{"id":15956,"date":"2026-07-01T14:25:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?page_id=15956"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:33:42","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"MLIS Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master of Library and Information Studies<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"MLIS\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-mlis\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-15967\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15967\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15966\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15966\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15965\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15965\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/admission-and-fees\/\">Admission and Fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-16081\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-16081\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/mlis-scholarships\/\">Scholarships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15964\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15964\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-15963\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-15963\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/academics\/mlis\/accreditation\/\">Accreditation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full-Time Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/cynthia-r-johnson\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Cynthia-R-Johnson-Headshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Cynthia-R-Johnson-Headshot.jpg 388w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Cynthia-R-Johnson-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Cynthia-R-Johnson-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Cynthia-R-Johnson-Headshot-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/cynthia-r-johnson\/\">Cynthia R. Johnson<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor <\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:cynthia.johnson@uri.edu\">cynthia.johnson@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/valerie-karno\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/ValerieKarno-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/valerie-karno\/\">Valerie Karno<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2878<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:vkarno@uri.edu\">vkarno@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/jacqueline-kociubuk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025.jpg 800w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/highres_headshot_1_2025-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/jacqueline-kociubuk\/\">Jacqueline Kociubuk<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:jacqueline.kociubuk@uri.edu\">jacqueline.kociubuk@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/julie-ladell-thomas\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Julie LaDell-Thomas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Profile-pic_white-copy-1280x1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/julie-ladell-thomas\/\">Julie LaDell-Thomas<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Teaching Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:julie.ladellthomas@uri.edu\">julie.ladellthomas@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/yan-ma\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yan Ma\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/yan-ma-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/yan-ma\/\">Yan Ma<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.2819<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:yanma@uri.edu\">yanma@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/lauren-mandel\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Lauren Mandel\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web.jpg 600w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Lauren-Mandel-web-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/meet\/lauren-mandel\/\">Lauren Mandel<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor, Director<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4646<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:lauren_mandel@uri.edu\">lauren_mandel@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part-Time Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Barbara Alvarez<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Part-Time Faculty<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">MLIS Program<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:barbara.alvarez@uri.edu\">barbara.alvarez@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Diana-head-shot-2025.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Diana-head-shot-2025.jpg 415w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2164\/Diana-head-shot-2025-292x300.jpg 292w, 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