Curriculum Vitae

Fatih Oguz
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
School of Education Building, #454
PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402
e-mail: f_oguz@uncg.e du  | phone: (336) 334-3477 | web: oguzfatih.wordpress.com

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy in Information Sciences
School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
August 2002 – August 2007

Master of Business Administration
The Institute of Social Sciences, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
February 1999 – May 2000

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
September 1993 – June 1998

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor Greensboro, NC / August 2016 – present
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Library and Information Studies

Assistant Professor Greensboro, NC / August 2010 – July 2016
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Department of Library and Information Studies

Assistant Professor Valdosta, GA / August 2006 – July 2010
Valdosta State University
Master of Library and Information Science Program

Research Assistant. Texas Center for Digital Knowledge, Denton, TX
August 2002 – July 2006
School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas 

Teaching Assistant & Adjunct Faculty, Denton, TX / 2004 – 2006
School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles & Chapters:

  1. Lenstra, N., Oguz, F., D’Arpa, C., & Wilson, L. (2022). Exercising at the Library: Small and Rural Public Libraries in the Lives of Older Adults. Library Quarterly, 92(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1086/717232
  2. Lenstra, N., Oguz, F., Winberry, J., & Wilson, L. S. (2022) Supporting Social Connectedness of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Small and Rural Public Libraries. Public Library Quarterly. 41(6), 596-616. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2021.1970446
  3. Puig, N. B., Braga, T. E. N., Oguz, F., Cunningham, C. (2021). GIS Mapping of Library and Information Science Schools: An International Approach. Tendências da Pesquisa Brasileira e Ciência da Informação, ANCIB, 14. https://revistas.ancib.org/index.php/tpbci/article/view/567
  4. Lenstra, N., Oguz, F., & Duvall, C. S. (2019). Library services to an aging population: A nation-wide study in the United States. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000619871596
  5. Chu, C. M., & Oguz, F. (2016). Preferences for course delivery in library and information science programs: a study of master’s students in Canada and the United States. BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, 37 (December).
  6. Oguz, F. (2016). Organizational influences in technology adoption decisions: A case study of digital libraries. College & Research Libraries, 77(3), 314-334. http://doi.org/10.5860/crl.77.3.314
  7. Oguz, F., & Koehler, W. (2016). URL decay at year 20: A research note. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(2), 477-479. http://doi.org/10.1002/asi.23561
  8. Bird, N., Chu, C. M., & Oguz, F. (2016). 翻訳 LIS 教育におけるインターンシップ: 経験学習についての国際的な展望, 小出晋之将 – St. Paul’s librarian, 31, 98-112.
  9. Oguz, F. (2015). Social Capital Deficit in Online Learning: An Ego-Centric Approach to Occupational Attainment. Education for Information, 31(4), 227-244.
  10. Bird, N., Chu, C. M., & Oguz, F. (2015). Internship in LIS education: An international perspective on experiential learning. IFLA Journal, 41(4), 298-307.
  11. Oguz, F., Chu, C. M., & Chow, A. (2015). Studying online: Student motivations and experiences in ALA-accredited LIS programs. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 59(3), 213-231.
  12. Chu, C. M., Bird, N., & Oguz, F. (2014). A community-grounded approach to understanding preservation of the cultural heritage of refugee communities. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union, 2(1), 1-4.
  13. Oguz, F., & Assafa, S. (2014). Faculty members’ perceptions towards institutional repository at a medium-size university: Application of a binary logistic regression model. Library Review, 63(3), 189-202.
  14. Oguz, F., & Poole, N. (2013). Who do you know? A study of connectedness in online education and employment. Education for Information, 30(3), 129–148.
  15. Oguz, F., & Davis, D. S. (2011). Developing an institutional repository at a medium-sized university: Getting started and going forward. Georgia Library Quarterly.  48(4), 13-16.
  16. Oguz, F., & Holt, M. (2011). Library blogs and user participation: A survey about comment spam in library logs. Library Hi Tech, 29 (1), 173-188.
  17. Oguz, F, Marsh, C., & Landis, C. (2010). Collaboration through communities of practice in the digital age. In S. Kurbanoglu, U. Al, P. L. Erdogan, Y. Tonta, & N. Ucak (Eds),  Technological Convergence and Social Networks in Information Management Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp.18–30). Berlin, Germany: Springer.
  18. Oguz, F. (2008). Adoption of web services in digital libraries: An exploratory study. In K. Khan (Ed.), Managing Web Services Quality: Measuring Outcomes and Effectiveness (pp.307-320). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  19. Lofca, I., & Oguz, F. (2008). Improving access to Turkish National Police’s intellectual capital from the right to information act perspective: A need for Turkish National Police digital repository. KSU Journal of Social Sciences (KSÜ Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi), 5 (1-2), 95-103.
  20. Moen, W. E., Oguz, F., & McClure C. R. (2004). The challenges of nonstandardized vendor usage data in a statewide metasearch environment: The Library of Texas experience. The Library Quarterly, 74(4), 403-422.

