Current and Previous Fellows

2012 Fellows

The sponsoring institution where the fellow is conducting/conducted their postdoctoral fellowship is in parentheses.

Katherine Akers (Emory University) earned her Ph.D. in Behavioral Neuroscience, Quantitative Methodology from the University of New Mexico. During her two-year fellowship, she is working in the Electronic Data Center (EDC) serving the research data needs of researchers in the sciences. She is helping to manage and develop the science data collection and also creating training and promotional materials for science data tools and EDC services.

Benjamin Dewayne Branch (Purdue University) earned his doctorate degree from North Carolina State University in Educational Research and Policy Analysis. During his fellowship, he will develop information delivery and visualization tools and instruction in support of the data services and information literacy missions of the Purdue University Libraries. He will work with the Libraries’ GIS Information Specialist to develop GIS-related instructional programs, seminars and workshops, as well as the refine and deliver an upper-undergraduate/graduate-level Geoinformatics course.

Jason Brodeur (McMaster University) received his Ph.D. in Geography and Earth Sciences from McMaster University. He is helping to oversee the data management plans for the library in terms of how it acquires, codes, organizes, and distributes research data within its collection.  He is also teaching a number of courses, as well as working to develop Google Earth-based modules for outreach and education in Physical Geography and Geology.

Vessela Ensberg (University of California Los Angeles) earned her Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During her fellowship she is working with faculty, graduate students, researchers, and Library staff to implement the Library’s eScience strategy. She will be part of a collaborative effort to develop the Library’s data services by serving as a representative of and a liaison to the scientific community.

Inna Kouper (Indiana University) received her Ph.D. in Information Science from Indiana University. Her fellowship is based within the Data to Insight Center (D2I) at IU and focuses on collaborative initiatives between D2I and the IU Libraries. These include cornerstone research projects of the center such as the National Science Foundation-funded DataNet SEAD (Sustainable Environment-Actionable Data) Virtual Archive, the HathiTrust Research Center, and work on non-consumptive research methodologies funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Matthew J. Lavin (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa. Based in the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities (CDRH), he is developing a long-range plan for extending the reach of CDRH which advances collaborative, interdisciplinary research by creating unique digital content and developing tools for scholarly discovery.

Ekaterina Neklyudova (McMaster University) received her Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literature from Stanford University. During her fellowship, she is in charge of completing and launching the Virtual Museum of the Holocaust and the Resistance. Her duties include integrating the collection of Holocaust documents held at The William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections, including concentration camp correspondence, Resistance documents, French leaflets, and other material. The Virtual Museum will consist of a combination of case studies, images, and videos that will represent the collection to students and the public.

Natsuko Hayashi Nicholls (University of Michigan) earned her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. During her fellowship, she will conduct research and assessment related to data curation services offered to researchers in the social sciences across the University of Michigan campus.

Jennifer Parrott (Bucknell University) earned her Ph.D. in English from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. As the Instructional Technology Fellow, she is working directly with Bucknell faculty in the application of technology by identifying, exploring, promoting, and supporting technology solutions and projects that benefit student learning and faculty instruction.

Fe Consolacion Sferdean (University of Michigan) earned her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. During her fellowship, she will conduct research and assessment related to data curation services offered to researchers in the sciences across the University of Michigan campus.

Ting Wang (Lehigh University) received her Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During her fellowship, she is working to assess and meet the data management needs of researchers in the Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) and connected with Lehigh's Environmental Initiative. She is part of the LTS support team for the College of Arts and Sciences, which includes librarians, computing consultants, and an instructional technologist, and also works closely with Lehigh's Web and GIS specialist and with members of the LTS High Performance Computing Team.

Wei Yang (McMaster University) earned his Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University. Based at the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at McMaster, he works closely with University Library staff and will make recommendations relating to social sciences data management plans for the library.

Continuing Current Fellows

Jessica Aberle (Lehigh University) received her Ph.D. in Architectural History from the University of Virginia.  During her two-year fellowship, she is working with Lehigh faculty to organize a participatory conference on Digital or Alt Forms of Scholarship and reviewing digital preservation guidelines at various institutions to develop a best practices document for images, research data, audio, and video content types at Lehigh.  She is also working with a project archivist to develop discovery tools to assist researchers with the Francis E. Walter Papers and the Moravian Community in the New World Collections.

