Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.

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Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.

Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.

Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.

Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.Sanda Erdelez, Ph.D.

Dean and Professor 

School of Library and Information Science 

Simmons University in Boston, MA.

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Greetings! I am a library and information science researcher of human information behavior and currently also an academic administrator at Simmons University. My research focuses on how people interact with information, especially on serendipity in information behavior (information encountering). I am also interested in usability of information environments and currently pursue interest in evaluation of extended reality environments such as augmented and virtual reality.

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Awards and Honors

Croatian Women of Influence Award

Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research

Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research

Croatian Women's Network, 2024

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Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research

Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research

Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research

Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on Information Seeking and Use (SIG USE), 2015 

Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching

Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching

Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching

University of Missouri Graduate Professional Council, 2006

Pratt-Severn Faculty Innovation Award

Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching

Gold Chalk Award for Excellence in Teaching

For use of information technologies in LIS teaching, Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), 2001

Past Roles

University of Missouri

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

Professor and Chair of the Library and Information Science Program, 

School of Information Science and Learning Technologies


Associate Director for Education, 

Missouri Informatics Institute

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin campus

Assistant Professor, 

Graduate School of Library and Information Science

Syracuse University

University of Texas at Austin

Syracuse University

Syracuse University campus

Fulbright scholar and PhD student in 

Information Transfer, 

School of Information Studies

Professional Networks

Academia.edu

Google Scholar

LinkedIn

ResearchGate


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School of Library and Information Science

Simmons University

300 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States

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