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

  1. Oguz, F., Paz, T., & Ward, A. (2022). Coping Strategies of Online Students during the Pandemic. Proceedings of the 2022 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference. Pittsburg, PA.
  2. Kay, M., & Oguz, F. (2022). Are Our Students Learning? How Do We Know? Measuring Student Learning Outcomes. Proceedings of the 2022 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference. Pittsburg, PA.
  3. D’Arpa, C., Lenstra, N., & Oguz, F. (2022). Public library work during the first year of the COVID pandemic: Preliminary findings of a national survey. Proceedings of the 2022 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference. Pittsburg, PA.
  4. Puig, N. B., Braga, T. E. N., Oguz, F., Cunningham, C. (2021). GIS Mapping of Library and Information Science Schools: An International Approach. XXI Encontro Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação (ENANCIB). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. https://enancib.ancib.org/index.php/enancib/xxienancib/paper/view/558
  5. Oguz, F., & Koehler, W. (2011). Document constancy and persistence: A study of web pages in library and information science domain. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Information Science and Technology. New Orleans, LA.
  6. Bird, N. J., Chu, C. M., & Oguz, F. (2011). Four I’s of internships for the new society: Intentional, interconnected, interdisciplinary, and international. Proceedings of the World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly. San Juan, Puerto Rico.
  7. Oguz, F., Marsh, C., & Landis, C. (2010). Collaboration through communities of practice in the digital age. Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World. Ankara, Turkey.
  8. Holt, M., Oguz, F., & Davis, D. (2009). Building an institutional repository in very tight budgets. Proceedings of the 72th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  9. Oguz, F., & Lofca, I. (2006). Public access to government information as a basic human right: The Turkish National Police. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Sociological and Psychological Aspects of Terrorism, 22, 318-324. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
  10. Oguz, F., & Moen, W. E. (2006). Texas Library Directory web services application: the potential for web services to enhance information access to legacy data. Proceedings of the International Conference on Next Generation Web Services Practices (NWeSP’06). Seoul, Korea.
  11. Oguz, F., & Moen, W. E. (2006). The potential for web services to enhance information access to legacy data: An exploratory study and application. Proceedings of the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Austin, Texas.
  12. Oguz, F., & Moen, W. E. (2005). Automated analysis of database usage logs in a metasearch environment: The Library of Texas experience. Proceedings of the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Charlotte, North Carolina.
  13. Lopatovska, I. V., Oguz, F., & Moen, W. E. (2004). Design, development, and implementation of a Texas Library Directory Database: A multipurpose database for the Library of Texas. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 41, 93-101. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.

