[Students-l] Winners of ASIS&T Featuring Doctoral Student Research Contest

[Iris Xie]

Winners of ASIS&T Featuring Doctoral Student Research Contest



ASIS&T invited students in the dissertation or defense stages of their doctoral career to submit a short video introducing the world to the exciting and engaging research they are doing as a part of the ASIS&T Featuring Doctoral Student Research contest. The selection committee reviewed all submissions and selected the winners. The approved videos will be featured on the ASIS&T website (https://www.asist.org/doctoral-student-research-videos/). This initiative was co-sponsored by the ASIS&T membership committee, ASIS&T Education and Professional Advancement committee, and ASIS&T Outreach and Engagement task force.



Top Winner

We are pleased to announce the top winner of this contest is Ms. Olubukola Oduntan, University of Strathclyde, for her original and creative video "Information behavior of refugees." The top winner will receive a free one-year ASIS&T Membership or renewal, as well as the opportunity to have her research in the ASIST&T Bulletin. Her video will be featured on the ASIST website.



Winners

The following winners will also receive a free one-year ASIS&T Membership or renewal, and have their videos featured on the ASIS&T website:



Tali Gazit, Bar-Ilan University

"Factors behind participating and lurking in Facebook groups"



Jamie Johnston, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

"Conversation-based programming in public libraries and immigrant integration"



Vanessa Kitzie, Rutgers University

 "Examining the information practices of LGBTQ+ individuals"



Pei-Yi Kuo, Northwestern University

"EcoSanté: Effect of Daily Challenges on Health and Pro-Environmental Behaviors"



 A.J. Million, University of Missouri

"Bureaucratic organization and innovation"



Carol Sabbar, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 "Information seeking by scholars for non-English sources"



Joan Xu, University of Alabama

"User Engagement in Visual Context"



 We would like to thank all the doctoral students for participating and the committee who reviewed and critiqued the videos.



Congratulations to Olubukola Oduntan, along with all the other doctoral students who are featured on the ASIS&T website. Check their videos on our ASIS&T website (https://www.asist.org/doctoral-student-research-videos/)!



Selection Committee

Chair:  Iris Xie
Lisa Given

Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan
Diane Pennington





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Iris Xie, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Phone:(414)229-6835 Fax:(414)229-6699
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/hiris/www/index.html
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