Professional Experience

Selected professional experience

  • McGill University, Assistant Professor (August 2019 – Current)
  • University of Strathclyde, Lecturer in Information Science (August 2016 – July 2019)
  • University at Buffalo, Adjunct Lecturer (September 2015 – December 2015)
  • Charles Sturt University, Research Assistant (July 2012 – December 2015)
  • Mount Royal University, Assistant Professor & Librarian (August 2009 – June 2012)
  • MacEwan University, Reference Librarian (August 2008 – May 2009)

Selected service work to the Discipline

Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS)

  • Vice-President/President-Elect (June 2021 – Current)

Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)

  • Research Engagement Committee, Chair/Vice-Chair (July 2020 – October 2022)
  • Strategic Planning Taskforce, Member (October 2019 – August 2020)
  • Membership Committee, Co-Chair (November 2017 – November 2018)
  • International Relations Committee, Member (September 2016 – November 2017)

Special Interest Group Needs, Seeking, and Use (SIG USE), Association for Science and Technology (ASIS&T)

  • Chair Elect, Chair, Immediate Past Chair (Elected October 2018; October 2018 – October 2021)
  • Co-chair of the 2015 SIG USE Symposium (November 2014 – November 2015)

Information Seeking In Context Conference (ISIC)

  • Steering Committee, Member (September 2022 – Current)
  • Programme Committee, Poster Co-Chair (April 2021 – September 2022)

Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

  • Programme Committee, ALISE Works-in-Progress Posters Co-Chair (2021)
  • Nominations Committee, Member (December 2017 – December 2018)

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIS&T)

  • Editor/Editorial Board Member (January 2020 – Current)
  • Lead Guest Editor, Special Issue on Information Behavior & Information Practices Theory (November 2020 – Current)
  • Guest Editor, Retrospective Special Issue on Information Behavior (January 2020 – January 2021) 

Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science (CJILS)

  • Editorial Board member (August 2022 – Current)

Recent service work to McGill

  • Co-Chair, School of Information Studies Equity Committee (September 2019 – May 2022)
  • Member, School of Information Studies Curriculum Committee (September 2019 – current)
  • School of Information Studies Representative, Humanities & Social Sciences Library Advisory Committee (September 2019 – current)
  • Faculty Advisor, McGill Association for Information Science & Technology Student Chapter (September 2019 – current)

Professional Memberships

  • Association for Information Science and Technology (Member 2014 – Current)
  • Association of Library and Information Science Education (Member 2013 – Current)
  • Canadian Association for Information Science (Member 2009 – Current)