Spring Commencement

May 13, 2012

WELCOME Amanda Foster, MSLS ‘12

Dr. Gary Marchionini, Dean and Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, School of Information and Library Science

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESSCathy N. Davidson, Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English, Duke University and the

John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Veronica Koven-Matasy, MSLS ‘13, viola

Hannah Pierce, MSLS ‘12, celloChelsey Masterson, MSLS ‘12, violin

PRESENTATION OF AWARDS

Diversity Advocate Certificate Award .......................................................... Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Professor Dean’s Achievement Award ....................................................................... Dr. Jaime Arguello, Assistant Professor Elfreda Chatman Research Award ............................................................. Dr. Brian Sturm, Associate Professor Outstanding Teacher Award ....................................................................... Dr. Barbara Wildemuth, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Edward G. Holley for the Good of the Order Award .................................... Dr. Gary Marchionini, Dean

GREETINGS FROM THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

Outstanding Service to the School Award .................................................. Kim Duckett, SILSAA President Distinguished Alumnus Award ................................................................... Kim Duckett, SILSAA President

RECOGNITION OF DEGREE RECIPIENTS

Bachelor of Science in Information Science.............................................. Kaitlyn Murphy, Undergraduate Student Services Manager Master of Science in Information Science ................................................. Lara Bailey, Graduate Student Services Manager Master of Science in Library Science ........................................................ Lara Bailey, Graduate Student Services Manager Doctor of Philosophy ................................................................................. Faculty Advisors

CLOSING REMARKSDr. Gary Marchionini, Dean

RECEPTIONIn the lobby of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union

Ceremony

Master of Science in Information Science

Doctor of PhilosophyAmber Cushing

Beth Elder Ellington

Graduates

Bachelor of Science in Information ScienceSunshine Chen*

Helen Robin Ching**Cortney CogarLucas Espinosa

Ivan GomesMercedes Nicole Gosby

Brittany Hayes**Daniel Henry

Benito LucianoCraig Martin

Raymond MilesJames Ryland Oldham

Daniel Michael Beaver-SeitzMatthew Louis Luke Belskie

Janelle Anise Beverly (Government)Dana Leigh Brand

Carrie Weiner Campbell

Elliott Ayers HauserAlexandria Ricke Marder

David Patrick MillerEdward Moss

Jimi Radabaugh Daniel Reis

Evan Edward CarrollNicholas Byron Carver

Thu-Mai Lewis ChristianTracy Boyer Clark (Business)

Russell Ernest DeanMitch Goldman (Nursing)

Rebecca SolomonKathryn Styons

Donald Lane TurbyfillBrandon Wolfe

Lee ShawRachel Elizabeth TennantCheryl Annette Thompson

Nevin YangPeter Marshall Zasowski

Master of Science in Library ScienceMegan Marie Astolfi

Sarah Kennedy BankstonJoseph Brandon Barber

Sofia Becerra-LichaTali McKell Beesley

William Keith BeisnerAnne Belott

Kelly BerglundCheri L. BoisvertEllie Coen Boote

Alston BrakeLaura Briskin-Limehouse

Patrick Michael BrownRebecca Beth Carlson

Erin Monica CarrilloJennifer Susan Clements

Valerie Elizabeth ColemanKatherine Metta CollinsTimothy Wayne Cook

Susan CraftSarah Elaine CristyJennifer Leigh Crye

Courtney Michele CunninghamAnna Marie DeVoe

Jacqueline Martsolf DunlapKimberly Diane Edwards

Dara ElmoreAmanda Brie Foster

Dave Shankar GhamandiKristin Hawley Good (Art History)Emily Ann Guhde (Government)

Kathleen Amanda HallDavid R. Hansen

Shannon Lorean HarrisApril Lynn Holder-Freeman

Michael John HughesPamela-Jean Michelle Humphries (Law)

Elizabeth Marie JohnsTracy Kallassy

Kamila LaBerge Jessica Katherine LaBrieAdam Page Laubheimer

Kelsey Elisabeth LewisChelsey Anne Masterson

Maureen Claire McCormick (Government)

Susan Marie MetalloCourtney Blair Minton

Grace MooreCaroline Muglia (NC State Public History)

Kyndal Owens Tammi Owens

Hannah Danielle PierceEmily Elizabeth Roscoe (Government)

