Primary Advisor

Yong-Mi Kim

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Information, University of Michigan
E-mail: kimym at umich.edu

Yong-Mi Kim is currently a doctoral candidate in the School of Information. She is interested in people's information behavior on the Web, in particular how they go about looking for and sharing information on sites built around user-generated content. She has also examined the use of methodologies such as dual-task and social network analysis for information science topics. She holds a M.S. in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the MSI (Library & Information Services specialization) from the School of Information. Prior to SI, she was a software engineering consultant specializing in software process improvement.

Shu-Yi (Max) Chen

Ph.D. Student, School of Information, University of Michigan
E-mail: maxchen at umich.edu

Shu-Yi Chen is a doctoral student at the School of Information, University of Michigan. His current research interest focuses on understanding the interplay between human and information, especially how people approach information, and how information presents itself to people. He holds a BS degree in Civil Engineering, an MS degree in Transportation Engineering, and a PhD degree in Management Information Systems, all from National Taiwan University. Before joining SI, he was an assistant professor at Ming Chuan University.

Beth St. Jean

Ph.D. Student, School of Information, University of Michigan
E-mail: bstjean at umich.edu

Beth St. Jean is currently a first-year doctoral student at the University of Michigan’s School of Information and a Graduate Student Research Assistant for the IMLS-funded MIRACLE (Making Institutional Repositories A Collaborative Learning Environment) project. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics from Smith College and a Master's Degree in Information (Library & Information Services specialization) from the School of Information. Beth's interests include consumer health information behavior, credibility, information literacy, and institutional repositories.

Dissertation Committee Member

Jahna Otterbacher
School of Information, University of Michigan. 2005
Dissertation Title: Short-term event tracking in dynamic online news.

Meilan Zhang
School of Education (Learning Technologies Program), University of Michigan. 2007
Dissertation Title: Moving from Answer Finder to Sense Maker: Supporting Middle School Students’ Online Inquiry.

Derek Hansen
School of Information, University of Michigan. 2007.
Dissertation Title: Knowledge Sharing, Maintenance, and Use in Online Support Communities.

Jihyun Kim
School of Information, University of Michigan. In progress.
Dissertation Title: Faculty self-archiving behavior: Methods and factors affecting the decision to self-archive.

Emilee Rader
School of Information, University of Michigan. In progress.
Dissertation Title: Document Labeling, Organizing and Finding in Shared Repositories.

Maria Souden
School of Information, University of Michigan. In progress.
Dissertation Title: Information Behavior in the Context of Chronic Illness.

James Goldman
College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University. In progress.
Dissertation Title: The Cognitive Authority of Collective Intelligence

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