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Full Time Faculty Biographies

	Susan Roman Dean and Professor AB, Washington University MALS, Dominican University PhD, University of Chicago Office: Crown 300 708/524-6986 sroman@dom.edu
	Bill Crowley Professor BA, Hunter College MS (LS), Columbia University MA, Ohio State University PhD, Ohio University Office: Crown 344 708/524-6513 crowbill@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Management, public libraries, readers advisory, organizational and multicultural communication, introduction to library and information science
	Gertrude Soonja L. Koh Professor BA, Sogang University MS, Catherine Spaulding College MLS, CAS, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Office: Crown 324 708/524-6867 kohgsl@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Organization of knowledge, cataloging, classification and metadata
	Taverekere (Kanti) Srikantaiah Professor and Director, Center for Knowledge Management BS, Mysore University MS, Karnatak University MLIS, MPA, PhD, University of Southern California Office: Crown 321 708/524-6944 srikant@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Knowledge management and related applications and organization of knowledge
	Steven L. Herb Follett Chair BS, Pennsylvania State University MEd, Pennsylvania State University MSLS, Clarion University of Pennsylvania PhD, Pennsylvania State University Office: Crown Library 312 708/524-6580 sherb@dom.edu Academic Areas of Interest: Children's and young adult Literature and services; storytelling; emergent literacy, child development, and early childhood education; information literacy; and intellectual freedom.
	Karen Brown Associate Professor BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison MA, MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD, New York University Office: Crown 341 708/524-6856 kbrown@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Academic libraries and collection management
	Kate Marek Associate Professor BA, University of Texas at Austin MALS, Dominican University PhD, Emporia State University Office: Crown 331 708/524-6648 kmarek@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Information policy, digital libraries and internet development and design
	Janice Del Negro Assistant Professor BA, Hunter College MLS, State University of New York at Geneseo PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown 323 708/524-6871 jdelnegro@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Youth services in public libraries, including materials and literature for young adults and children, storytelling and programming
	Christine Hagar Assistant Professor BA, University of Northumbria, UK MA, University of Northumbria, UK PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown Library 333 708/524-6482 chagar@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Community informatics, crisis informatics, research methods, LIS curricula development in developing and emerging countries, and academic libraries.
	Debra Mitts-Smith Assistant Professor BA, University of Illinois at Chicago MA, University of Illinois at Chicago MLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Office: Crown Library 314 708/524-6604 dmittssmith@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Children’s and young adult literature, history of the printed book and reference
	Michael Stephens Assistant Professor BA, Indiana University MLS, Indiana University PhD, University of North Texas Office: Crown Library 334 708/524-6603 mstephens@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Technology and libraries (social software, new technologies, librarians and library services)
	Diane L. Velasquez Assistant Professor BA, San Jose State University MBA, Golden Gate University MA - IRLS, University of Arizona PhD, University of Missouri, Columbia Office: Crown Library 332 708/524-6594 dvelasquez@dom.edu Academic Areas of Interest: Management, organizational change, government documents, public libraries, readers advisory, e-government, copyright and intellectual property, and information ethics
	Donald C. Adcock Lecturer and School Library Media Program Director BS, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale MS, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Office: Crown Library 311 708/524-6598 dadcock@dom.edu Academic Areas of Interest: School library media programs
	Marjorie E. Bloss Lecturer BA, University of Rochester MLS, Case Western Reserve University Office: Crown Library 342 708/524-6468 mbloss@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Library management and library technical services to include cataloging, classification, serials and integrated library systems
	Mary Pat Fallon Lecturer BS, University of Wisconsin-Menomonie MA, DePaul University MLIS, Dominican University Office: Crown Library 322 708/524-6602 mpfallon@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Reference and academic libraries
	Michael Leonard Lecturer BS, Bradley University MLIS, Indiana University Office: Crown Library 343 708/524-6861 mleonard@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Young adult and children’s services such as programming and materials, storytelling and reference sources in the humanities
	Edward Valauskas Lecturer BA, University of Illinois at Chicago MA, University of Chicago Office: Crown Library 313 708/524-6562 ejv@dom.edu Academic Area of Interest: Internet publishing, rare books and scholarly communication

Senior Fellow

William Vernon Jackson
BA, Northwestern University
MS (LS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
AM and PhD, Harvard University

Office: Lewis Annex 4C

708/524-6857

wjackson@dom.edu

Academic Area of Interest: International librarianship

Emeritus Faculty

Tze-Chung (Richard) Li
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Editor Emeritus, World Libraries
LLB, Soochow University
MCL, Southern Methodist University
LLM, Harvard University
MS, Columbia University
PhD, New School for Social Research

William Brace
Professor Emeritus
BA, Brigham Young University
AM, University of Chicago
PhD, Case Western Reserve University

Theodore Spahn
Professor Emeritus
BS and MA, Northwestern University
MALS, Dominican University
PhD, University of Michigan

"Our graduate program gives students the skills to build both a solid foundation on the core values of librarianship and a thorough knowledge of emerging technologies, trends and innovation in the field."

Michael Stephens
Assistant Professor

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