Refereed Conference Presentations:

  1. Bautista-Puig, N. (Moderator), Oguz, F., Matusiak, K., & Sanchez, E. (2021, August). Beyond Helicopter Research: Unpacking International Studies on LIS Education and Research Methods. IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2021
  2. Chu, C., Bird, N., & Oguz, F. (2014, January). Opportunities for Collaborative Training and Entrepreneurship in the Global Setting. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference in Philadelphia, PA.
  3. Bird, N., Chu, C., & Oguz, F. (2013, November). Preserving Refugee Cultural Heritage. North Carolina Preservation Consortium Annual Conference in Chapel Hill, NC.
  4. Bird, N., Chu, C., & Oguz, F. (2013, May). Preserving Refugee Cultural Heritage: Taking Community and Culture into Account. Presented at Social Entrepreneurship in Action: The 3rd Conference for Entrepreneurial Librarians. Greensboro, NC.
  5. Oguz, F., & Poole, N. (2013, January). Who Do You Know? A Study of Connectedness in Online Education and Employment. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference in Seattle, WA.
  6. Oguz, F., Chow, A., Chu, C., & Smith-Decoster, M. (2013, January). Online Student Experiences: Inquiry Supporting LIS Education. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference in Seattle, WA.
  7. Oguz, F., & Poole, N. (2013, January). Connectedness in Online Education and Employment: An Ego-Centric Social Network Analysis. Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference in Seattle, WA.
  8. Bird, N., Chu, C., & Oguz, F. (2012, August). Documenting Whilst in the Process of Preserving Refugee Intangible Cultural Heritage. Presented at the 2012 conference of The Document Academy (DOCAM), Ontario, Canada.
  9. Soito, L., Ruffin, I., & Oguz, F. (2011, October). Social Media in North Carolina Public Libraries. Poster Presented at the NCLA 59th Biennial Conference. Hickory, NC.
  10. Oguz, F., & Davis, D. (2010, October). Developing an Institutional Repository at a Medium-Size University: Needs, Attitudes, and the Future. Paper presented at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Convention.
  11. Davis, D., Oguz, F., Crawford, S., & Holt, M. (2010, February). Vtext – Supporting Online Education by Capturing and Disseminating VSU’s Intellectual Capital. Technology Showcase presented at the Online Lifeline Technology Conference. Valdosta, GA.
  12. Oguz, F. (Panel, Organizer/Moderator), Tonta, Y., Chung, E., Gbaje, E, & Matusiak, K. (2009). International Implementation of Digital Library Software/Platforms. Proceedings of the 72th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  13. Oguz, F. (Panel, Organizer/Moderator), Swanson, M., & Kastellec, M. (2009, October). Making Library Websites More Usable: Let’s Begin with Identifying Problems. Presented at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Convention, Athens, GA.
  14. Holt, M., Oguz, F., Davis, D., & Landis, C. (2009, May). Building an Institutional Repository in Hard Times. Poster presented at the 4th Annual International Open Repositories Conference (OR 2009), Atlanta, GA.
  15. Drummond, R., Fuchs, S., & Oguz, F. (2008, October). Advances in Scholarly Communication. Presented at the Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Convention, Athens, GA.
  16. Lofca, I. & Oguz, F. (2006, October). Developing the Turkish National Police Digital Repository. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). Los Angeles, CA.
  17. Oguz, F. (2006, January). The Potential for Web Services to Enhance Information Access to Legacy Data: An Exploratory Study and Application. Poster presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association for Library and Information Science Education. San Antonio, TX.

Refereed Conference Proceedings:

  1. Oguz, F., & Koehler, W. (2011). Document constancy and persistence: A study of web pages in library and information science domain. Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the 

Other:

  1. Chu, C., Oguz, F., & Bird, N. Preserving Montagnard Refugee Cultural Heritage: a Community Perspective. Talk given at CDLC Meeting at UNC Greensboro, April 24, 2014.
  2. Chu, C., Oguz, F., & Bird, N. APRCH: Cultural Survival of Refugee Communities. Talk given at CDLC – AEC Brown Bag Meeting at UNC Greensboro, November 8, 2012.
  3. Content Submission in GALILEO Knowledge Repository – Virtual Internships, Workshop given at Cooperative Curation Symposium and Workshop: Georgia’s Approach to Statewide Repository Services at Georgia Tech Library, August 9, 2012.
  4. Who Do You Know? A Study of Connectedness in Online Education and Employment, Invited Talk given at Valdosta State University, May 24, 2012.
  5. Chow, A. Oguz, F., Chu, C., DeCoster, M., & Martin, S. (2011). Online Learning at UNCG’s School of Education’s LIS Department.

