[Asis-l] University of Kentucky SIS Hires Four New Faculty

[Will Buntin]

University of Kentucky School of Information Science Hires Four New
Professors

*By Harlie Collins*



*August 23,2017 (Lexington, KY): *The School of Information Science at the
University of Kentucky <http://ci.uky.edu/sis/> is pleased to announce the
addition of four new faculty members for the 2017-2018 academic year. The
new hires include three tenure-track faculty based primarily in the
Information Communication Technology Program - Bryce Newell, Nicholas
Proferes, and Fatima Espinoza Vasquez, and one new visiting faculty member
in the Library and Information Science program, Robert Shapiro.



"The School is pleased to welcome our new additions to its faculty. Each
new faculty member brings expertise that compliments existing strengths of
the School,” said Jeff Huber, director and professor of the UK School of
Information Science.



*Information Communication Technology Program*

*Bryce Newell* <https://ci.uky.edu/sis/user/582>*, Assistant Professor, *will
teach a new course in cybercrime and digital law enforcement this semester,
focused on types of current cybercrimes, how the justice system responds to
these crimes, constitutional protections afforded to computer users, and
law and policies that govern cybercrime detection and prosecution. Newell
comes to the Kentucky from the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and
Society (TILT), at Tilburg University Law School in The Netherlands where
he taught courses in technology policy and regulation. His scholarly
interests include ICT law and policy, technology regulation, surveillance,
privacy, access to information, policing, immigration, and information
ethics. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Information Science from
the University of Washington, his J.D. from the University of California,
Davis School of Law, and is a former Google Policy Fellow.



*Nicholas Proferes* <https://ci.uky.edu/sis/user/580>*, Assistant
Professor, *will teach a course on issues in information communication
technology policy, emphasizing the legal, political, and ethical issues
confronting today’s information professionals, in addition to the
subsequent impact of these issues on ICT policy and law development. He
previously taught information policy courses at the University of Maryland
iSchool where he was also a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Ethics and Values
in Design (EViD) Lab. Proferes’ research focuses on how users understand
information platforms like social media, and the policy and ethics issues
that stem from them. He received his Ph.D. in Information Studies from the
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, and he received his M.A. in
Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University.



*Fatima Espinoza Vasquez*
<https://ci.uky.edu/sis/users/fatima-espinoza-vasquez>*, Assistant
Professor, *will teach a social sciences course that demonstrates how
emerging technologies have led to the development of ICT as a discipline,
and its applications in the workplace and personal contexts. Vasquez joins
the School from Syracuse University where she taught courses on information
based organizations. She is a former visiting scholar at the University of
Connecticut’s El Instituto: Institute of Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin
American Studies. Her core research agenda focuses on ICT’s, social
movements, and Latin American political participation. Vasquez earned her
Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology from the School of Information
Studies at Syracuse University and a M.S. in Information Management with a
specialization in Project Management.



*Library Science Program*

*Robert Shapiro* <https://ci.uky.edu/sis/user/352>*, Visiting Assistant
Professor, *will teach a required course on information organization where
students learn fundamental principles and practices that facilitate access
and retrieval. Shapiro is a graduate of the School of Information Science
at the University of Kentucky where he received his M.A. in Library
Science. Shapiro previously served as Assistant Director for Research,
Education, and Clinical Services at the Chandler Medical Center Library at
the university. He is formerly a public health librarian and academic
liaison to the College of Public Health for the medical center as well. His
research interests include health literacy, health information seeking, and
information access.



*About the School of Information Science*

The School of Library and Information Science in the College of
Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky became the
School of Information Science on July 1, 2015. The name change follows the
expansion of programs at the School (both at the graduate and undergraduate
level) and the increasing diversity of professions in the information
field. The Instructional Communication and Research
<http://ci.uky.edu/sis/icr> program became a part of the school in 2013,
and the Information Communication Technology <http://ci.uky.edu/sis/ict>
program debuted in 2014. The School offers a M.S. in Library Science
<http://ci.uky.edu/sis/libsci>, School Library Certification
<https://ci.uky.edu/sis/libsci/schoollib>, M.S. in Information
Communication Technology, B.A./B.S. in Information Communication Technology
with a new online track option in information studies
<https://ci.uky.edu/sis/ict/onlinetrack>, and an undergraduate minor
in Information
Studies <http://ci.uky.edu/sis/is>.






*Will Buntin*
  Assistant Director School of  Information Science
<http://cis.uky.edu/sis/>  University of Kentucky
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