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Learn About a Lecturer: Christine Schmitz on ‘Writing for the Profession’
Lecturer: Christine Schmitz Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Academic Background: BA in journalism and public relations, Temple University, Philadelphia, Penn.; MFA in creative writing, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. Career: My background started in journalism and then I was a college professor at a few different schools. As a grad student, I was teaching at University of…
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Jonathan Habashey to Become One of the First SIS Undergraduate Majors to Graduate
Jonathan Habashey was one of the first students to join the undergraduate information sciences program when it started in fall 2019, and now he will be one of the first to graduate from it. Habashey likes talking to people and understanding how they think, but he also likes technology. He started out interested in computer…
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MSIS Student Charlie Mix is Putting Conservation on the Map
Charlie Mix and Nyssa Hunt look at the “Cradle of Southern Appalachia” map. – Photo by Angela Foster, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Information is delivered in many forms, and for MSIS student Charlie Mix, maps are his deliverable of choice. Mix earned a bachelor’s degree in geography and went on to work for the National…
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Stephanie Walker to be One of the First Undergraduate Students to Earn Her Bachelor’s Degree in the New SIS Major This Spring
While Stephanie Walker is excited to be on the verge of graduating from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with her undergraduate major in information sciences, the senior said it is also a bittersweet moment. “I look back and almost wish I could have discovered information sciences sooner. I just feel like I spent a good…
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SIS Graduate Program Takes Top Spot in SEC, 10th Overall Nationally
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Information Sciences was ranked as the 10th best in library and information sciences programs in the 2022 US News and World Report graduate school rankings report released March 30, 2021. The new rankings also mean that the SIS library and information sciences program now takes the top slot among…
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MSIS Student Claire Jordan to Conduct Fellowship Research on Misuse of Scientific Information
Being in the MSIS program and part of the Collaborative Analysis Liaison Librarians cohort has opened up an entire new world of possibilities within the realm of information sciences for student Claire Jordan. “I thought I had a niche, specific focus, and then I learned about the CALL program and then I got here and…
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MSIS Alum and CICS Assistant Director Amy Forrester on Her Interdisciplinary Career
What do marine biology, sustainability, marine policy and management, data repositories, commercial information management, project management, information sciences, and publishing all have in common? These are all fields MSIS alumna Amy Forrester (’16) has worked in throughout her career. It’s fitting that she stepped into the role of assistant director of the Center of Information…
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MSIS Alum and Current CCI PhD Student Joseph Winberry (’19) Awarded Marva Rudolph Scholarship
When he was growing up, Joseph Winberry (’19) spent a lot of time around his grandparents and their friends in a retirement community – he found himself drawn to older people, and it stuck. It was just a fluke, he said, that he eventually was hired for a job at the Knoxville-Knox County Office on…
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Student Spotlight: Jesse Morris Uses Environmental Science Background and Information Science Skills at Her ‘Dream Job’
Featured Student: Jesse Morris Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Education/Career Background I got my undergraduate degree in life sciences and environmental studies from Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina. After I graduated I did a couple of random things – I did some pharmaceutical research and was a GIS technician – and then I fell into being…
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Alumna Rachel Gammons Finds Her Calling in Academic Libraries and Information Literacy
When Rachel Gammons (MSIS ’12) had to teach her first synchronous class online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she pulled herself back to a few years ago when she was in the MSIS program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, so she could extract the parts of her experience that made her feel connected to…