 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS & SERVICE

Professional Associations:

  • Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), Member, 2002 – present.
    • Annual Meeting: Contributed papers, Posters & Short Papers, Reviewer, 2014.
    • Annual Meeting: Contributed papers, Posters & Short Papers, and Panels & Technical Sessions, Reviewer, 2013.
    • Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III), Webmaster, 2012 – present.
    • Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III), International Paper Contest Reviewer, 2011 – present.
    • Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III), Communications Officer, 2010 – 2012.
    • Annual Meeting: Contributed papers, Posters & Short Papers, and Panels & Technical Sessions, Reviewer, 2009.
    • Special Interest Group on Digital Libraries (SIG-DL), Officer, 2008 – 2010.
  • Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Member, 2005 – present.
    • Annual Conference: Works in Progress Posters Committee, Co-Chair, 2016
    • Annual Conference: Conference Panel Proposal Committee, Co-Chair, 2015
    • ALISE/ProQuest Methodology Paper Competition Committee, Member, 2015
    • ALISE Tellers Committee, Member, 2015
    • Annual Conference: Juried Papers, Reviewer, 2012
    • Doctoral Poster Session, Judge, 2008
  • Georgia Library Association (GLA), Member, 2006 – 2010.

Conference Planning / Journal Review/Editorial Board Service

  • Journal of Balkan Libraries Union, Editorial Board Member, 2014 –
  • Series Review, Reviewer, 2014
  • TEEM 2013 | Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality Conference, Salamanca, Spain, Track 4 Scientific Committee Member, 2013.
  • The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Reviewer, 2013.
  • The 3rd International Symposium on Information Management in a Changing World (IMCW), Ankara, Turkey, Program Committee Member, 2012
  • The 4th iDEAL Summit, Judge – Poster Session, 2012
  • The 3rd iDEAL Summit, Planning Committee Member, 2011.
  • The Library Hi Tech Journal, Reviewer, 2011 – present.
  • The 4th Annual International Open Repositories Conference (OR 2009), Organizing Committee Member, 2009.
  • GALILEO Knowledge Repository
    • Content and Metadata Committee, Member, (2009 – 2012)
    • Symposium and Workshop Committee, Member, (2009 – 2012)
  • Lowndes County (GA) Library Board, Member, 2009 – 2010.

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

  • Member, Academic Computing Committee (2012 – 2015)
  • Member (ex-officio), Administrative Information Systems Committee (2012 – 2015)

School of Education:

  • Member, Social Committee (2014 – present)
  • Member, Curriculum Committee (2013 – 2014)
  • Member, Web/Social Media Specialist Search Committee (2011)
  • Member, Website Committee (2011 – 2012)
  • Member, Access & Equity Committee (2011 – 2013)
    • Secretary (2012-2013)

LIS Department:

  • Co-Chair, Ad-hoc Online Learning Committee (2012)
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (2012)
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee (2015 – present)
  • Member, Professional Programs Committee (2010 – present)

Valdosta State University

  • Member, Graduate Student Research Symposium Planning Committee (2009)
  • Member, University Assessment Committee (UAC) (2007 – 2010)
  • Member, Faculty Senate Technology Committee (2006 – 2010)
  • Member (ex-officio), eLearning Advisory Board (2010 – 2010)

MLIS Department:

