Home Page of Kathryn Clodfelter

Associate Director, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge

Ph.D. Student in Information Science
Minor in Social Informatics
School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University - Bloomington
E-Mail: kaclodfe@indiana.edu
Advisor: Alice Robbin

C.V.

Research	Teaching	Presentations	Experience
Education	Awards	Associations	Background

Research Interests

My research involves examining the relationship between local community information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives and the global Information Society. This interdisciplinary research draws on such concepts and theories as social inclusion/exclusion, social capital and social networks, social construction and social shaping of technology, political economy, diffusion of innovations, informational capitalism, and community ecology. In particular, I seek to better understand sociotechnical interaction network (STIN) dynamics, center-periphery tensions, omitted actors, and unintended consequences. The motivation for this line of research comes from my personal experience as a rural community technology "champion".

Teaching

• Instructor during Summer 2008 for SLIS-S603 Grant Writing Workshop for Public Libraries and Academic Libraries
• Instructor during Summer 2007 for SLIS-L595 Grant Writing Workshop
• Guest Lecturer on September 20, 2007 for SLIS-S552 Academic Library Management
  Topic: Grant Writing Overview
• Guest Lecturer on April 16, 2007 for Informatics INFO-I202
  Topic: Indiana's Community Networking Movement 1995-2005: An Example of Digital Divide Research
• Guest Lecturer on October 25, 2006 for SLIS-L509 Research Methods
  Topic: Ethical Behavior and the Conduct of Social Research
• Guest Lecturer on February 27, 2006 for SLIS-L563 Information Policies, Economics and the Law
  Topic: A Midwestern Community Networking Movement: A Planned Multitheoretical Multilevel (MTML) Social Network Analysis
• Guest Lecturer on December 3, 2003 for L571 Information Architecture for the Web
  Topic: Stealth Knowledge and Content Management

Presentations

• CommNets 2.0: Using an Evolutionary Perspective to Examine a Statewide Community Networking Initiative, co-authors: Wayne Buente and Howard Rosenbaum. Paper presented at ASIST 2007 Annual Meeting.
• Memory Practices in the Study of a Statewide Community Networking Initiative. Presented as part of panel on Memory practices in online communities: An exploratory panel at ASIST 2007 Annual Meeting.
• Universal Service: Simple Concept - Complex Implementation, presented at Indiana Chapter of ASIST 2006 Spring Meeting.
• Intellectual Property in Practice: Work-for-Hire from a Technical Writer’s Perspective, presented at ASIST 2005 Annual Meeting.

Professional Experience

• Texas Center for Digital Knowledge: Associate Director, 2008-present
• Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics: Webmaster, 2004-2008
• The Information Society: Book Review Editor, 2006-2008
• Indiana University GradGrants Center: Grants Consultant, 2008
• Pre-Ph.D.

Educational Background

Degree Programs

Courses Completed

• Social Informatics
• Computerization Movements (SLIS)
• Foundations of Information Systems Research (Kelley School of Business)
• Information Policy, Economics, and the Law: Community (SLIS)
• International Information Issues (SLIS)
• Issues in Knowledge Management (SLIS)
• Organizational Informatics (SLIS)
• Origins of the Information Age (Telecommunications Dept.)
• The Networked Society (Telecommunications Dept.)
• Theories of Communication Networks (Telecommunications Dept.)
• Information Organization and Representation
• Introduction to Information Architecture (SLIS)
• Metadata (SLIS)
• Ontologies (SLIS)
• Readings in Ontology Theory (SLIS)
• Research Methods
• Advanced Psychology Statistics I (Psychology Dept.)
• Advanced Psychology Statistics II (Psychology Dept.)
• Introduction to LIS Doctoral Research (SLIS)
• Introduction to Research Methods (SLIS)
• Readings in Qualitative Research Methods (SLIS)
• Social Network Analysis (Sociology Dept.)

Selected Class Papers

• 2005, Telecom T603 (Communication Networks):
  A Midwestern Community Networking Movement: A Planned Multitheoretical Multilevel (MTML) Social Network Analysis
• 2005, SLIS L600 (Independent Reading):
  Research into Practice: Challenges & Perspectives
• 2005, SLIS L563 (Information Policies, Economics and the Law):
  The Embedded Knowledge Manager: A New Title for Community Network "Champions," a New Role for Librarians, and a New Community of Practice

Awards and Honors

• Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellow (2006-2008)
• Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) Student Fellow (2006-Present)

Associations

• American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
• Society for Technical Communication