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RESUME
PRIYANKI SINHA, M.S.
Doctoral Candidate
School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee
420 Communications Building
1345 Circle Park, Knoxville, TN -37996
Ph: 865 -247-3784
E-mail: psinha2@utk.edu
EDUCATION
B.S., West Bengal University of Technology, India, Computer Applications, 2006
M.S., Indian Statistical Institute, Information and Library Science, 2010
Doctoral Student, University of Tennessee, Information Science, 2010 – present
(Expected Graduation: December 2015)
AREAS OF INTERESTS
Social Media, Information retrieval, Informetrics, Data Sharing, Environmental Information
Science.
Doctoral Dissertation Topic: Role of Social Media in Bridging Information Gap between
Citizens and Scientific Community: An Analysis of User Perceptions of NASA’s Space Mission
Videos on YouTube.
EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, Indian Statistical Institute, Statistical analysis of scientific productivity:
A study of different research institutes in India, Aug 2009 – June 2010.
Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, DataOne Project, Feb 2011 – Present
HONORS
Indian Statistical Institute, Full academic support and scholarship for the M.S. program in
Information and Library Science for the academic year 2008-2010.
ScienceLinks2 Fellowship, University of Tennessee, Full academic support and stipend for the
PhD program in Communication and Information for the academic year 2010 -2014.
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PUBLICATIONS
Submitted Works
Tenopir, C., Allard, S., Sinha, P., Pollock, D., Birch, B., Dalton, E., Frame, M., & Baird, L.
(2015). Data management education from the perspective of science educators.
Posters
Sinha, P., Malone, J., Suomela, T, Metzer, L, Noakes, E., & Sims, D. (2011). Collaboration it’s a
good thing- A multi-faceted role-analysis in graduate student education as faculty-in-training at
the 33rd Annual Research Symposium, College of Communication and Information, University
of Tennessee.
Lisa, M., Noakes, E., Malone, J., Sinha, P., & Suomela, T. (2011), “Environmental Information
Science – A course at the intersection of Popper’s Worlds” at the 33rd Annual Research
Symposium, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee.
CONFERENCE PANELS
Tenopir, C., Van der Hoeven, J., Palmer, C., Malone, J., & Sinha, P. (2011, October). Sharing
data: Practices, barriers and incentives. Panel presented at the American Society for Information
Science and Technology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
INVITED TALKS
Delivered a guest lecture at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville on the History and Development of Information Sciences as well as
presented the preliminary findings of my doctoral dissertation.
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Teaching Responsibilities
Courses Taught:
1. Course Name: INSC102 – Technologies for Information Retrieval.
Term: Fall 2012 & Spring 2013
Credit Hours: 3
Number of Students in Fall 2012: 27
Number of Students in Spring 2013: 29
Course Description: This course focused on the latest innovations in the field of
information technology. It also dealt with providing an in-depth understanding of the
computer system, its hardware, operating systems, programming languages, networks,
databases as well as retrieving relevant information from the internet. The course was
designed to explore the role of computer literacy in today’s generation, learn about the
advantages and disadvantages users experience while interacting with the computers,
discuss how to use a search engine efficiently to search for information on the web,
database management, computer and information security, different kinds of
communication devices (including gaming consoles) and data storage devices.
2. Course Name: INSC460 – Internet Applications and Technologies.
Term: Fall 2013
Credit Hours: 3
Number of Students in Fall 2013: 10
Course Description: This course dealt with the concepts of World Wide Web and
Internet technologies such as HTML, XHTML, XML and CSS. The focus of this course
was to help students understand how these markup languages are used to solve
organizational, individual and discipline-specific problems. Some of the topics in this
course include: The history and the role of Internet standards in the design of information
systems; metadata; principles and practices of standards-compliance, web design using
HTML, XHTML and CSS. The course was designed to provide a behind the scenes
approach to the students about the world of Internet and information.
Teaching Responsibilities: Both of these courses were delivered to the students via
asynchronous distance education (ADE) method. My responsibilities for these courses
included recording the lectures using Blackboard Collaborate Software and making them
available to the students each week, creating assignments, tests and providing them with
a complete feedback of their work in class and homework assignments. I used
PowerPoint slides from the publisher of the textbook, which was followed in class to help
students understand the concepts. I also used relevant YouTube videos and science
articles available on Internet to foster better understanding of the concepts. Discussion
boards, face-to-face and virtual meetings with instructor were used to increase interaction
between the students and the instructor. The students in both of these courses came from
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a variety of majors (English, Psychology, Computer Sciences, Business) and
undergraduate levels. It was challenging to meet the information needs from such a
diverse group of students. However, it was a great learning experience for me as an
online instructor to teach and interact with so many students.
3. Course Name: SIS 490 – Environmental Information Science
Term: Spring 2011
Credit Hours: 3
Number of Students: 15
Course Description: Environmental Information Science introduced a mixed group of
undergraduate students to the intersection of environmental information sciences by
investigating the role of technology in environmental science, the challenges faced by
scientists, information science professional, policy makers and citizens in gathering,
communicating, using, interpreting and sharing information and data about the
environment as well as the role of technology and data intensive science in solving
environmental problems.
Teaching Responsibilities: I was a teaching assistant for this course. Some of the topics
that I taught in this course are: metadata, metadata standards, its significance and usage in
library and information sciences, environmental sciences, healthcare and Internet. I also
discussed about data management tools and content management systems. Apart from
that, my responsibilities involved creating and grading the assignments for students,
providing them with feedback and answering their course related questions during the
semester. SIS 490 is a course that is created as a result of the research collaboration
between my doctoral cohort and me during fall 2010. This course was then implemented
at the undergraduate level in the School of Information Sciences at UT. Initially, the
course was taught face-to-face during the first few semesters. Currently this course is
offered online.
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References:
Dr. Carol Tenopir (Dissertation Chair)
Chancellor's Professor, Director of Research, Director of CICS
School of Information Sciences,
College of Communication and Information,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
423 Communications Building
Ph: 865.974.7911
E-mail: ctenopir@utk.edu
Dr. Suzie Allard (Dissertation Committee Member)
Associate Professor, Associate Director
School of Information Sciences,
College of Communication and Information,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
453 Communications Building
Ph: 865.974. 1369
E-mail: sallard@utk.edu
Dr. Devendra Potnis (Dissertation Committee Member)
Assistant Professor
School of Information Sciences,
College of Communication and Information,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
444 Communications Building
E-mail: dpotnis@utk.edu
Dr. Kitty McClanahan (Teaching Supervisor)
Assistant to the Director
Practicum Coordinator
IS&T Minor Program Coordinator, Lecturer
School of Information Sciences
451 Communications Building,
Ph: 865.974.8942
E-mail: kmcclan3@utk.edu