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Full Time Faculty Biographies

	Fax number for all GSLIS full-time faculty: 708/524-6657
	Susan Roman Dean and Professor AB, Washington University MALS, Dominican University PhD, University of Chicago Office: Crown 300 708/524-6986 sroman@dom.edu
	Bill Crowley Professor BA, Hunter College MS (LS), Columbia University MA, Ohio State University PhD, Ohio University Office: Crown 344 708/524-6513 crowbill@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Management, public libraries, academic libraries, readers advisory, organizational and multicultural communication, theory and marketing
	Gertrude Soonja L. Koh Professor BA, Sogang University MS, Catherine Spaulding College MLS, CAS, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Office: Crown 324 708/524-6867 kohgsl@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Organization of knowledge, cataloging, classification, information system design, metadata, encoding standards (MARC, XML), information architecture, taxonomy, ontology, Semantic Web, Web 3.0
	Taverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah Director, Center for Knowledge Management and Professor BS, Mysore University MS, Karnatak University MLIS, MPA, PhD, University of Southern California Office: Crown 321 708/524-6944 srikant@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Knowledge management and related applications and organization of knowledge
	Karen Brown Associate Professor BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison MA, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD, New York University Office: Crown 341 708/524-6856 kbrown@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Academic libraries and collection management
	Kate Marek Associate Professor BA, University of Texas at Austin MALS, Dominican University PhD, Emporia State University Office: Crown 331 708/524-6648 kmarek@dom.edu Academic Areas of Interest: Information policy, core values of the information profession, digital libraries, and Internet development and design
	Cecilia L. Salvatore Associate Professor BA, Nazareth College MLS, State University of New York at Buffalo PhD, University of Texas at Austin Office: Crown 312 708/524-6852 csalvatore@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Libraries, and archives in underserved and developing communities, organization theory and administrative theory, cultural and indigenous heritage management and preservation, global information infrastructure
	Tonyia J. Tidline Director, PhD Program; and Associate Professor BA, The Ohio State University MA, The Ohio State University MLIS, Kent State University PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown 314 708/524-6604 ttidline@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Books, printing, publishing industry; critical perspectives on LIS; information needs and behaviors/practices; reading and literacy; strategic planning, marketing, lobbying
	Janice Del Negro Assistant Professor BA, Hunter College MLS, State University of New York at Geneseo PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown 323 708/524-6871 jdelnegro@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Youth services in public libraries, including literature and other materials for young adults and children, storytelling, evolution and evaluation of folk and fairy tales, reviewing and criticism, programming for youth, and images of the feminine in folktales and children’s and YA literature
	Christine Hagar Assistant Professor BA, University of Northumbria, UK MA, University of Northumbria, UK PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown Library 333 708/524-6482 chagar@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Community informatics, crisis informatics, research methods, LIS curricula development in developing and emerging countries, and information and knowledge networks in developing and emerging countries
	Don W. Hamerly Director, School Library Media Program; and Assistant Professor BA, Lamar University MLIS, The University of Texas at Austin PhD, The University of Texas at Austin Office: Crown Library 311 708/524-6598 dhamerly@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: School library media and services
	Michael Stephens Assistant Professor BA, Indiana University MLS, Indiana University PhD, University of North Texas Office: Crown Library 334 708/524-6603 mstephens@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Technology and Libraries, social software, emerging technologies, library spaces and learning programs in libraries
	Diane L. Velasquez Assistant Professor BA, San Jose State University MBA, Golden Gate University MA - IRLS, University of Arizona PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia Office: Crown Library 332 708/524-6594 dvelasquez@dom.edu Academic Areas of Interest: Management and administration, e-government, public libraries, copyright and intellectual property, information ethics, and reader's advisory
	Mary Pat Fallon Instructor BS, University of Wisconsin-Menomonie MA, DePaul University MLIS, Dominican University Office: Crown Library 322 708/524-6602 mpfallon@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Reference and academic libraries
	Thomas J. Barthelmess Curator, Butler Children's Literature Center; and Lecturer BA, Grinnell College MLS, University of Pittsburgh Office: Crown Library 343 708/524-6861 tbarthelmess@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Literature, programming and services for infants, children and young adults, collection development
	Marjorie E. Bloss Lecturer BA, University of Rochester MLS, Case Western Reserve University Office: Crown Library 342 708/524-6468 mbloss@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Library management and library technical services to include cataloging, classification, serials and integrated library systems
	Edward Valauskas Lecturer BA, University of Illinois at Chicago MA, University of Chicago Office: Crown Library 313 708/524-6562 ejv@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Internet publishing, rare books and scholarly communication

Senior Fellow

William Vernon Jackson

BA, Northwestern University
MS (LS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AM and PhD, Harvard University
Office: Lewis Annex 4C
708/524-6857
wjackson@dom.edu

Academic Area of Interest: International librarianship, great libraries along with their collections and Latin American Studies

Emeritus Faculty

Tze-Chung (Richard) Li

Professor and Dean Emeritus
Editor Emeritus, World Libraries
LLB, Soochow University
MCL, Southern Methodist University
LLM, Harvard University
MS, Columbia University
PhD, New School for Social Research

Theodore Spahn

Professor Emeritus
BS and MA, Northwestern University
MALS, Dominican University
PhD, University of Michigan

"Our graduate program gives students the skills to build both a solid foundation on the core values of librarianship and a thorough knowledge of emerging technologies, trends and innovation in the field."

Michael Stephens
Assistant Professor

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