DON L. LATHAM, JR. School of Information Studies 2190 E. Park Ave. Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32301 Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 850-878-8003 850-644-7272 latham@lis.fsu.edu Education PhD in English, University of Georgia (1995) Specialist in Library and Information Studies, Florida State University (1999) MS in Library and Information Studies, Florida State University (1997) MA in English, Clemson University (1984) BA in English, Clemson University (1981) Research Interests Technical communication among information professionals Information design Information literacy Information needs of children & youth Administrative Experience Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Information Studies, Florida State University (July 2002 to Present) Serve as the academic dean for the bachelor s, master s, and specialist degree programs in the School (approximately 1400 students); supervise Student Services staff; coordinate course approval process for new courses and course revisions; coordinate course scheduling; work with the Assistant Dean in assigning graduate assistantships; coordinate scholarships and awards in the School; work with Maria Chavez- Hernandez in coordinating graduate recruitment efforts; supervise three Information Studies faculty on the Panama City Campus; serve on the Undergraduate Program Team, the Student Services Team, and the Administrative Services Team; work closely with the FSU Office of Distributed and Distance Learning in administering the Information Studies 2+2 Program. Supervisor: Dean Jane Robbins.
Assistant Dean School of Information Studies, Florida State University (May 1999 to July 2002) Served as the academic dean for the bachelor s and master s programs in the School (approximately 1250 students); supervised the Student Services staff; helped develop curricula; advised undergraduate and graduate students; served on the Undergraduate Program Team, the Master s and Specialist Team, the Administrative Services Team, and the Student Services Team; worked with the Associate Dean to schedule courses; worked closely with the FSU Office of Distributed and Distance Learning; worked closely with administrators and faculty on the FSU Panama City Campus. Helped develop the online bachelor s program (2 + 2 Program); served on the Instructional Services Team. Supervisor: Dean Jane Robbins. Administrative Assistant for Radical Change Institute (children s resources) School of Information Studies, Florida State University (Spring-Summer 1998) Handled correspondence, maintained records, coordinated scheduling, created various documents for mailings, coordinated graduate student participation. Supervisor: Dr. Eliza Dresang. Graduate Student Records Assistant, School of Information Studies School of Information Studies, Florida State University (April 1997 to January 1998) Teaching Experience Conducted systems analysis of records administration in the School; processed applications to the graduate program; updated information on students in the School s electronic database; handled grade changes and enrollment; confirmed graduation eligibility. Supervisor: Dr. Elisabeth Logan. Faculty Administrator School of Information Studies, Florida State University (July 2000 to present) Don L. Latham, Jr. 2
Teach Technical Communication for the Information Professions and Information Graphics; supervise directed independent studies; advise undergraduate and graduate students. Visiting Research Associate School of Information Studies, Florida State University (July 1998 to June 2000) Taught Information Sources & Services, Electronic Information Sources & Services, Technical Communication for the Information Professions, Information Graphics. Developed online courses in Information Needs & Preferences and Information Sources & Services; co-developed with Gary Burnett an online course in Technical Communication. Supervised internships and independent studies. Brittain Teaching Fellow in English Georgia Institute of Technology (September 1993 to June 1996) Taught Technical Writing, Professional Communication (a speech course), Freshman Composition, and Survey of American Literature; served as the Brittain representative to the Technical Communications Committee; and assisted with orientation for new instructors. Teaching Assistant in English University of Georgia (September 1988 to August 1993) Taught Freshman Composition (including sections of computer-assisted instruction), Introduction to Literature, and Survey of American Literature; tutored in the Writing Center; served as mentor to teaching apprentices in Freshman Composition; and served as Graduate Student Representative to the Graduate Committee in the English Department. Instructor of English Clemson University (August 1984 to May 1988) Taught Freshman Composition, Survey of American Literature, Survey of Contemporary Literature, and Business Writing; served as advisor to firstyear teaching assistants; and served on the Business and Technical Writing Subcommittee and on the English Department Advisory Committee. Teaching Assistant in English Clemson University (August 1982 to August 1984) Don L. Latham, Jr. 3
Taught Freshman Composition and tutored in the Writing Laboratory. Library Work Experience Intern in Special Collections, Strozier Library Florida State University (Fall 1997) Organized and created a database for the Robert Ervin Jr. Collection; created web pages for the collection. Supervisor: Kathy Shelfer, Special Collections Librarian. Intern in the Harold Goldstein Library Science Library Florida State University (Summer 1997) Refereed Publications Analyzed the library s collection of and use of circulation and reference statistics; created electronically based instructional materials for use in training student assistants; assisted in writing a collection development policy for the Library Science Library. Supervisor: Sue Cnudde, Goldstein Librarian. Information Architecture: Notes Toward a New Curriculum. JASIS&T 53.10 (2002): 824-30. The Role of Technical and Professional Communication in the LIS Curriculum. JELIS 43.2 (2002): 155-63. Facilitating Interactivity in an Online Technical Communication Course. Proceedings of the 2002 Conference of the Society for Technical Communication. Childhood Under Siege: Lois Lowry s Number the Stars and The Giver. The Lion and the Unicorn 26.1 (2002): 1-15. Are We There Yet? A Retrospective Look at John Donovan s I ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. ALAN Review 29.1 (2001): 42-7. Radical Visions: Five Picture Books by Peter Sís. Children s Literature in Don L. Latham, Jr. 4
