Discovery Series Shrabani Basu Screening at Lyceum
The College of Information welcomed the second Discovery Series speaker for 2019. Shrabani Basu is the author and journalist behind the best selling book turned Hollywood movie Victoria and Abdul. The book portrays the real-life relationship between Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her Indian Muslim servant Abdul Karim. Basu's work relied heavily on access and interpretation or archived journals, maps and newspapers in both British and Indian libraries.
Attendees were treated to a viewing of the movie followed by a discussion with Basu and Dr. Shobhana Chelliah of the Linguistics department.
The event was also a part of the "Imperial Legacies of 1919" conference with the UNT History Department.
Arts & Jazz
Thank you, to all the faculty, staff and students who volunteered for the first ever COI booth at the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival. All three days of the event we were able to capture the attention of the public with our spinning prize wheel and engage the community with the 'Language of Now,' game created by our linguistics students.
C.O.D.E Series Linguistics career panel
Panelists: Nick Gaylord(zoom remote), Michael Mugo, Lisa Jeon, and Kevin Hawkins.
The event was moderated by Patricia Cukor-Avila. The series, known as C.O.D.E. (Career Opportunities, Directions, and Exploration) is a collaboration between the college, the departments, and the career center.
The goal of the event is to serve our target audiences of COI students looking to establish career directions as they plan their degree. The purpose is also to inspire prospective students interested in COI degrees by demonstrating how our programs intersect with their fields of study. Several topics came up in the discussion including data science, natural language processing, information retrieval and the need for Linguistics to be able to deal with unstructured data.
MIRS and Discovery Series Keynote Speaker Susan Gehr
MIRS, Multinterdisciplanry Information Research Symposium, is a one-day research symposium co-hosted by the University of North Texas College of Information, the UNT ASIS&T Student Chapter, and SLANT to showcase the research efforts of information scholars and practitioners. The theme for MIRS 2019 is Information, Language, and Power.
Some of the sessions included Health Informatics, Promoting Partnership, and Interdisciplinary for LIS Education, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented reality information and media.
Keynote speaker Susan Gehr, a reference librarian at College of the Redwoods, a Co-Convener of the Institute for Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) and the PI for the Karuk Tribe’s Documenting Endangered Languages grant Karuk Archives and Accessibility Project.
Her address titled: “I’ll do it myself! And other strategies in Karuk Language Documentation and revitalization," discussed connections and disjunctures that exist between disciplines like linguistics, library and information sciences, archival science, computer science, and Native American studies. Gehr addressed the support and challenges that exist in language revitalization.
Meet Laura Garza, Career Coach for the College of Information
Garza serves as both the Career Coach for the College of Information and College of Engineering at Discovery Park. Garza's office is located Room C111, first floor. Her office hours are Monday-Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Her goal is to educate and guide UNT students through planning and actively fulfilling career goals and aspirations.
Andrews Legal Literature Award (ALLA)
Congratulations to Dr. Yvonne J Chandler and Dr. Michele A.L. Villagran on their national recognition for their work!
Their book Celebrating Diversity: A Legacy of Minority Leadership in the American Association of Law Libraries (2nd edition) written by Shamika D. Dalton, Dr. Yvonne J. Chandler, Vicente E. Garces, Dennis C. Kim-Prieto, Carol Avery Nicholson, and Dr. Michele A.L. Villagran is a recipient of the Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Award for 2019. This is one of the highest peer-recognized awards given.
The Joseph L. Andrews Legal Literature Awardrecognizes a significant textual contribution to legal literature. The team will be recognized at the Awards Luncheon at the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Conference in Washington, DC this summer.
The AALL Awards Program publicly recognizes the achievements of law librarians based on service to the profession and contributions to legal literature and materials. AALL is the only national association that keeps law librarians and other legal information professionals on the leading edge of industry advancements and passionately champions the value of the profession as a whole.
Honor's Day
Sinnce 1950—the University of North Texas has observed the tradition of coming together during the academic year to honor the most accomplished and distinguished students, faculty, and staff.
Please join us in recognizing the following outstanding students in the College of Information!
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Outstanding Student in Greater LA Cohort Haviva Avirom Outstanding Student in New Mexico Cohort Sara Bowler-Hill Outstanding Student in Information Sciences Ph.D. Program Michelle Farabough Outstanding Student in Houston Program David Farris Outstanding Student in Library and Information Sciences Celenia Graves Lis and Philip Turner Outstanding Student Paper Susan Hoover Outstanding Student in New England Cohort Sherry Marchand Outstanding Student in San Antonio Cohort Nicole Meneses Outstanding Student in Information Sciences Katie Pierce-Farrer Information Science Academic Excellence Ph.D. Award Ana Roeschley Outstanding Student in Virginia and West Virginia Program Diana Tippett Outstanding Student in Nevada/Utah/SWIM Cohort Rodolfo Valdovinos
LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES Outstanding Collaboration and Peer Mentorship Award Alaina Doyle Melvin Moffitt Jr. Scholarship Rochelle Harris Emerging Leadership Award Tai Yi Huang Innovative Technology Design Award Samson Lepcha Innovative Learning Design Award Jodi Mata Outstanding Scholarship Award Vince Moore Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award Keyse Riberiro Fonseca Outstanding Undergraduate Leadership Award Christina Waid
LINGUISTICS Linguistics Departmental Award Kristen Acker
The staff awards recognize nominated staff members who go above and beyond their duties to contribute to UNT's quality and excellence, to provide excellent customer service, to support student success, and to foster a diverse, inclusive workplace and campus.
