Research Team

Dr. LaVerne Gray is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University iSchool. Her research explores information location and value in marginal community spaces, African-American historical information collectives and archival-evidence analysis.

Email: lgray01@syr.edu

Jeongbae Choi is a Ph.D. student at Syracuse University iSchool. His research has focused on the philosophy of information, information literacy and library education, information pathologies, and information policy and smart cities.

E-mail: jechoi@syr.edu

Shannon Crooks is a Ph.D. student in the Information Science and Technology Program at the Syracuse University iSchool. She currently has a Master’s in Library and Information Science and a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work. Her research interest areas include social justice informatics, community engagement librarianship, academic publishing practices, and misinformation.

Email: scrooks@syr.edu

Ariana Cook is a Master’s student at the Syracuse University iSchool. She is a Wilhelm Scholar and 2022–2024 Kaleidoscope Program Scholars. Her research interest areas include BIPOC studies, LAMS, special collections, and digital humanities.

Email: acook12@syr.edu

Bella Corieri is a PhD Candidate at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. Her research interests include community infrastructuring practices, spatial storytelling, and feminist mapping.

Email: ilcorier@syr.edu

Yang Zhao is a Ph.D. student in Information Science and Technology at Syracuse University. Her research interests include digital humanities and information accessibility. Yang holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of York, an M.A. in Art History from Heidelberg University, and a B.A. in Museum Studies from Fudan University.

Email: yzhao254@syr.edu

This project, RE-250139-OLS-21, was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.