Save the Date! SOIS PhD Poster Workshop Hands-on Learning About: Situating posters in the reasearch lifecycle, understanding the judges’ perspective, learing from designers, grabbing the viewers’ attendtion & unleashing your 2-minute blitzkrieg talk Presenters: Dr. Michael Zimmer Dr. Nadine Kozak Dr. Shana Ponelis Rebecca Hall Shannon Crawford Barniskis November 12, 2015 | 1:00 - 4:00pm | NWQB 3511
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The SOIS PhD Newsletter is published twice a year by the SOIS PhD student body. Contributions (articles, letters, photos, etc.) are welcomed. EDITORIAL BOARD Melissa Davey Castillo, PhD Student, Chief Editor Inkyung Choi, PhD Student, Editor Joel DesArmo, PhD Student, Editor Hyounjoo Park, PhD Student, Editor Ann Marie Graf, PhD Student, Editor Art Direction & Design: Claire Schultz
Doctoral Program Committee Fall 2015 Dr. Mohammed Aman Dr. Richard Smiraglia Dr. Michael Zimmer (PhD Program Director) Dr. Wilhelm Peekhaus Dr. Laretta Henderson (ex-officio) Laura Ridenour (PhD Student Rep.)
INFORMATION our focus INTERNATIONAL scope UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MILWAUKEE, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION our STUDIES INTERDISCIPLINARY our mindset
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PhD Newsletter Vol. 05 | No. 01
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Note from the DSO President, Joel DesArmo
New PhD Students: Katie Chamberlain Kritikos, Yifan Zhu, Andrew Holmes What’s Up Doc? 12 questions with recent graduates
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
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I Know What You Did Last Summer Cont., Student Milestones
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Recent Scholarship: Journal Articles, Conference Proceedings, Posters, Presentations
Conference Presentations Cont., Invited Speaker, Awards, Professional Service
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A Note from the DSO President I recently attended the Convening Culture Keepers conference (CCK) for tribal libraries, museums, and archives. It was a very powerful experience for me. Since 2010, the conference has been held on a different Indian reservation each fall and spring. This was my 9th CCK conference. Attendees include Indian LIS professionals from many tribes as well as non-Indian LIS professionals. With IMLS funding, the goal of the group is the creation of a traveling exhibit to share the stories and cultures of Indians from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. It is challenging work, as it is a massive project with many people involved with different opinions on how to best proceed. But a common theme underlying everything at that conference was love. The day I arrived, we heard from the Chief of the Saginaw Chippewa Indians. He told us that as we go about our work and our lives to walk with good hearts and good thoughts. The same day, our keynote speaker, a Native American with a PhD in Information Science from the University of Washington asked the simple one-word question “Why?” The answer she gave: “Because love.” A couple of days later at the conference, after a heated group discussion, the conference organizer told us that honestly speaking his top priority is not the outcome of the final traveling exhibit. He said he wants it to emerge from the community and for everyone to feel valued. He said he cares deeply about the process of us getting there. He told us that his top priority is building a strong community and that it is our relationships with one another over time that are more important to him than the outcome of the final exhibit. In the same group discussion, a man spoke a few words to us and told us he is from the Bear Clan of the Saginaw Chippewa tribe of Indians. He said, as a member of the Bear Clan, it is his responsibility to protect the opinions and input of all people, and it is one that he takes very seriously. He said whatever we do, it should be done with love in our hearts. Throughout the conference I experienced a profound sense of community. I found myself overwhelmed with gratitude. I am grateful for having been able to be present at that conference, and I am grateful to have met each one of you. This academic road we travel, and all roads, are filled with both struggles and successes. May you walk your roads with good hearts and good thoughts. Why? Because love. -Joel DesArmo