Kristin R. Eschenfelder

Position title: Academic Associate Dean for Computer, Data & Information Sciences

Email: eschenfelder@wisc.edu

Phone: (608) 263-2105

Address:
Morgridge Hall | 1205 University Ave | Madison, WI 53706

Pronouns
She | Her | Hers

Education

PhD Information Science, Syracuse University 2000

Bachelor of Arts in Latin American Studies with a minor in Spanish, College of William and Mary

Research Interests

Research fields – Data management, scholarly communications, information/data policy, science and technology studies

Methods and methodologies – Content analysis, interviews, focus groups, surveys

Theories – Socio-technical theories and organizational and field-level theories of change

Areas of interest – Data sharing and data governance, information policy, scholarly communications, human computer interaction, government information

Classes taught

LIS 464 Applied Database Design

LIS 603 Research & Evaluation Methods

LIS 751 Relational Database Design & Management

LIS 611 User Experience Design I

LIS 615 Systems Analysis and Project Management

LIS 704 Introduction to Analytics for Decision Making

LIS 705 Data Mining Planning and Management

Recent Publications

Kaehrle, M.; Jackson, C.; Eschenfelder, K. (2025) Communicating Biodiversity Data Restriction Rationales: Balancing Specificity with Practical and Ethical Considerations. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 10(1).

Zhang, M.; Eschenfelder, K. (2024) The Relationship Between University Presses, E-Book Vendors and Academic Libraries: A Platform Theory Analysis. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science. 56 (4), 1016-1027.

Eschenfelder, K.R.; Shankar, K.; Downey, G. (2022) The financial maintenance of social science data archives: Four case studies of long-term infrastructure work. Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology 73 (12).

Eschenfelder, K.R.; Shankar, K.; Williams, R; Langham, A.; Zhang, M.; Salo, D.(2018) A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability: A content analysis of the LIS literature (2000–2015) Online Information Review.

Eschenfelder, K.R.; Shankar, K.; Williams, R; Langham, A.; Zhang, M.; Salo, D.(2018) A nine dimensional framework for digital cultural heritage organizational sustainability: A content analysis of the LIS literature (2000–2015) Online Information Review.

More information

Eschenfelder Google Scholar profile
Eschenfelder works in Minds@UW repository