  • Chair, Assessment Committee (2008 – 2010)
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee (2007 – 2008)
  • Chair, Web Page Development and Maintenance Committee (2006 – 2010)
  • Member, Planning and Budget Committee (2009 – 2010)
  • Member, Textbook Committee (Chair 2007 – 2008 ; Member 2009 – 2010)
  • Member, ALA Accreditation Committee (2006 – 2007)
  • Member, Curriculum Committee (2006 – 2007)
  • Member, Student Comm. and Advising Committee (2006 – 2008)

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Research Grants – Funded:

  1. Co-Principal Investigator. Exploring the Librarian-Teacher dyad partnership in a Makerspace. An 11-month project designed to explore roles of the Teacher and Librarian – how do they support each other and promote student learning through hands-on exploration in makerspaces. Submitted to the School of Education, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. 2014-2015. (Co-PIs: Nora Bird, Linda Gann, & Edna Tan) Amount Funded: $25,000.
  2. Co-Principal Investigator. Preserving Montagnard Refugee Cultural Heritage through Intergenerational Dialogue. A 3-month project designed to understand and preserve the cultural heritage of a unique language community by collecting oral history from community elders, and facilitating intergenerational dialogue. Funded by the Coalition of Diverse Language Communities Fellowship, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, School of Education. 2013. (PI: Clara Chu, Co-PI: Nora Bird) Amount Funded: $3,000.
  3. Co-Principal Investigator, International Internship Survey, Resource and Marketplace. A 12-month project to survey library and information science (LIS) programs around the world to learn of guidelines and policies for internships and create a multilingual website for information/data sharing. Funded by the IFLA – Section on Education and Training/Div. IV. 2012-2013. (PI: Clara Chu, Co-PI: Nora Bird) Amount Funded: €2,800
  4. Principal Investigator. Who Do You Know? A Study of Connectedness in Online Education and Employment. A 12-month project designed to develop an in-depth understanding of the influence of social connections on employment prospects of LIS students who took online classes to complete their degrees. Funded by the New Faculty Research Grant, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, The Office of Research. 2011-2012. Amount Funded: $5,000.
  5. Principal Investigator. Enhancing MLIS Students’ Understanding of Digital Technologies. An 8-month project designed to provide a technical platform to improve MLIS students’ understanding of digital technologies. Funded by the Graduate Faculty Development Fund, Valdosta State University. 2009 – 2010. Amount Funded: $500
  6. Liaison for Valdosta State University. The GALILEO Knowledge Repository: Advancing the Access and Management of Scholarly Digital Content. A 36-month statewide initiative in partnership with University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State University to build, test, and launch a replicable collaborative institutional repository model. Funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2009 – 2012. (PI: Tyler Walters). Amount Funded: $857,005 (~ $11,000 allocated for Valdosta State University).
  7. Principal Investigator. VSU Digital Repository: Enhancing the VSU Information Environment. A 12-month project designed to explore a variety of issues both technical and organizational in the operation and management of a university-wide digital repository. Funded by the Valdosta State University Faculty Research or Performance Arts Grant. 2009 – 2010. Amount Funded: $750 

Research Grants – Not Funded:

