Jiangping Chen

Professor and Chair

Office: Discovery Park E292BA
Phone: 940-369-8393
Email: Jiangping.Chen@unt.edu

Ph.D., Syracuse University
M.S., Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B.S., Wuhan University, China

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Research and Activities of Interest

Applied Data Science
Digital Libraries
Information Retrieval and Access
Information Services and Management

Barbara Schultz-Jones

Ph.D., University of North Texas 
M.S.L.S., University of North Texas 
B.A., University of British Columbia

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Research and Activities of Interest

Cataloging
Automation Systems
Collaboration Networks
Information Behavior in Context
Social Network Analysis

Mohammed Aledhari

Assistant Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E236E
Phone: 940-565-3641
Email: Mohammed.Aledhari@unt.edu

Ph.D., Western Michigan University
M.S., University of Basrah
B.A.A.S., University of Anbar

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Research and Activities of Interest

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Data Science
Computational Medicine and Biology
Bioinformatics
Computer Vision

Jeff M. Allen

Regents Professor 

Office: Discovery Park E298E
Phone: 940-565-3692
Email: Jeff.Allen@unt.edu

Ph.D., Penn State University
M.S., University of North Texas
B.A.A.S., University of North Texas

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Research and Activities of Interest

Information Behavior
Knowledge Economy
Knowledge Management
Learning Organization and Organizational Learning
Organizational Culture
Research Methods
Wisdom

 

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Hsia-Ching "Carrie" Chang

Ph.D., State University of New York, Albany
M.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan
M.S., State University of New York, Albany
B.A., National Taipei University, Taiwan

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Research and Activities of Interest

Adoption/Diffusion of Social Media
Business Analytics
Knowledge/Science Mapping
Cloud Computing Security
Bibliometrics/Scientometrics/Webometrics
Information Architecture
Human Information Interaction

Haihua Chen

Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E298A
Phone: 940-369-6662
Email: Haihua.Chen@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.S., Wuhan University, China
B.S., Central China Normal University, China

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Research and Activities of Interest

Applied Data Science
Data Quality
Information Retrieval
Natural Language Processing
Text Mining
Legal Artificial Intelligence
Health Informatics
 

Ana Cleveland

Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
M.S., Case Western Reserve University
B.S., University of Texas

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Research and Activities of Interest

Health Informatics
Health Sciences Libraries
Disaster Information Management
Health Information-Seeking Behavior
Education of Health Information Professionals
Indexing of Medical Literature

Junhua Ding

Professor
Reinburg Endowed Professor
Director, M.S. in Data Science Program

Office: Discovery Park E292G
Phone: 940-565-2186
Email: Junhua.Ding@unt.edu

Ph.D., Florida International University
M.S., Nanjing University, China
B.S., China University of Geosciences, China

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Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science and Engineering
Machine Learning
Software Engineering
Biomedical Computation

Yunfei Du

Professor
Associate Dean of Academics

Office: Discovery Park E290H
Phone: 940-369-8093
Email: Yunfei.Du@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.L.S., University of North Texas
B. S., Anhui Normal University, China
B. A., Nanjing University, China

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Research and Activities of Interest

Academic Libraries
International Librarianship
Learning Styles
eLearning

Larry Enoch

Principal Lecturer
Director, Houston Program

Office: Discovery Park E295P
Phone: 940-565-2760
Email: Lawrence.Enoch@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of North Texas
M.L.S., North Texas State University
B.S., Kansas State University

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Research and Activities of Interest

Information Organization
Design Theory
Information Access
Special Libraries

Sarah Evans

Assistant Professor
Director, Children and Young Adult Librarianship Program

Office: Discovery Park E295C
Phone: 940-369-8102
Email: Sarah.Evans@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Washington
M.L.I.S., University of Washington
B.A., University of Washington

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Research and Activities of Interest

Library Services for Children and Young Adults
Informal Learning Experiences and Environments
Multiple Literacies
Reader's Advisory
Public Libraries
Comics and Graphic Novels
Pop Culture and Fan Studies
Adolescent Literacies and Identities

Tae Hee Lee

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
M.S., Syracuse University
B.S., Sung Kyun Kwan University

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Research and Activities of Interest

Accessibility
Digital Library
Information Behavior
Information Security
Usability
User Experience

Brady D. Lund

Ph.D., Emporia State University
M.S., Emporia State University
B.S., Wichita State University

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Research and Activities of Interest

Cyberpsychology
Information Ethics
Information Security and Privacy
International Development
Scholarly Communications
Special Libraries and Information Services for Industry
Technology Adoption

Sharad Sharma

Ph.D., Wayne State University
M.S., University of Michigan
B.Arch.,  Birla Institute of Technology, India

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Research and Activities of Interest

Data Science
Data Visualization
Virtual Reality
Augmented Reality
Software Engineering
Artificial Intelligence
Human-Computer Interaction
Human Behavior Modeling
Multi-Agent System
Gaming

 

Daniella Smith

Ph.D., Florida State University
S.L.I.S., Florida State University
M.L.I.S., Florida State University
B.S., Florida State University

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Research and Activities of Interest

School Libraries
Children and Young Adult Services in Libraries
Library and Information Science Education
Information Seeking Behaviors
Educational Technology 
Social Media Analysis
Distance Learning

Xin Wang

Principal Lecturer
Director, B.S. in Information Science Program

Office: Discovery Park E296L
Phone: 940-369-5983
Email: Xin.Wang@unt.edu

Ph.D., University of Missouri 
M.L.S., University of Missouri 
B.A., Shanxi University, China

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Research and Activities of Interest

Usability & User Experience Research
Health Informatics
Human and Computer Interaction
Image System Design

Maurice Wheeler

Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
M.Mus., University of Michigan
M.I.L.S., University of Michigan
B.Mus., Shorter College

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Research and Activities of Interest

Management of Libraries and Archives
Leadership
Organizational Culture
Diversity
Public Libraries

Stephen Wheeler

Clinical Assistant Professor

Office: Discovery Park E292D
Phone: 940-369-7580
Email: Stephen.Wheeler@unt.edu

Ph.D., Walden University
M.S., Texas A&M University - Commerce
B.S., Texas A&M University - Commerce

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Research and Activities of Interest

Autonomous Systems
Machine Learning
Dynamic Planning Systems
Linear Symbolic Problem-Solving Systems
Natural Language Processing
 

Ting Xiao

Ph.D., Northwestern University
M.S., Northwestern University
B.S., Zhejiang University

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Research and Activities of Interest

Big Data/Data Science
Machine/Deep Learning
Software Development
Health Informatics
Sensor Information Extraction

Oksana Zavalina

Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
M.L.I.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
B.S. LIS, Kiev State Institute of Culture, Ukraine

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Research and Activities of Interest

Information Organization, Access and Retrieval
Metadata, Cataloging and Classification
Subject Access
Semantic Web
Digital Libraries and Aggregations
Use of Information Systems