Katy Elizabeth SandlinKristan Elizabeth Shawgo

Diana Lynn ShullHeather SiekkinenJill Marie Sinclair

John Wagner SkardonSamuel Joseph Stover

Melanie Anne SturgeonMaryellen Grace Tinsley

Jonathan TuttleElizabeth Camille Tyndall

Madeline Steady VeitchEmily Joyce Vorhies

Julie Gay WareshAbigail Moffat Wickes

Craig Alan WillisBrian Wesley Young

Xi NiuMary B. Ruvane

Amy VanscoyHollie Crystal White

* Graduating with honors** Graduating with high honors

Mary Elizabeth Wilkins-Jordan

Dissertations

Master’s Papers Megan Marie Astolfi AreOurStudentsSeeingReflectionsof ThemselvesintheTextsthatareBeingReadbyTheirTeacher?ACaseStudyof ReadAloudTextsfrom

aNorthCarolinaElementarySchool Hughes-HassellSarah Kennedy Bankston TowardaMoreEffectiveOnlineLibraryTutorial:AnExperimentalStudyof UNCLibraries’IntroductiontoLibraryResearchTutorial KellyJoseph Brandon Barber AccessEnhanced:ImprovingDiscoverabilityThroughtheApplicationof Libraryof CongressSubjectHeadings GuntherDaniel Michael Beaver-Seitz RememberingTooWell,ForgettingTooPoorly:TheCausesandEffectsof ReducedTemporalBoundaryRegulationandaProposedSolution MarchioniniTali McKell Beesley ExploringUsageof DigitalCollectionsviaWebAnalyticsTools LeeWilliam Keith Beisner HistoryGetsPersonal:HistoricalFictionMappedtotheCurriculum–AnAnnotatedBibliography Hughes-HassellMatthew Louis Luke Belskie Analysisof InteractiveDesignElementsinaPracticalApplicationof GamificationtoLearning:KhanAcademy ShawKelly M. Berglund JuvenileLiteratureinTranslationintheUnitedStates:2010 BergquistJanelle A. Beverly AComparisonof FourEnergyDataCollectionMethodsinDurhamCity/County,NorthCarolina LeeCheri Boisvert Ashurbanipal’sLegacy:TheRediscoveryof theGreatestLibrarytheWorldhadEverKnown VarghaEllie Coen Boote Transliteracy:DefiningaSkillsetfor21stCenturyLiteracy Hughes-HassellDana Leigh Brand Fandom,Creativity,andInterconnections ShawLaura Briskin-Limehouse Studyof MARCElementsUsedinLibraryandArchivePreservationWork GuntherPatrick Michael Brown TheLawLibraryof Congress’HoldingsfromtheGendaiiVasil’ErichYudinCollection:Provenance,Bindings,andanInventory McNamaraRebecca Beth Carlson VirtualReferenceatU.S.AcademicLibraries:AWebsiteAnalysis HaefeleErin Monica Carrillo HelpingUsersFindTheirWay:UsabilityTestingof SubjectGuidesatDukeUniversityLibraries PomerantzEvan Edward Carroll TheDigitallyPreservedSelf:ADiscussionof theSocial,Emotional,andTechnicalAspectsof PersonalDigitalArchiving JonesNicolas Byron Carver Scientists’Perceptionof EndangeredDataandDataReuse GreenbergThu-Mai Lewis Christian TrackingInstitutionalDataAssetsUsingOAI-PMH TibboTracy Boyer Clark AnAnalysisof Short-termRetentionRatesandSatisfactionLevelsinPassiveVersusInteractiveMedia HemmingerJennifer Clements ADescriptiveBibliographyof SelectedWorksPublishedbyRobertEstienne McNamaraValerie Elizabeth Coleman There’sScienceinMyFiction!AndOtherTroubles:HowaRecommenderSystemCanHelptheAcademicLibrary ShawKatherine Metta Collins CopyrightandFairUseResourcesforUndergraduates:AContentAnalysisof AcademicLibraries’Websites JonesTimothy Wayne Cook LibraryServicesforDistanceLearninginHigherEducation MoranSarah Elizabeth Cristy TeenSpaces,TeenLibrarians,andCirculation:AnExplorationof Measuresof PublicLibraryServicestoYoungAdults SturmJennifer Crye InstructionandAssessmentinSpecialCollections:AnExploratoryStudyof Student,Staff,andFacultyPerceptions VinclerCourtney Michele Cunningham TheAthenaeum:AModernModelforAcademicLibraryDesign Vargha Russell E. Dean AStudyof MobileSelf-TrackingApplications RajasekarAnna Marie DeVoe Preparedness,Response,andRecovery:DisasterPlanningforVirginia’sPublicLibraries LoseeJacqueline Martsolf Dunlap ViolenceandChildren’sPreferencesinFairyTaleStoryEndings SturmKimberly Diane Edwards TheNorthCarolinaDigitalHeritageCenterandCollaborativeActivitiesof ContributingPublicLibraries LeeAmanda Brie Foster TheUseof SerialsSolutionsSummon™inInformationLiteracyInstruction PomerantzDave Shankar Ghamandi AcademicHealthSciencesReferenceLibrarians’InvolvementwiththeNIHPublicAccessPolicy MarshallMitchell J. Goldman StrategiestoEvaluateHealthInformationExchangeInitiatives MostafaKristin Hawley Good Artists’Archives:InstitutionalContexts,ProblemsandSolutions GendronEmily Ann Guhde TheValueof OnlineResourcestoPublicLibraryPatrons PomerantzKathleen Hall Self-injuryinYoungAdultLiterature:AnAnalysisof Realism Hughes-HassellBabi Hammond DigitalInsects:AssessingOnlinePresentationsof EntomologicalCollectionsforResearch,EducationandOutreach Greenberg

