Recent Faculty Activities
The outstanding strength of the College of Information Science and Technology (IST) is its faculty. All IST professors hold doctoral degrees, in areas that represent nearly every perspective on the information field: computer science, management information systems, cognitive psychology, library and information science, and information resources management.All are dedicated teachers, widely recognized for their expertise in their field. Most are published researchers who teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels. IST is a place where faculty and students know each other, classes are small, and students have many opportunities to work closely with faculty outside of class.
- December 1996 - January 1997
- November 1996
- Sept - Oct 1996
- June - July 1996
- May 1996
- April 1996
- February - March 1996
- December 1995 - January 1996
This is an alphabetical list of the current members of the IST faculty, including their educational background and areas of expertise:
(Rutgers University), Alice B. Kroeger Professor of Information Studies
Teaching: management and evaluation of information organizations and information services; foundations of information work. Research: the quality of information services; effectiveness of information organizations. (e-mail: childeta@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(University of Michigan), Associate Professor
Teaching: computer programming for information processing, with emphasis on the application of specialized languages primarily for text-processing operations; search strategy techniques for information retrieval and dissemination. Research: systems analysis techniques in dealing with problems in large organizations such as libraries. Training in industrial engineering, including operations research, stochastic processes, decision theory, and computer simulation. (e-mail: drott@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(George Mason University), Assistant Professor
Integrates teaching and research interests from the disciplines of information and software systems engineering; cognitive and behavioral sciences; and management and organizational theory. Research: multidisciplinary approaches to system life cycle engineering activities, including requirements identification and modeling, design, and evaluation. Specific application areas include human-computer interaction, planning and decision-making, and multimedia information systems. (e-mail: ehrhartl@post.drexel.edu)(UCLA), Distinguished Visiting Professor of Software Engineering
Software systems engineering; software project management; software risk management; software cost and schedule estimation.(University of Illinois), Professor and Dean Emeritus
Interests: problems of public library organization, government, and support; roles and services of state library agencies; political, social, and economic factors affecting library development in general. Other interests include library buildings and space planning for information services, and all aspects of professional education for library and information science. (e-mail: garrisgg@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(University of Connecticut), Research Professor and Professor Emeritus
Interests include research methods; the design, planning, and evaluation of information services and products; communication in science and technology; the functions of information in technical and scientific work. (e-mail: griffibc@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Florida State University), Associate Professor
Teaching: academic library service; library administration; organization of materials; technical processes and social aspects of information systems. Research: academic library management information systems and their relation to the management decision-making process; academic library services and use; collective bargaining; cooperation among libraries; and the application of simulation and gaming techniques to library education. (e-mail: halljb@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Drexel University), Visiting Professor
Interests: systems analysis techniques, database management systems, and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW). Research: use of computers to support collaboration, applications of linguistics to CSCW, and object-oriented analysis and design. Professional background includes development and design of database systems and collaborative technologies. (e-mail: lew_hassell@notes.cis.drexel.edu)(Drexel University), Assistant Professor
Interests: software development and modification; software evaluation and reuse; and organizing and staffing information systems groups. Professional experience in systems management, software product development, and technology support for large organizations. (e-mail: hislopg@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Cambridge University), Research Professor of Management and Information Science and Technology
Teaching and research interests: management of information systems; technology selection and transfer; simulation and system dynamics, particularly for business process reengineering. Associate director of MISE. (e-mail: hughesm@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(University of Maryland), Isaac L. Auerbach Professor and Dean of the College
Teaching and research: information management in large and complex organizations; information resource management; techniques and methodologies that connect organizational strategic direction to implementation and successful use of automated information systems; archival management, and subject access. Directs the Center for Multidisciplinary Information Systems Engineering (MISE). (e-mail: lytlerh@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Drexel University), Professor
Teaching: instructional role of the information specialist; collection development; and management. Research: delivery of information services to children and adolescents; design of library collections and services for user groups based on studies of their communication behavior; application of survey methodology and statistical analysis to collection planning and management. (e-mail: mancaljc@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Drexel University), Professor
Teaching: resources in science and technology; serial literature; and abstracting and indexing. Background in biological sciences, professional experience includes management of a biology library. Research: aspects of formal and informal communication including bibliometric studies of scholarly literatures and information transfer in the biomedical sciences; evaluating information retrieval systems; diffusion of innovation. (e-mail: mccainkw@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Louisiana State University), Associate Professor
Teaching: database management systems; expert systems; and artificial intelligence. Research: intelligent information systems; object-oriented database systems; multimedia information systems; and design of database and knowledge-based systems. Professional background includes simulation and development of large-scale software for missile systems. (e-mail:songiy@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Research Professor
Interests: information systems support to critical organizational processes; time-critical, distributed, team decision-making; and information and technology management. Teaching: information systems engineering; software project management; modeling and analysis of complex systems; and organizational systems design.(University of California, Berkeley), Professor
Interests: problems of information work with well-defined clienteles; services that involve resources in the social sciences, including machine-readable data; improvement of statistics for use by library management. Research: foundations of information work; expert systems in reference service; library collection evaluation; cocitation mapping of subject specialties; and American attitudes toward censorship. (e-mail:whitehd@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu)
