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Graduate faculty and areas of research
Yvonne J. Chandler, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan. Legal information services and research; Internet resources and services; education for library and information services.
Jiangping Chen, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Natural language processing; cross-language information access; digital libraries; collaboration and knowledge sharing in distributed learning environments.
Ana D. Cleveland, Regents Professor; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University. Medical informatics; information storage and retrieval; indexing and abstracting.
Yunfei Du, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of North Texas. Academic libraries; international librarianship; learning styles; e-learning.
Elizabeth Figa, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois. Ethnographic study of information retrieval, information behavior, storytelling and oral tradition; narrative analysis; historical research methods.
Martin Halbert, Associate Professor and Dean of Libraries; Ph.D., Emory University. Leadership and social change; digital libraries.
Suliman Hawamdeh, Professor and Chair of the Department of Library and Information Sciences; Ph.D., University of Sheffield. Information studies.
Janet Hilbun, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers University. School libraries; young adult literature.
Jeonghyun Kim, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers University. Digital content management in libraries, museums and archives; human information behavior; information architecture.
Shawne D. Miksa, Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Program; Ph.D., Florida State University. Organization, control and access to information entities; classification research and theory; information retrieval; bibliometrics; scholarly communication.
William E. Moen, Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Research for the College of Information and Director of Texas Center for Digital Knowledge; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Information organization; metadata; networked information discovery and retrieval; information technology standards; development and implementation; information policy; digital libraries; networked services design.
Brian O’Connor, Professor; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley. Image document access; information seeking behavior; browsing studies; representation of questions and documents.
Guillermo A. Oyarce, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of North Texas. Information retrieval systems; human-computer interaction; cognitive issues in distributed networks and digital libraries. Linda Schamber, Associate Professor, Acting Dean of the College of Information and Associate Director of the Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Program; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Information and communication theory; human information behavior; information organization; qualitative research methods.
Barbara Schultz-Jones, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of North Texas. Collaboration networks; social networks; school library automation; information literacy in K-12 schools.
Daniella Smith, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Florida State University. School libraries; professional leadership theory and development.
Herman L. Totten, Regents Professor and Vice President for University and Community Affairs; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma. Management of libraries and information agencies; diversity issues related to management; reading activities of all age groups.
Maurice Wheeler, Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. Management; leadership; organizational culture; diversity; public libraries.
Oksana Zavalina, Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois. Cataloging and classification; metadata; subject analysis; human information behavior.
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Toulouse Graduate School
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Information Science
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program
Graduate Opportunities
The University of North Texas’ Interdisciplinary Information Science Ph.D. Program responds to the varied and changing needs of an information age and the increasing recognition of the central role of information and information technologies in individual, social, economic and cultural affairs.
Graduates are prepared to contribute to the advancement and evolution of the information society in a variety of roles and settings as administrators, researchers and educators.
Our program is the nation’s largest fully interdisciplinary doctoral program and the second largest Ph.D. program in the discipline. Its interdisciplinary structure deliberately encourages and supports interactions among students and faculty in different academic units. These units include those in the College of Visual Arts and Design and the Mayborn School of Journalism as well as the departments of:
- Behavior Analysis
- Communication Studies
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Criminal Justice
- Information Technology and Decision Sciences
- Learning Technologies
- Library and Information Sciences
This allows you to develop a degree plan tailored to your individual interests. Other advantages include:
- Access to extensive research library resources on campus and online
- High-level of faculty-student interaction
- Involvement of excellent researchers as instructors and mentors
- Research opportunities through the Texas Center for Digital Knowledge and other College of Information research centers
- Variety of course delivery formats, including online and blended
You can meet other students and professionals by getting involved in one of our student organizations, through online networking opportunities and attending the College of Information Colloquium lecture series.
The College of Information is located at Discovery Park, a 300-acre research facility four miles north of the main campus. The college has the third largest endowment among library and information science programs in the U.S. In recent years, it has received funds for research and student support from national, state and local agencies, including the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Library of Congress, the Online Computer Library Center, and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
The University Libraries house collections of more than 6 million cataloged items, in a variety of formats, in five libraries located in five facilities.
Research opportunities
The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge brings scholars from multiple disciplines together to investigate and consult on technologies and practices that enhance organizational and workplace effectiveness. TxCDK provides research support services for faculty members and doctoral students and sponsors lectures and workshops.
The Intelligent Information Access Lab explores effective and efficient methods for access, interaction and analysis of large, distributed, heterogeneous, multimedia and sometimes multilingual information.
The Visual Thinking Laboratory explores the ways humans interact with the territory at the juncture of image and meaning.
The Information Research and Analysis Lab advances best practices in research and analysis methods, and it facilitates the interdisciplinary research endeavors of the faculty, staff and students within the College of Information. The lab also manages a web-based repository of best practices and techniques and offers fee- based services to nonprofit and for-profit organizations.
Attending UNT
Admission requirements
The admission process is highly competitive and based on a holistic review of your academic history and potential for success in the research field. You will need to meet admission requirements for the Toulouse Graduate School along with the following Ph.D. program admissions requirements:
- Acceptable GRE scores
- Curriculum vitae
- Master’s degree from an accredited institution
- Optional interview
- Overall graduate GPA of 3.4
- 300- to 500-word personal statement
- Three letters of recommendation
- Writing sample
For international students, a satisfactory score on the TOEFL or successful completion of the UNT Intensive English Language Institute is required.
More information about admission requirements is at infosciencephd.unt.edu/admission.
Degree requirements
- 21 semester hours in core areas
- 18 semester hours in two concentration areas (information theory and design, information and behavior, or information policy and management)
- 9 semester hours of electives
- Minimum of 12 semester hours of dissertation credit
You must pass a comprehensive qualifying exam with written and oral components before you begin your dissertation research.
Financial assistance
We offer several financial awards to help you pay for a graduate education. These include competitive scholarships, grants, and teaching and research assistantships.
You may apply for graduate library assistantships in the University Libraries after completing 9 semester hours. The graduate school also provides graduate fellowships, assistantships and scholarships. Visit gradschool.unt.edu for more information on these opportunities.