Amber Cushing PossessionsandSelf ExtensioninDigitalEnvironments:ImplicationsforMaintainingPersonalInformation Barreau/KellyBeth Elder Ellington DefiningtheeHealthInformationNicheintheFamilyPhysician/PatientExaminationandKnowledgeTransferProcess GollopXi Niu BeyondTextQueriesandRankedLists:FacetedSearchinLibraryCatalogs. HemmingerMary B. Ruvane DigitalHumanities:EnvisioningaCollaborativeToolforMapping,Evaluating,andSharingReconstructedColonialAmericanParcelMaps Barreau/SolomonAmy Vanscoy PractitionerExperiencesinAcademicResearchLibraries:AnInterpretativePhenomenologicalAnalysisof ReferenceWork MoranHollie Crystal White OrganizingScientificDataSets:StudyingSimilaritiesandDifferencesinMetadataandSubjectTermCreation GreenbergMary E. Wilkins-Jordan CompetencyDevelopmentforPublicLibraryDirectors Daniel

Name Title Advisor

Name Title AdvisorDavid R. Hansen LibrariesinLitigation:TheRoleof ProceduralandJurisdictionalRulesinLarge-ScaleCopyrightUseCases GasawayShannon Lorean Harris MinorityLanguageLearners:ALookatCulturallyRelevantResourcesAvailableatElementarySchoolsinNorthCarolina Hughes-HassellElliott Ayers Hauser DesiderataforExpertBibliographicInformationSystems HaasApril Lynn Holder-Freeman TheRoleandPortrayalof theVillaininChildren’sFantasyLiterature:AContentAnalysis SturmMichael John Hughes TheImpactof IdeologyonLibraryPractice:ACaseStudyOf ThreeRadicalLibraries PomerantzPamela-Jean Michelle Humphries TheCopyrightabilityof LegalBriefs KimbroughElizabeth Marie Johns Technology,Collaboration,andServicesinanAcademicLibrary:AnAssessmentof theCollaborativeLearningSpacesintheNorth CarolinaStateUniversityLibraries PomerantzTracy Kallassy MembershipLibraries:AStudyof LanierLibraryAssociation BergquistJessica Katherine LaBrie AcademicLibrariesandPublicAccesstoPublicationsResultingFromFederallyFundedResearch:ContentAnalysisof Responsestoa GovernmentRequestforInformation. CrossAdam Page Laubheimer JustWhatIWasLookingFor:ThePrevalenceof AutomaticQuerySuggestionServicesinAcademicLibraryOnlineCatalogs BergquistKelsey Elisabeth Lewis TheEvaluationof ScienceBranchLibrariesandPrintUseattheUniversityof NorthCarolinaatChapelHillfrom2000-2010 VarghaAlexandra Ricke Marder FeedingShoppers’MindsandBellies:UsingFacetedNavigationtoImproveInformationAccessonaFarmers’MarketWebsite HaasChelsey Anne Masterson SchoolandPublicLibraryCollaboration:IdentifyingFacilitatorsandBarriers Hughes-Hassell Maureen Claire McCormick SheddingLightonTransparency:AnAnalysisof theBreadthandDepthof FederalAgencyImplementationof theOpenGovernment InitiativeinOnlineEnvironments LeeSusan Marie Metallo ReadingAboutReaders:AContentAnalysisof theReadingBehaviorsof CharactersinPopularChildren’sFiction SturmDavid Patrick Miller AnExploratoryStudyof UsingNoSQLDatabasestoStoreWeatherData RajasekarCourtney Blair Minton ForRhymeandReason:MulticulturalismandtheStudyof LibraryPoetryCollectionsinEthnicallyDiverseElementarySchools