2024 IKS Colloquium: Dr. Younei Soe presents on the digital divide in South Korea By Lily Natter Dr. Younei Soe, assistant chair and lecturer of the Information and Library Science (ILS) Department and affiliated faculty for the data science program, was invited by the Institute of Korean Studies (IKS) to present in their colloquium on… Read more »
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ILS Professor Selected for EMPOWER Award
ILS Professor Selected for EMPOWER Award By Megan Sherry Dr. Rongqian Ma, Assistant Professor of Information and Library Science at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, has been selected for the EMPOWER Program, aimed at supporting junior faculty from historically marginalized groups in securing external research funding. Working with Dr. Manling Luo, an… Read more »
Reconnecting through Research: More Than a Conference
“For Dr. Susan Herring, an invitation to be the keynote speaker at the Conference on Computer-Mediated Communication and Social Media Corpora (CMC2024) in France was more than an honor; it was the chance she had been waiting for.” Faculty member Dr. Susan Herring traveled to Nice, France, to deliver her keynote address at the… Read more »
Projects and Passions: A Q&A with New ILS Faculty
Professors Christina Boyles, Yuerong Hu, and Siqi Wu are all first year ILS faculty members. We asked them a few questions to find out their thoughts on IU, Bloomington, and their own research and interests. [Note: Responses were lightly edited for grammar and clarity.] Read the full Q&A here!
IU Faculty and Doctoral Students Present at International Conference
Back in person for the first time since 2020, ILS faculty and students started the new year off big by attending a major international conference in Hawaii earlier this month. From Jan. 3-6, Prof. Pnina Fichman, along with Information Science doctoral students Meredith Dedema and Holly Lopez Long, attended the 56th Hawaii International Conference on… Read more »
ILS Professor Ron Day speaks at Cosmopolitanism conference in Paris
This past October, Indiana University Information and Library Science Professor Ron Day delivered a keynote talk at an international symposium examining the contributions of key figures of Cosmopolitanism during the early 20th century. The conference “Instruments for Peace? Albert Kahn, Henri Bergson and the Legacy of Belle Époque Cosmopolitanism,” took place on Oct. 25, 2022,… Read more »
Meet our newest faculty!
Professors Rongqian Ma and Allan Martell are first year ILS faculty members this year. We caught up with both of them a few months into their time here at IU to ask a few questions about their thoughts on IU, Bloomington, and their work so far. Read the full Q&A here!