AUSTIN, Texas — The UT iSchool welcomes two new tenured faculty
members for the Fall 2012 semester, Associate Professor Kenneth R.
Fleischmann and Associate professor Bo Xie, both formerly from the
College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland. The
new hires strengthen the senior ranks of the school and establish a
formal link in health informatics with UT’s top-ranked School of
Nursing.
Dr. Fleischmann's research focuses on understanding the role of
human values in the design and use of information technologies as
well as developing new approaches for computational social science
through collaboration with computational linguists. He holds degrees
in Computer Science, Anthropology, and Science and Technology
Studies. His research has been funded by grants and fellowships from
the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the Intelligence
Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and has been published
in journals such as Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology (JASIST), Communications of the ACM,
Computer, and The Information Society, for which he also serves as
Associate Editor. Dr. Fleischmann will teach courses in information
in social and cultural context, value-sensitive design, and
information ethics.
Dr. Xie's research reflects her interdisciplinary training in
Medicine, Psychology, and Science & Technology Studies. She
focuses on health informatics interventions that can promote older
adults’ use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for
health information and decision-making (i.e., e-health literacy)
that may have important implications for patient-provider
relationships and health outcomes. The long-term focus of her work
is to address socioeconomic disparities in access to health
information and information technology. Her areas of focus include
older adults' learning and use of computers and the internet;
computer literacy; lifelong learning; civic engagement;
volunteering; social relationships; social support; online
communities; health and well-being. Currently funded by NIH, Dr. Xie
will hold a joint appointment with the School of Nursing and help
develop a new cross-disciplinary program in health informatics.
“We are delighted to recruit these two faculty members”, said Dean
Andrew Dillon of the School of Information, adding, “Ken and Bo
represent strong additions to our tenured ranks and bring expertise
that complements our strengths, builds bridges with important
constituencies on campus, and extends our efforts to create a new
kind of interdisciplinary school to shape the future of information
science”.
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