Hughes-HassellGrace M. Moore ImprovingTeenLibraryProgramAttendance:YoungAdultLibrarians’Perspectives SturmEdward J. Moss TowardtheNextGeneration:AComparisonof NextGenerationLibraryCatalogImplementations HassellCaroline Muglia Context,Subjectivity,andAgency:AStudyof FindingAidsbyTriangleAreaNorthCarolinaArchivists LeeTammi Michele Owens Deflection,FaceSaving,andAnxietyatanAcademicLibrary’sVirtualReferenceService LoseeHannah Danielle Pierce AContentAnalysisStudyof theEquivalencyof Publishers’EasyReaderLevelingSystems SturmDaniel D. Reis TheEffectof aTwitterAccountonStudentPerceptionof InstructorCredibilityatanHBCU MoranEmily Elizabeth Roscoe UnwieldyRulesandDefaultPractices:Realtiesof PublicLibrariesRecord-KeepinginNorthCarolina KlinefelterKaty Elizabeth Sandlin BetterTogetherorApart:ACaseStudyonDepartmentalLibraryIsolation NixonKristan Elizabeth Shawgo CreatingandSustainingAcademic-PublicLibraryCollaborationsintheTriangleAreaof NorthCarolina BergquistDiana Lynn Shull AnExaminationof LibrarianAttitudesTowardsTeachingCitations RoweHeather Lynn Siekkinen FactorsInfluencingComicBookandGraphicNovelCollectingAmongPrivateElementaryandMiddleSchoolLibrariesinNorthCarolina Hughes-HassellJill Marie Sinclair Analysisof U.S.RDATestRecordUseSurveys GuntherJohn Wagner Skardon FindingHiddenGems:AUserStudyof GenealogistsattheNorthCarolinaStateArchive TibboSamuel Joseph Stover Web-BasedInternalCommunicationToolsinARLReferenceDepartments Moran Melanie Anne Sturgeon MarketingtoanEngineeringSchool:Promotionof LibraryResources,Services,andtheSubjectLibrarian VarghaRachel Elizabeth Tennant TheInfluenceof TechnologyontheAcademicStudyof BiblicalTexts ShawCheryl Annette Thompson AnsweringtheCallforDataCuration:AnExplorationof theCareersof LISProfessionalsManagingData MarshallMaryellen Grace Tinsley KressFellowsforAppliedResearchattheAcklandArtMuseum:ACaseStudyof Collaboration ShawJonathan Tuttle CatalogerResearchforNameAuthorityControl SpurginElizabeth Camille Tyndall CollaborativeLearningSpaceinAcademicLibrariesandItsEffectsonReferenceandUserServicesinanAcademicArchivalSetting LeeMadeline Veitch BuildingLocalKnowledgeOnandOff theWeb:InformationSharingandtheTransitionTownMovement JonesEmily J. Vorhies LibraryResources,Services,andSpaceUseattheNationalInstituteof EnvironmentalHealthSciences MarshallJulie Gay Waresh MindingtheGap:TheRoleof YoungAdultLiteratureinEngagingTeenageBoysinReading Hughes-HassellAbigail Moffat Wickes ChallengesinImageCataloging:ACaseStudyof theImageDatabaseattheNorthCarolinaBiotechnologyCenter HemmingerCraig Alan Willis DisambiguatingandGroundingGeographicPlaceNamesinaBibliographicDatabaseUsingaThesaurus LoseeNevin Yang ExploringtheEffectsof Searcher-SocialSourceRelationshipWhenSeekingInformationOnline CapraBrian Wesley Young Impactof User-generatedMetadataonCirculationRatesinAcademicLibraries LoseePeter Marshall Zasowski PuttingMuseumsontheMap:ADigitalHumanitiesProject Shaw

