Principal Investigators
Dr. Bharat Mehra , P.I., was a Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee. His research involves representing diversity and intercultural issues in library and information science and furthers social justice and social equity agendas to meet the needs of minority and underserved populations. He has collaborated with diverse racial/ethnic minorities, international and cross-cultural communities in the diaspora, sexual minorities, rural communities, small businesses, and others, to represent their perspectives while shaping the design of community-based information systems and services. From January 1, 2019, Dr. Mehra accepted the position of Endowed Chair in Social Justice and Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama.
Dr. Vandana Singh , co-P.I., is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tennessee. Her research focusses on the use of technology in various settings and includes Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer Interaction and Information Systems, Online Communities and Software Development. Dr. Singh has received multiple research grants from federal agencies, including National Science Foundation (NSF), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the United States Geological Society (USGS)
Partners
Blount County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee.
Clinch River Regional Library, Clinton, Tennessee.
Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Sevier County Public Library System, Sevierville, Tennessee.
Wiggins Memorial Library, Buies Creek, North Carolina.
CA2CA@SCA-RL Advisory Board
Frances Adams O’Brien is the Librarian in the Research and Information Center, University of Tennessee’s Municipal Technical Advisory Service.
Cynthia Church is the Continuing Education Consultant at the Library of Virginia.
Dr. Joseph L. Donaldson is Assistant Professor in the 4-H Youth Development (Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications) at the University of Tennessee Extension (Institute of Agriculture).
Casey Fox is Library Fund Development Manager at the Knox County Public Library in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Matthew Jordan is the Director of the Clinch River Regional Library in Clinton, Tennessee.
Dr. Arthur Leal is Assistant Professor in the 4-H/Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications at the University of Tennessee Extension (Institute of Agriculture).
Dan Maynard is a Business Librarian and Algernon Sydney Sullivan Foundation Faculty Fellow in the Wiggins Memorial Library at Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.
Charles A. Sherrill is the State Librarian and Archivist at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
Sandra Gioia Treadway is the Librarian of Virginia/State Archivist.
Rhonda Clement Tippitt is the Director of the Sevier County Public Library System in Tennessee.
K. C. Williams is the Director of the Blount County Public Library (BCPL) in Maryville, Tennessee.
Student Research Team
Scott Sikes is a doctoral student in the College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee.
Chris Barrett was a master’s student in the School of Information Science at the University of Tennessee.