  1. Co-Principal Investigator. First Language Access: Academic and Cultural Enrichment (ACE) Scholars Serving Linguistically Diverse Users – Fourth Cohort, 2015 -2017. An 11-month project designed to explore roles of the Teacher and Librarian – how do they support each other and promote student learning through hands-on exploration in makerspaces. Submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2014. (PI: Clara Chu, Co-PIs: Nora Bird, & Liladhar Pendse) Amount Requested: $499,880.
  2. Co-Principal Investigator, Project APRCH: A Community-Grounded Approach to Understanding Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of Refugee Communities. A 12-month planning grant designed to ask refugees to speak in their own voice, attaining agency, about the direction they wish to take in the preservation of their (refugee) cultural heritage. Grant proposal submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2012 – 2013. (PI: Clara Chu). Amount Requested: $73,752
  3. Co-Principal Investigator, Usability evaluation of VAWnet as a dissemination channel to domestic violence service providers.  A 5-year project designed to conduct a comprehensive usability evaluation of VAWnet, the premier online dissemination channel for domestic violence information, within the context of domestic violence service providers’ jobs. Grant proposal submitted to the National Institutes of Health. 2012 – 2017. (PI: Christine Murray) Amount Requested: $1,793,750
  4. Principal Investigator, Project Access: Making computer and e-commerce literacy more accessible for refugee communities. A 12-month project designed to create a livelihood for refugee women living at Avalon and Glen Haven by helping them market their products to the greater Greensboro community and beyond. Grant proposal submitted to Community Grants Program. 2012 – 2013. Amount Requested: $7,000
  5. Principal Investigator, Crosstalk: Understanding Knowledge Sharing in the Emerging Digital Libraries Domain. A 12-month project designed to explore, describe, and explain methods, techniques, and mechanisms utilized to share knowledge and enhance collaboration in digital library-related activities at museums, archives, digital heritage organizations, and academic and public libraries. Grant proposal submitted to OCLC-ALISE Library and Information Science Research Grants Program. 2012-2013. Amount Requested: $15,000
  6. Principal Investigator. Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration in Digital Library Environments. A 36-month project designed to explore, describe, and explain methods, techniques, and mechanisms utilized to share knowledge and enhance collaboration in DL-related activities at museums, archives, digital heritage organizations, and academic and public libraries. Grant proposal submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2011 – 2014. Amount Requested: $357,193
  7. Principal Investigator. Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing in Digital Library Projects. A 24-month project designed to explore, describe, and explain methods, techniques, and venues utilized by digital library professionals to collaborate and share knowledge. Grant proposal submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2008 – 2010. Amount Requested: $130,286
  8. Principal Investigator for VSU. Demonstrating a New Model for Statewide Repositories: the GALILEO Knowledge Repository. A 24-month statewide initiative in partnership with University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Georgia State University to develop a statewide knowledge database. Grant proposal submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2008 – 2010. Amount Requested: $960,000 (Not Funded)
  9. Investigator Building Institutional Capacity at Valdosta State University and partner facilities for Georgia’s libraries, museums, and archives through effective use of and training in management of digital assets. A 36-month research project in partnership with the University of Georgia to build institutional capacity to develop a digital asset management track in the MLIS program. Grant proposal submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 2008 – 2011. (PI: Wallace Koehler). Amount Requested: $946,480 (Not Funded)

Travel/Course Development Grants

  • Grant ($500) International Travel Fund (Professional Presentation at an International Conference), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Fall 2010
  • Grant ($5,873) eRate Tuition Funding Grant (New Course Development), Valdosta State University. Summer 2010
  • Grant ($1000) Faculty Development Grant (Professional Presentation), Valdosta State University. Fall 2009
  • Grant ($500) Faculty Internationalization Fund (Professional Presentation at an International Conference), Valdosta State University. Fall 2009
  • Grant ($750) Faculty Development Grant (Instructional Improvement), Valdosta State University. Fall 2008
  • Grant ($500) Faculty Development Grant (Professional Presentation), Valdosta State University. Fall 2006

HONORS & AWARDS

  • Travel Scholarship. Digital Public Library of America plenary meeting (Washington, DC), The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, 2011.
  • Scholarship. SLIS General Scholarship, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas. Fall 2005
  • Grant ($3000). IS Doc Faculty/Student Mini-Grant, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas. Summer 2005
  • Grant ($2000). IS Doc Faculty/Student Mini-Grant, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of North Texas. Summer 2004
  • Scholarship. Multicultural Scholastic Award, Division of Equity and Diversity, University of North Texas. Fall 2003 – Spring 2006
  • Scholarship. General Academic Scholarship, Scholarship Office, University of North Texas. Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
  • Scholarship. Texas Excellence Scholarship, School of Graduate Studies, University of North Texas. Fall 2002 – Spring 2004

COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Human Relations Commission – City of High Point, NC, 2016 – 2018
  • Zone Team – Weatherspoon Art Museum, UNCG – Greensboro, 2014