Undergraduate Honors ThesesSunshine Chen TimeManagementPracticesof StudentUsersof Facebook KellyHelen Ching Effectof OnlinePrivacyPolicyFormatonUserPerformance WildemuthBrittany Hayes TheSocial#ausopen:AnAnalysisof TwitterUseDuringSportingEvents Haas

Honors & Awards SILS Certificates and Awards

Dean’s Achievement Award Cheryl Thompson

Hannah Pierce

Elfreda Chatman Research Award Courtney Minton

Diversity Advocate Certificate Sofía Becerra-Licha

Erin Carrillo Billy Cook

Sarah Dooley Michael Hughes

Liz Johns Susan Metallo Jennifer Scully

Madeline Veitch

Clinical Information Science CertificateHolly Harmes

Britt Ritter Lauren Tomola

Concentration in Archives and Record Management Willa Armstrong

Sofia Becerra-Licha Tali Beesley Dana Brand

Carolyn Chesarino Thu-Mai Christian Kimberly Edwards

Matthew Farrell Martin Gengenbach

Anna Kephart Maureen McCormick

Sarah Osorio Katy Sandlin

Maryellen Tinsley Camille Tyndall Peter Zasowski

Alpha Epsilon Lambda, Zeta Chapter Mary Ruvane

American Association of Law Libraries Research Instruction and Patron Services Special Interest Section (RIPS-SIS) Educational Grant 2009 Hollie White

American Association of Law Libraries Technical Services Special Interest Section (TS-SIS) Educational Grant 2008 Hollie White

American Library AssociationFederal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table Cicely Phippen Marks Scholarship Award Rebecca Carlson

American Library Association Student-to-Staff Award for 2011 Annual Meeting Amy VanScoy

ANCHASL Continuing Education Scholarship Michael Hughes Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Award Epsilon Chapter Elliott HauserMary RuvaneMadeline Veitch

Bishop Fellowship April Holder-Freeman

Carnegie GrantHollie White

Caroline M. Hewins Scholarship Award for Children’s Services in Public Libraries (2011)Susan Metallo

Carolina Academic Library Associate (CALA) FellowshipSarah Bankston Amanda FosterTali Beesley Chelsey MastersonErin Carrillo Madeline Veitch Collections Web Scholarship Research Coordination Network “Assessing the Value of Mass Digitization of Natural History Collections”Babi Hammond

Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) Travel Award to Toulouse, FranceNicholas Byron Carver

Council of Library and Information Resource (CLIR) Zipf Fellowship in Information ManagementHollie White

1981Emerson Greenaway

Herman Howe FusslerMary Elizabeth Poole

William Stevens PowellMary Eunice Query

1986

Fred Roper

1987Gene Lanier

1988

Jerry Campbell

1992Mary Edna Anders

Evan Ira FarberLucia Johnson Rather

Katina P. Strauch

1993Ray L. Carpenter

1994

Dale M. BentzBarbara Branson

Lesley Farmer

1995Rebecca S. Ballentine

1996

Ridley R. Kessler Jr.Edwin S. Clay IIIJudith K. Sutton

1997

Robert G. Anthony Jr.James V. Carmichael Jr.

Jane Bliss DownsRobert S. Martin

1998Martha Harris DavisBarbara Semonche

1999

June FultonJoe Hewitt

Duncan Smith

2000

Marshall Keys

2001Charles Bryan LowryBernie Todd Smith

2002

Joan Durrance Angela B. Ruffin

2003

Mary L. Boone

2004Dav Robertson

Susan Tarr

2005Larry AlfordSusan Perry

2006

Evelyn M. Poole-Kober Irene Owens 2007

Patricia Harris Maurice York

2008Frieda Rosenberg

Janet Flowers

2009Ray English

Hampton (Skip) Auld

2010Robert MolyneuxDeborah Balsamo

2011David Goble

John Ulmschneider

2012Peter McCracken

SILS Distinguished Alumni

Honors & AwardsDigital Library Federation Forum Fellowship Tali Beesley

Doctoral Student Scholarship to the Archival Education Research Institute, 2009, 2010 & 2011Amber Cushing