Education 31.3 (Sept. 2000): 179-93. Introductions and Conclusions in Popular Magazines. Co-authored with Caroline Goforth, Arizona English Bulletin, Winter 1985. Refereed Articles Accepted Latham, D. and S. Maata. Practicing What We Teach: A Descriptive Analysis of Distance Learning Library Services in ALA-accredited LIS Schools. Accepted by the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. Burnett, G., Burnett, K., and Latham, D. Distributed Learning in the FSU School of Information Studies. Accepted for Barron, D., ed. Title to be announced. (book chapter) Invited Publications Engaging Radical Change: Librarians Connect at Summer Institute. Voice of Youth Advocates August 1999: 174-76. Screening Student Writing: Siskel and Ebert in the Freshman Classroom. In Selected Papers of the First Annual Graduate Conference on Composition Pedagogies, Ed. Kim Whitehead, Georgia Institute of Technology. 1995. Refereed Conference Papers and Presentations Facilitating Interactivity in an Online Technical Communication Course. Paper presented at the 2002 Conference of the Society for Technical Communication. Nashville, TN, May 5-8, 2002. The Role of Technical and Professional Communication in the LIS Curriculum. 2002 ALISE Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA, January 15-18, 2002. Discipline and Punishment in Lois Lowry s The Giver. South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference 2001. Atlanta, GA, November 9-11, 2001. The Role of Information Literacy Instruction in Online Technical Communication Courses. South Central Modern Language Association Conference 2001. Tulsa, OK, November 1-3, 2001. Don L. Latham, Jr. 5
Burnett, G. and D. Latham. Editing in Cyberspace: Peer Critique Groups in a Web-based Technical Communication Course. International Conference on Technology and Education. Tallahassee, FL, May 2-5, 2001. Life without Color, Pain, or Past : Power Structures in Lowry s The Giver. Fourth Biennial Conference on Modern Critical Approaches to Children s Literature. Nashville, TN, April 5-7, 2001. Latham, D. and S. Maata. Practicing What We Teach: A Descriptive Analysis of Distance Learning Library Services in ALA-accredited LIS Schools. 2001 ALISE Annual Conference. Washington, DC, January 9-12, 2001. Are We There Yet? A Retrospective Look at John Donovan s I ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip. 2000 Children s Literature Association Conference. Roanoke, VA, June 22-25, 2000. Latham, D., Burnett, G., and Burnett, K. Right on Track: The Relationship between Undergraduate Concentrations and Employability. Association for Library and Information Science Education 2000 Conference, San Antonio, TX, January 11-14, 2000. Childhood Under Siege: Lois Lowry s Number the Stars and The Giver. Northeast Modern Language Association Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 16-17, 1999. Radical Visions: Three Picture Books by Peter Sís. Children s Literature Association Conference, Paris, France, July 1-5, 1998. James Whale s Comedy of Horrors. Twenty-first Annual Conference on Literature and Film, Florida State University, January 25-27, 1996. Hawthorne s Coup de Theâtre: Consular Experiences. 1995 South Atlantic Modern Language Association Convention, Atlanta, GA, November 3-5, 1995. Sympathy and Subversion: The Visual Dialectic of Tod Browning s Freaks Nineteenth Annual Conference on Literature and Film, Florida State University, January 1994. (Also served as moderator for this panel.) Don L. Latham, Jr. 6
Introductions and Conclusions in Popular Magazines Co-authored with Caroline Goforth, Georgia-South Carolina Teachers of English Conference, Clemson University, February 1984. Invited Conference Papers and Presentations Burnett, K. and D. Latham. Managing Growth and Change. Associate and Assistant Deans SIG. 2001 ALISE Annual Conference. Washington, DC, January 9-12, 2001. Does Distance Education Really Work? (Table talk presentation) Public Library Association Conference, Charlotte, NC, March 30-31, 2000. The BS Degree in Information Studies at FSU. Association for Library and Information Science Education 2000 Conference, San Antonio, TX, January 11-14, 2000. Theatricality in Hawthorne s Fiction. Brittain Colloquium, Georgia Institute of Technology, May 18, 1995. Screening Student Writing: Siskel and Ebert in the Freshman Classroom. Georgia Tech Writing Conference, May 1994. Grant Proposals Public Libraries as Partners in Youth Development Initiative: Evaluation Proposal. DeWitt Wallace-Reader s Digest Fund. Submitted: August 1999. Principal Investigators: Eliza T. Dresang, Charles R. McClure, Jane B. Robbins. $1.2 million. Not funded. Youth Services Certificate Program. IMLS. Submitted: March 1999. Principal Investigators: Don Latham, Pamela Barron. $225,000. Not funded. Honors and Awards Beta Phi Mu, Florida State University, 2000 University Fellowship, Florida State University, 1996-97 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, University of Georgia, 1990 Douglass Award for Excellence in Teaching, Clemson University, 1984 Don L. Latham, Jr. 7
Professional Affiliations American Library Association American Society for Information Science and Technology Association for Library and Information Science Education Children s Literature Association Society for Technical Communication References Dr. Jane Robbins, Dean School of Information Studies Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 850-644-2216 robbins@lis.fsu.edu Dr. Elisabeth Logan Senior Visiting Fellow Division of Information Studies School of Computer Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 639798 790-4289 aselogan@ntu.edu.sg Dr. Kathleen Burnett, Associate Dean School of Information Studies Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 850-644-8124 burnett@lis.fsu.edu Dr. Eliza Dresang School of Information Studies Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 850-644-5877 dresang@lis.fsu.edu Don L. Latham, Jr. 8