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The School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina is pleased to announce two new tenure-track faculty members. Dr. Darin Freeburg and Dr. Heather Moorefield-Lang
will join us in August 2014 and we are honored to welcome them to our school. Brief bios follow:
Darin Freeburg has degrees in English and Theology, and received his PhD in Communication and Information from Kent State University
in 2013. He decided to pursue a PhD because he enjoys interacting with and learning from college students, and has always dreamed of becoming a professor. Dr. Freeburg shares that he is “extremely excited about the opportunities at USC SLIS to work collaboratively
with other faculty and students on issues of information literacy, and message acceptance and rejection. I believe that the research I do can and should have a positive impact on the community, and I look forward to working with and in the local community.”
On a personal note, he has “been married for seven years to my beautiful wife, Lisa. We have a dog and a bunch of fish, and enjoy the outdoors, e.g. biking, fishing, and tennis. We met while playing together in a band sponsored by our undergraduate university,
traveling throughout the Midwest, and so music has always been a huge part of our lives. We are both very excited about the move to South Carolina.”
Heather Moorefield-Lang is currently the Education and Applied Social
Sciences Librarian at Virginia Tech. She received her Master’s in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and her doctorate in Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research is focused in technology
in education and libraries. She is the chair of the American Association of School Librarians Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Committee. Her current research is involved with the success and challenges of 3D printers in libraries and schools at various
types and levels. She is also delving into the research of digital citizenship and the online presence of our digital futures and afterlife.
Best regards,
Dr. Sam
Dr. S. K. Hastings
Director and Professor
School of Library and Information Science
University of South Carolina
Davis College
1501 Greene St.
Columbia, SC 29208
803-777-3858