Faculty of Information PhD graduates have gone on to play prominent roles in academia, industry, government and the non-profit sector
Here’s a look at how some of the Faculty of Information’s doctoral graduates are putting their expertise to work post-PhD. If you would like to be included on this page or to update your information, please email infofaculty.comms@utoronto.ca
2023
Elisha Lim, Provosts’ Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Policy and Practice
Madison Trusolino, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Wellbeing, Dalhousie University
2022
Niel Chah, Data Scientist, Microsoft
Katie Mackinnon, Postdoctoral Fellow, CLIR Community Data + Critical Digital Humanities Initiative, University of Toronto
Camille-Mary Sharp, Faculty Fellow, Program in Museum Studies, New York University
Julian Posada, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Yale University
2021
Jamila Ghaddar, Assistant Professor, School of Information Management, Dalhousie University
Emily Maemura, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Michel Mersereau, Senior Management Consultant with the City of Toronto, Telecommunications and Regulatory Policy
Sandrena Raymond, Research Fellow, Art Canada Institute; & Research Grants Officer, Western University
2020
Jack Jamieson, Research Associate. NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan
Jessica Lapp, Strategic Research Development Officer, Office of the Vice Principal Research, University of Toronto Mississauga
Karen Dewart McEwen, Academic Development Editor, KDM Editing
Rebecca Noone, Assistant Professor [Sept. 1, 2023], Department of Information Science, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Rianka Singh, Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Studies, York University
2019
Gabby Resch, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology, Ontario Tech University
Daniel Southwick, Senior UX Researcher at Autodesk
2018
Sandra Danilovic, Assistant Professor, Game Design and Development, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Wilfrid Laurier University
Hervé Saint-Louis, Associate Professor of Emerging Media, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Canada
Christopher Young, Librarian and Head, Collections & Digital Scholarship, University of Toronto Mississauga
2017
Glen Farrelly, Assistant Professor of Business Communication, Faculty of Business, Athabasca University
Jenna Jacobson, Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
Dirk Rodenburg, Adjunct Professor, Queen’s University; Senior Advisor, Psiphon Inc.
Ashley Scarlett, Assistant Professor, School of Critical & Creative Studies, Alberta University of Arts
Matthew Wells, Adjunct Instructor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2016
Harrison Smith, Lecturer in Digital Media & Society, Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield
Rhon Teruelle, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Creative Arts,
Purdue University Northwest
2015
Danielle Allard, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta
ginger coons, Principal Lecturer and Senior Researcher, AI-MAPS, Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam
Diane Dechief, Full-time Faculty Lecturer in Science Communication, Faculty of Science, McGill University
Rebecka Sheffield, Senior Policy Advisor, Ontario Digital Service; Adjunct Professor, UBC School of Information
Hannah Turner, Assistant Professor, UBC School of Information
2014
Lysanne Lessard, Associate Professor, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa
Lisa Quirke, Business Analysis and Information Management, City of Toronto
2013
Brenda McPhail, Director, Privacy, Technology & Surveillance Program, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Karen Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Popular Culture & Film, Brock University
2012
Amy Marshall Furness, Rosamond Ivey Special Collections Archivist and Head, Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario
2010
Colin Furness, Assistant Professor (teaching stream), Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Sambhavi Chandrashekar, Senior Accessibility Lead at D2L Corporation (formerly Desire2Learn)
2009
Joseph Ferenbok, Associate Professor in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Director and founder of the Translational Research Program (TRP), University of Toronto
Rhonda McEwen, President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University, the University of Toronto