Peter Broadwell (UCLA) received his Ph.D. in Musicology from the University of California, Los Angeles.  Based in the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL), he is planning and developing the delivery of collection content and information services to humanities and social sciences scholars as part of a major programmatic redesign of the YRL.  He is also using research methodologies to develop and implement assessment projects analyzing what needs the library meets for scholars and which needs are not being met.

Jason Brodeur (McMaster University) received his Ph.D. in Geography and Earth Sciences from McMaster University. He is helping to oversee the data management plans for the library in terms of how it acquires, codes, organizes, and distributes research data within its collection. He will also be teaching a number of courses, as well as working to develop Google Earth-based modules for outreach and education in Physical Geography and Geology.

Arthur (Mitch) Fraas (University of Pennsylvania) earned his Ph.D. in History from Duke University.  During his two-year fellowship, he is assessing faculty-generated digital projects in order to establish relevant services for faculty needs.  He is also working with faculty to gain a better understanding of their use of courseware and other educational technologies and how the library can help implement and support those technologies.

John Maclachlan (McMaster University) received his Ph.D. in Geography and Earth Sciences at McMaster University. During his fellowship, he is working as the Acting Director of Maps, Data and Geographic Information Systems in the McMaster University Map Library. He teaches several classes in physical geography, including "Atmosphere and Hydrosphere" and "Earth Surface Processes," inquiry courses within the Faculties of Science and Social Sciences, as well as those specifically involving Geographic Information Systems.

Jennifer Redmond (Bryn Mawr College) received her Ph.D. from the School of Histories and Humanities at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.  She is managing a digital project that will promote the use of archival materials on the history of women’s education in teaching and scholarship at both the high school level and worldwide.  Among her duties will be creating a new digital research portal that will provide a number of teaching resources.

Christopher Teeter (McMaster University) received his Ph.D. in Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour from McMaster University.  During his fellowship, he will be investigating best practices in teaching and learning in the field of psychology that relate specifically to models of online-instruction and assessment, evaluation of library resources, and instructional resources.

Yi Shen (Johns Hopkins University) earned her Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She is helping to identify and articulate humanists' scholarly needs, especially as they relate to the use of digital content and services. Her work also focuses on developing a strategic plan that will influence and guide Hopkins' repository policies and practices.

Former Fellows

Marlene Allen (University of California, Los Angeles)
Ali Anooshahr (University of California, Los Angeles)
Erin Aspenlieder (McMaster University)
Andrew Asher (Bucknell University)
Tamar Boyadjian (University of California, Los Angeles)
Anne Bruder (Bryn Mawr College)
Marta Brunner (University of California, Los Angeles)
Gloria Chacon (University of California, Los Angeles)
Daniel Chamberlain (Occidental College)
Lauren Coats (Lehigh University)
Arica Coleman (Johns Hopkins University)
Sigrid Anderson Cordell (Princeton University)
Brian Croxall (Emory University)
Danielle Culpepper (Johns Hopkins University)
Gabrielle Dean (Johns Hopkins University)
Erica Doerhoff (Pepperdine University)
Amanda French (North Carolina State University)
Melissa Grafe (Lehigh University)
Patricia Hswe (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Ben Huang (University of Southern California)
Korey Jackson (University of Michigan)
Timothy F. Jackson (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Lori Jahnke (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Janet Kaaya (University of California, Los Angeles)
Caroline E. Kelley (University of California, Los Angeles)
Spencer Keralis (University of North Texas)
John Maclachlan (McMaster University)
Cecily Marcus (University of Minnesota Libraries)
Kelly Miller (University of Virginia)
Lori Miller (Appalachian College Association)
Michelle Morton (University of California, Berkeley)
Meg Norcia (Lehigh University)
Julia Osman (Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records)
Allyson Polsky-McCabe (Johns Hopkins University)
Wesley Raabe (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Daphnée Rentfrow (Yale University)
Dawn Schmitz (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Donald Sells (McMaster University)
Noah Shenker (McMaster University)
Rachel E. Shuttlesworth (University of Alabama)
Mike Snowdon (McMaster University)
Timothy Stinson (Johns Hopkins University)
Nicole Wagner (McMaster University)
Heather Waldroup (Claremont University Consortium)
Elizabeth Waraksa (University of California, Los Angeles)
Amanda Watson (University of Virginia)
Susan L. Wiesner (University of North Carolina, Greensboro), (University of Virginia)
Christa Williford (Bryn Mawr College)
Tracie L. Wilson (Bryn Mawr College)