An unusually high number of PhD students will be officially graduating from the Faculty of Information on Wednesday, November 8. Browsing their thesis title gives a taste of the wide-ranging research that takes place at the Faculty.
Our newest doctoral degree recipients are:
Zachary Batist
Thesis: Archaeological Data Work as Continuous and Collaborative Practice
Supervisor: Costis Dallas (Professor Emeritus)
Carina Guzman
Thesis: Stor(y)ing Mi Desmadre: Trans-Feminist and Queer Community Archival and Digital Custodial Praxes in Latin America
Co-Supervisor: Assistant Professor T.L. Cowan (Department of Arts, Culture and Media, and Faculty of Information)
Co-Supervisor: Assistant Professor Jas Rault (Department of Arts, Culture and Media, and Faculty of Information)
Amy Kwan
Thesis: The role of information seeking and use in management accounting: Exploring the process of creating a budget for complex projects
Supervisor: Anthony Wensley (Professor Emeritus, Information Systems and Accounting)
Chido Thelma Muchemwa
Thesis: Nation, Narrative and Archive: In Search of Queer Histories in Zimbabwe
Supervisor: Assistant Professor T.L. Cowan (Department of Arts, Culture and Media, and Faculty of Information)
Brian Sutherland
Thesis: Energy Harvesting Information Systems and Design in the Energy Transition
Supervisor: Professor Matt Ratto
Madison Rose Trusolino
Thesis: Punching Up: Women and LGBTQ+ Comedians’ Experience of Work and Resistance in the Comedy Industry
Supervisor: Associate Professor Nicole Cohen (Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and Faculty of Information)
Sheril Jane Hook
Thesis: The Political Economy of Information Literacy: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of UNESCO’s Media and Information Literacy: Policy & Strategy Guidelines
Supervisor: Associate Professor Brett Caraway (Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, Institute for Management & Innovation, School of the Environment, Faculty of Information)
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