Educating of Stewards in Public Information (ESOPI 2) Fellowship Maureen McCormick

Emerald Research Award Amy VanScoy

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Beta Phi MuAmber CushingAmy VanScoy Eugene Garfield Research AwardAmber CushingCourtney Blair Minton

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship ‘10 (Beta Phi Mu) Amber CushingHollie White

Freedom Scholars of America 2011 & 2012 Maryellen Tinsley

Friends of the Law Library of Congress Rare Book Fellowship Patrick Brown Future Faculty Program Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill Amber Cushing

Glass Summer Research Fellowship, UNC-Chapel Hill Amber Cushing

Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) Impact Award Emily Roscoe

Government Fellowship – UNC at Chapel Hill Amy VanScoy

Graduate School Merit Assistantship Chris Weeg Health Informatics ScholarshipElliott Hauser Honors Undergraduate Research Award Helen Ching

Jesse H. Shera Award for the Support of Dissertation Research 2011Amy VanScoy

Kathleen McNiece Moore Fellowship in Children’s Library Services (2010)Susan Metallo

Kress Fellowship for Applied Research Maryellen Tinsley

Lester Asheim Service Award Amber Cushing Hollie WhiteDerek Rodriguez Peter Zasowski

Library of Congress Junior Fellows Summer Intern (European Division)Patrick Brown

MAC-MLA Student Vision Scholarship 2011Michael Hughes

Margaret Ellen Kalp Memorial Fellowship Amber Cushing Mary RuvaneElliott Hauser Hollie WhiteSusan Metallo

Michael Hooker FellowshipHelen Ching

McLendon Scholarship from the North Carolina Library AssociationTimothy Cook

Kenan Flagler Business School BSBA Merit ScholarshipHelen Ching

Nanette V. Mengel Scholarship (School of Government)Maureen McCormick

National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center Camille Tyndall

North Carolina Museums Council InternshipPeter Zasowski

North Carolina Preservation Consortium ScholarshipAlston Brake

North Carolina State Library Career Enrichment AwardAlston Brake

North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference grantAlston BrakeErin Carrillo

Order of the Bell Tower Executive Board Mercedes Gosby

Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library “Promise in Public Librarianship” ScholarshipGrace Moore

Sara Aull Student Paper Award - North Carolina Chapter of the Special Libraries AssociationSusan Craft

School of Information and Library Science Teaching Fellow Mary Ruvane

Sparky Award - Best Animation for ``Free Your Data’’ Nicholas Byron Carver

Special Library Association Merit Award for Best ProgrammingMichael Hughes Susan Grey Akers Fellowship Nicholas Byron Carver David MillerApril Holder-Freeman Nevin Yang

Susan Steinfirst/Gene Story ScholarshipCourtney Blair Minton

Thomson Reuters Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award, ASIS&T, Amber Cushing

TriangleTransit’s SmartCommute Video Challenge (1st place)Nicholas Byron Carver

UNC Graduate and Professional Student Federation Travel AwardSusan Metallo

UNC Honor Society of Graduate and Professional School StudentsMary Ruvane

UNC Information Science ScholarshipBenito Luciano

United States Environmental Protection Agency InternshipSusan CraftMichael HughesJessica LaBrie

Virginia Library Association Professional Endowment Scholarship Susan Metallo

Our SpeakerCathy N. Davidson

is the Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English at Duke University and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Inst i tute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies. Davidson served as Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary S t u d i e s a t D u k e University from 1998 unt i l 2006, where she helped create the Program in Information Science + Information Studies, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute, and many other programs. In 2002, she co-founded HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory, or “haystack”), a virtual network of innovators with over 6500 members that directs the annual $2 million HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions.

She is the Ruth F. DeVarney Professor of English and the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Duke University and has published more than 20 books, including Revolution and the Word: The Rise of the Novel in America; Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory (with photographer Bill Bamberger); and The Future of Thinking (with HASTAC co-founder David Theo Goldberg).

In 2010, President Obama nominated her to a six-year term on the National Council on the Humanities, a position confirmed by the Senate in July 2011. She is currently on a thirty-site author tour for her latest book, Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn (Viking Press), which Publishers Weekly has named “one of the top ten science books” of the Fall 2011 season.

The entire SILS community is very proud of you. We applaud your achievements.

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Best wishes with your continued success!

In Conclusion