Soaring Eagles
Caley Barnhart, Administrative Specialist
Janet Thompson, Senior Research Analyst -Grant Writer/Pre-Award Administrator
Congratulations and thank you, for your continued dedication to the College of Information!
Fulbright Scholar
Kristen Acker
The Linguistics department is home to a second Fulbright Scholar this Spring semester. After graduation, Kristen Acker will travel to Germany for an English Teaching Assistantship. While in Germany, she will be teaching students English and educating them about the United States.
Fulbright ETA award winners are considered acting ambassadors of their home country and university. The award aims to improve relationships and cultural understanding with foreign countries. Acker expects to leave for Germany in the late Summer or early Fall.
After Germany, she plans to continue Linguistics research while completing my MA in Evangelization and Catechetics. In May she will graduate with her BA in Linguistics with a minor in German. Acker's hometown is Amarillo, TX.
Associate Dean of Research and Development featured in Linguistics publications
Dr. Shobhana Chelliah has two features in the Linguistlist and the Linguist Society of America. Dr. Chelliah is a long time member and supporter of both organizations. In the articles, Chelliah gives important advice to young Linguists, shares her personal introduction to the field and what it is like creating her own path in language documentation.
Dr. Chelliah continues to mentor students who come through her office doors and often takes them with her for fieldwork in India. She has also partnered with colleges and different departments across UNT for research. Most recently she led an NSF funded project with the UNT Political Science Department on Political Instability and Language Endangerment.
Dr. Chelliah knows first-hand the challenges facing linguists today. To read the full articles use the links below.
Information Science Ph.D. student Jo Ann Livingston selected for Journalism Cohort
Livingston was one of 20 doctoral students from across the nation to be selected for the second PhDigital Bootcamp, sponsored by the Texas State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The program goal is to prepare future faculty to lead innovative curriculum.
UNT Scholars Day 2019 – Linguistics Student Research Presentations
Another successful representation of the Linguistics department at UNT’s Scholars Day 2019. The following Linguistics students participated at Scholars Day presenting their original research work on April 2nd.
Georgina Herrera: The Use of Code Switching of Latino Instagram Influencers
Ashley Manis: Language and Advertising in Competing Businesses
Vanessa Marlo: The Meaning of Twitter Slang used by BTS Fans
Kristen Acker: The Functions of Self-Reference Pronouns in Hitler's Speeches
Hannah Rolon: Remaining Static in Dynamic Spaces: A Study of Khmer Language
Practice in Facebook Comments
Wesley Scivetti: Analyzing Corporal Evidence of English Phonesthemes
Yoko Esaki: ADHD and Metaphors: Blogs
Georgina Fullerton: Linguistic Features Within the Server Persona
Brittany Hoffman: Social Appropriateness of Terms of Endearment in American English
Joshua Acosta: Criminalizing Mexican Immigrants: A Critical Analysis of Donald
Trump’s Twitter Rhetoric
Breanna Cozart: Detecting Machine Translation Use by Japanese as a Foreign Language Students
Amayrani Montoya-Salgado: Language Discrimination by Twitter Accounts
Jennifer Ragan: Grammaticality Judgements of Article Usage in L2 English by L1
Arabic Speakers
Ashley Balcazar: The Passive Side of Sexual Violence: A Linguistic Analysis of ICTY “Landmark Cases”
Erin Killian: Keysmash as a Global Language and Social Construct
Ciaran McCormick: Lowland Zone Celtic Grammatical Influence in Old English
Mary K Gowdy: CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE: The framing of ‘Privilege’ and the Change of its Connotation
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Don Cleveland
Dr. Don Cleveland joined the UNT Department of Information Science (formerly the School of Library and Information Sciences) faculty in 1977. During his tenure, Dr. Cleveland was instrumental in the development of new programs, including the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Information Science. He served as the program’s associate director from 1992 - 1998. In addition, he and his wife, Regents Professor and Sarah Law Kennerly Endowed Professor, Dr. Ana Cleveland, have both been influential in the development and success of the Houston program, which serves library and information science master’s students in the Houston area.
Don was the author of several publications in leading journals in the field, ranging from information retrieval, indexing and abstracting, medical informatics, cartooning, books for young adults (on communication and the brain) and a novel. In 1982, he co-authored with Dr. Ana Cleveland, Introduction to Indexing and Abstracting, a textbook that became a staple for the LIS field.
Mr. Nutter was previously a history teacher before he had the opportunity to fill in for a district librarian. He immediately realized his passion was books and this led to a distinguished career as an academic librarian. He eventually completed two Master’s degrees in Library Science from the University of North Texas. He served as a librarian at Clarendon College (TX), Southwestern College (KS), Southwestern Oklahoma State University (OK) and retired from the University of Texas at Brownsville.
In March the College of Information will be the proud owner of a 70" television display outside the advising office. If you have an announcement you would like to see posted on the display please fill out the marketing request form located on the college website.
