Dr. Karen Brown (MA’77) is the recipient of the iSchool’s 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award. A longtime Badger, Dr. Brown first came to UW-Madison as an undergrad and proceeded to earn a master’s degree at the …
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Instructor Profile: Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser
Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser (MA’13) has always been excited about youth services. Now the Youth & Family Services Manager at St. Paul Public Library, Johnson-Kaiser’s interest in teaching was piqued when she was asked to teach an …
Adam Rule awarded American Medical Association grant
Assistant Professor Adam Rule is co-investigator on a 1-year, $50,000 grant from the American Medical Association (AMA). The grant, Off the Clock: Validating Measures of After-hours EHR Work in Primary Care at UW Health, aims …
Instructor Profile: Jacob Ineichen
iSchool courses are taught by a mix of faculty, instructional staff, and working practitioners. Jacob Ineichen has taught a variety of courses for the iSchool including LIS 644 Digital Tools, Trends, and Debates and LIS …
Instructor Profile: Anna Simon
iSchool courses are taught by a mix of faculty, permanent instructors, and working practitioners. Anna Simon, interim head of UW-Madison’s Kohler Art Library, teaches LIS 855 Art Librarianship. Things clicked for Anna Simon when she …
2022 Distinguished Alumna: Dr. Karen Brown (MA’77)
Dr. Karen Brown is the iSchool’s 2022 Distinguished Alumna! Dr. Brown retired in 2020 as a professor at Dominican University’s School of Information Studies. Throughout her career, she served as an instructor and consultant known …
Department of Defense looks to UW-Madison and Analytics Research Institute for Help in Developing Systems to Evaluate Science Research
Artificial intelligence, including machine learning, is changing the way the Department of Defense (DoD) is evaluating its work as a national funder of science research. To advance this effort, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the …
Faculty featured in HCI article, ‘A New Age of Technology’
A recent On Wisconsin article featured researchers working on HCI (human-computer interaction) projects that improve our daily lives. Three iSchool faculty members – Corey Jackson, Adam Rule, and Jacob Thebault-Spieker – are included for their …
First-year Student Eliza Skenandore Plans to Bring Skills Back to the Oneida Nation
In the Oneida Language, new MA student Eliza Skenandore introduces herself with “She·kú swakwe·kú! Yutyátashnolats okhaleˀ Eliza ní· yúkyats!,” which translates to English as “Hello everyone, my name is Yutyátashnolats and Eliza!” For over ten …
Dr. DeAnza Williams adds expertise in youth services and public libraries to the MA program
Dr. DeAnza Williams joined the iSchool this fall as part of the teaching faculty and will focus on youth services, public libraries, and leadership – areas many iSchool alumni eventually focus on in their careers. …