digital Arts and Cultures (DAC) Advisory Board, 2020 –
SOIS Academic and Budget Planning Committee, 2019 – 2020
Chair of SOIS BSIST Program Committee, 2019 – 2020
SOIS Grievance and Appeals Committee, 2019 – 2020
SOIS Executive Committee, August 2019 –
UWM Libraries Committee, Chancellor’s Representative, 2019 –2020
UWM Global Studies Advisory Board, 2018 –
Elected to the UWM Faculty Senate Rules Committee, 2018 – 2019
Elected to the UWM Faculty Senate, serving 2018 – 2020
SOIS MSIST Search and Screen Committee, March-April 2018
SOIS Doctoral Program Committee, 2017 – 2019
UWM Digital Humanities Advisory Board, 2016 – 2018
SOIS Committee on Accreditation, Faculty Committee, 2016
SOIS Diversity Committee, 2015 – 2017
Elected to the UWM Faculty Senate, serving 2015 – 2018
SOIS Undergraduate Program Committee, 2014 – 2015
SOIS Undergraduate Program Committee, 2013 – 2014
SOIS Undergraduate Program Committee, 2012 – 2013
Involvement in student activities
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 15, 2023)
Volunteered at SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 13, 2023)
Attended SOIS’ PhD Student Orientation Lunch (August 30, 2023)
Attended SOIS’ MSIST Student Orientation Lunch (August 22, 2023)
Participated in UWM’s Spring 2023 Commencement Ceremony (May 21, 2023)
Attended SOIS’ Spring Recognition Ceremony (May 19, 2023)
Participated in the DPC Informal Gathering with Doctoral Students (March 28, 2023)
Participated in UWM’s Fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony (December 18, 2022)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 16, 2022)
Participated in the DPC Informal Gathering with Doctoral Students (November 14, 2022)
Participated in the UWM Panther Prowl 5K and SOIS’ Family Day activities (October 2022)
Volunteered at SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 14, 2022)
Attended SOIS’ Graduate Orientation (August 27, 2022)
Attended SOIS’ PhD Student Orientation Lunch (August 24, 2022)
Attended SOIS’ Spring Recognition Ceremony (May 20, 2022)
Participated in UWM Day at UWM at Waukesha campus, Waukesha, Wisconsin (April 27, 2022)
Participated in UWM’s Fall 2021 Commencement Ceremony as a SOIS Faculty Representative (December 19, 2021)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 17, 2021)
Attended Wisconsin Library Association SOIS Alumni Reunion, Green Bay, Wisconsin (November 17, 2021)
Participated in the UWM Panther Prowl 5K (October 2021)
Volunteered at SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 9, 2021)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Welcome for Students Commencing Studies during the COVID Pandemic (August 10 and 17, 2021)
Participated in the virtual UWM Panther Prowl 5K (October 2020)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 13, 2019)
Volunteered at SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 11, 2019)
Attended the MLIS/MSIST Orientation Lunch (August 24, 2019)
Attended SOIS’ Spring Recognition Ceremony (May 2019)
Participated in UWM’s Fall 2018 Commencement Ceremony as a SOIS Faculty Representative with Wonchan Choi (December 16, 2018)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 2018)
Participated in the UWM Panther Prowl 5K (October 2018)
Attended SOIS’ Spring Recognition Ceremony (May 2018)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 2017)
Attended SOIS’ 50th Anniversary Celebration (September 2017)
Attended SOIS’ Spring Recognition Ceremony (May 19, 2017)
Attended SOIS’ Fall Recognition Ceremony (December 17, 2016)
Attended Wisconsin Library Association SOIS Alumni Reunion, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (October 26, 2016)
Participated in the UWM Panther Prowl 5K (October 8, 2016)
Volunteered at SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 14, 2016)
Attended SOIS’ Spring 2016 Recognition Ceremony (May 20, 2016)
Met with local high school students participating in the Future Success Program to discuss SOIS and college (April 18, 2016)
Participated in Chancellor’s Tournament of Champions Trivia Challenge (February 23 and 25, 2016)
