2013 Doctor of Philosophy, Library and Information, Degrees Awarded at Emporia State University, School of Library and Information Management

Peggy L. Kaney of Tahlequah, Oklahoma was awarded the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Library and Information Management, at the May 2013 graduation ceremony. The title of Dr. Kaney’s dissertation is Representations of Disability in Youth Literature: A Discourse Analysis of Award Winning Books. Dissertation committee members included Dr. Mirah Dow, Dissertation Chair, Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; Dr. Carol Russell, Professor, Elementary Education and Director Early Childhood and Special Education Department, Emporia State University; and Dr. Amy Aldridge Sanford, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Chair and Graduate Director, Department of Communications, Art, & Theatre, College of Liberal Arts, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

Abdullahi I. Musa of Soba, Kanduna, Nigeria was awarded the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Library and Information Management, at the December 2013 graduation ceremony. The title of Dr. Musa’s research is Resistance to Polio Immunization Information in Kano, Nigeria. Dissertation committee members included Dr. Ronald Freeze, Dissertation Chair, Interim Chair and Associate Professor, School of Business, Emporia State University; Dr. Gwen Alexander, Dean and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; Dr. Mirah Dow, Associate Professor and Director Ph.D. Program, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; and Dr. Andrew Smith, Interim Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University.

Melissa A. Cast-Brede of Omaha, Nebraska was awarded the degree Doctor of Philosophy, Library and Information Management, at the December 2013 graduation ceremony. The title of Dr. Cast-Brede research is Academic Librarians’ Role in Gatekeeping: The Influence of Vendor Labeling on Academic Library Collections. Dissertation committee members included Dr. Mirah Dow, Dissertation Chair, Associate Professor and Director Ph.D. Program, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; Dr. Gwen Alexander,  Dean and Associate Professor, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University; and, Dr. John Hill, Professor, Education Administration and Supervision, The University of Nebraska at Omaha.

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