Attended SOIS’ Fall 2015 Recognition Ceremony (December 19, 2015)
Attended Wisconsin Library Association SOIS Alumni Reunion, Middleton, Wisconsin (November 4, 2015)
Attended SOIS’ Spring 2015 Recognition Ceremony (May 16, 2015)
Attended the Annual Ted Samore Lecture (April 17, 2015)
Participated in UWM’s Fall 2014 Commencement Ceremony as a SOIS Faculty Representative with Richard Smiraglia (December 14, 2014)
Attended SOIS’ Fall 2014 Recognition Ceremony (December 13, 2014)
Nominated students for, and attended, Outstanding Nontraditional Student Awards Reception (November 5, 2014)
Participated in the UWM Panther Prowl 5K (October 12, 2014)
Volunteered at the SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 10, 2014)
Attended the Annual Ted Samore Lecture (May 3, 2014)
Attended the SOIS outing to the UWM Men’s Basketball game (January 24, 2014)
Invited to Guest Coach the UWM Men’s Basketball Team for working with student athletes (Fall 2013)
Attended SOIS’ Fall 2013 Recognition Ceremony (December 14, 2013)
Nominated students for, and attended, Outstanding Nontraditional Student Awards Reception (November 6, 2013)
Attended Wisconsin Library Association SOIS Alumni Reunion, Green Bay, Wisconsin (October 23, 2013)
Participated in UWM Panther Prowl (October 13, 2013)
Volunteered at the SOIS Welcome Back Carnival (September 11, 2013)
Hosted SOIS International Student Introduction Video with Nicholas Proferes (August 2013)
Participated in Spring 2013 Commencement Ceremonies as a SOIS Faculty Representative with Rakesh Babu (May 19, 2013)
Attended SOIS’ Spring 2013 Recognition Ceremony (May 18, 2013)
Attended the Annual Ted Samore Lecture (April 27, 2013)
Attended the 1st Annual School of Information Studies Student Research Conference (April 19, 2013)
Attended SOIS Alumni Basketball game (January 12, 2013)
Spoke to visiting 10th grade students from Hope Christian Academy about SOIS (January 28, 2013)
Participated in Fall 2012 Commencement Ceremonies as a SOIS Faculty Representative with Tom Walker (December 16, 2012)
Attended SOIS’ Fall 2012 Recognition Ceremony (December 15, 2012)
Spoke to prospective students and their families at the SOIS display for two shifts, UWM Open House (October 26, 2012)
Participated in UWM Panther Prowl (October 14, 2012)
Participated in University Housing’s Professor Office Hours Golden Ticket Program (residence hall visits) (September 25, 2012)
Community, regional, state, and national activities not covered elsewhere but deemed significant
Co-Editor, Library & Information History (August 2021 —)
Ad Hoc Journal Article Manuscript Reviewer
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (2021, 2022)
Journal of Radical Librarianship (2021)
Journal of Urbanism (2020, 2021)
Library Trends (2019)
Mobile Media & Communication (2013)
New Media & Society (2019)
Open Information Science (2019, 2020)
Ad Hoc Book Chapter Reviewer
ALA Library History Roundtable “Libraries beyond Borders” book chapter reviewer (2022)
Academic Conference/Workshop Reviewer
18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (2012)
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (2013, 2015)
Grant Application Reviewer
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Research and Creative Activities Support (RACAS) Internal Grant Program (2019)
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee National Resource Center Grant, Global Fellows Research Fellowship (2023)
Media Appearances
Interviewed by Ferrett, Rob. Lawmaker, data privacy expert on Wisconsin bill to let consumers opt out of having personal data sold. Wisconsin Public Radio (8 March 2022). Segment aired at 3:00 and 4:30 on “Central Time.”
Cited in Jacobo, Victor. No credible threats in Wisconsin but officials brace for potential violence ahead of Inauguration Day. CBS 58 News (14 January 2021). Segment aired on 5:00 and 9:30 p.m. news.
Association Memberships
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
CILIP, the Library and Information Association
Library & Information History Group, CILIP