From: "Beth Secrist beth@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:10:00 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [73.40.28.43] (account beth@cni.org HELO [192.168.1.114]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.7) with ESMTPSA id 36459867 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:15:53 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_98F465D3-41FF-4C20-98B8-9906D123183A" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.14\)) Subject: Call for Applicants: Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for Information Studies X-Original-Message-Id: <345E0FDF-8181-4668-8A7A-E5BB8D8030ED@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:15:53 -0400 X-Original-To: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart diane@cni.org" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.14) --Apple-Mail=_98F465D3-41FF-4C20-98B8-9906D123183A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites applicants for the 2020 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship Applications due no later than = May 24, 2020 The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate = the memory of CNI=E2=80=99s founding executive director. The fellowship = is awarded every two years to students pursuing graduate studies in = librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who = demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those = of Paul Evan Peters, including: =E2=80=93commitment to use of digital information and advanced = technology to enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity, and public = life; =E2=80=93interest in the civic responsibilities of information = professionals and a commitment to democratic values; =E2=80=93positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, = technological, and bureaucratic challenges, and =E2=80=93humor, vision, humanity, and imagination. Two fellowships will be awarded in 2020: =E2=80=A2 One to a doctoral/ Ph.D. student in the amount of $5,000 per = year, to be awarded two consecutive years. =E2=80=A2 One to a master=E2=80=99s student in the amount of $2,500 per = year, to be awarded two consecutive years. The Award=E2=80=99s Impact: Comments & Updates from Fellowship = Recipients Laima Augustitis, the 2018 master=E2=80=99s award recipient, is working = on her thesis about facilitators, barriers, and potential future = directions for online transgender health information seeking. This work = follows her summer internship with an IT firm in Seoul, South Korea. Kristen Matteucci received the 2016 award for master=E2=80=99s students, = completed her degree in 2018, and joined the Jenkins Law Library. Jordan Eschler, who received the 2014 Peters Fellowship for doctoral = students, used the award to design and execute research that she then = presented at conferences. The award supported the research work itself, = as well as travel to the events. One of her papers detailed a = preliminary illness phase-based information behavior model for young = adult cancer survivors, which will serve as the basis for her = dissertation. Olivia Dorsey was the recipient of the master=E2=80=99s level fellowship = in 2014; her master=E2=80=99s project, =E2=80=9CVisualizing Police = Brutality,=E2=80=9D focused on visualizing data relating to incidents of = police brutality against unarmed African Americans from 1979-2014.=20 Jessica A. Koepfler received the Peters fellowship in 2010, completed = her degree in 2014, and then served as Managing Director at Intuitive = Company, a user-centered research, design, and development firm. = Koepfler commented, =E2=80=9CThe fellowship provided a source of funding = that allowed me to commit myself to a =E2=80=98fringe=E2=80=99 topic = like the study of values within the context of homelessness=E2=80=A6 The = award =E2=80=A6 put a spotlight on me early on in my program, which had = the snowball effect of people noticing me=E2=80=A6 I am truly grateful = for the fellowship and credit it with being very instrumental to me = particularly in those early years of my Ph.D. program.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CThe characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul=E2=80=94positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination=E2=80=94are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the = work that I do as a scholar and as a teacher,=E2=80=9D wrote Philip = Edwards, 2004 fellowship recipient. Edwards credits the award with = helping to broaden his professional horizons as a student: =E2=80=9CBecaus= e of this funding, I was able to travel to conferences which I would = have otherwise been unable to attend, and the interactions I had among = other researchers and practitioners at these gatherings have been more = valuable than I could have ever imagined.=E2=80=9D Christopher (Cal) Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is = currently a Professor at the School of Information and Library Science = at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches a = variety of subjects, including archival administration, records = management, digital curation, understanding information technology for = managing digital collections, and the construction of digital repository = rules. Links to the application forms, as well as more information about the = Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the application process, are available = at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = . Beth Secrist Communications Consultant, CNI beth@cni.org = --Apple-Mail=_98F465D3-41FF-4C20-98B8-9906D123183A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
The Coalition = for Networked Information (CNI) invites applicants for the

2020 Paul Evan Peters = Fellowship
https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship
Applications due no later than May 24, 2020

The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was = established to honor and perpetuate the memory of CNI=E2=80=99s founding = executive director. The fellowship is awarded every two years to = students pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, the information = sciences, or a closely related field, who demonstrates intellectual = and personal qualities consistent with those of Paul Evan Peters, = including:

=E2=80=93commitment to use of = digital information and advanced technology to enhance scholarship, = intellectual productivity, and public life;

=E2=80=93interest in the civic responsibilities of = information professionals and a commitment to democratic values;

=E2=80=93positive and creative approach to = overcoming personal, technological, and bureaucratic challenges, and

=E2=80=93humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination.

Two fellowships will be = awarded in 2020:

=E2=80=A2 One to a doctoral/ Ph.D. student in the amount of $5,000 per = year, to be awarded two consecutive years.

=E2=80=A2 One to a master=E2=80=99s student in the amount of = $2,500 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years.

The Award=E2=80=99s Impact: Comments & = Updates from Fellowship Recipients

Laima Augustitis, the 2018 master=E2=80=99s award = recipient, is working on her thesis about facilitators, barriers, = and potential future directions for online transgender health = information seeking. This work follows her summer internship with an IT = firm in Seoul, South Korea.

Kristen Matteucci received the 2016 = award for master=E2=80=99s students, completed her degree in 2018, and = joined the Jenkins Law Library.

Jordan Eschler, who received the 2014 Peters Fellowship = for doctoral students, used the award to design and execute research = that she then presented at conferences. The award supported the = research work itself, as well as travel to the events. One of her = papers detailed a preliminary illness phase-based information = behavior model for young adult cancer survivors, which will serve as the = basis for her dissertation.

Olivia Dorsey was the recipient of the master=E2=80=99= s level fellowship in 2014; her master=E2=80=99s project, =E2=80=9CVisuali= zing Police Brutality,=E2=80=9D focused on visualizing data = relating to incidents of police brutality against unarmed African = Americans from 1979-2014. 

Jessica A. Koepfler received the Peters fellowship = in 2010, completed her degree in 2014, and then served as Managing = Director at Intuitive Company, a user-centered research, design, = and development firm. Koepfler commented, =E2=80=9CThe fellowship = provided a source of funding that allowed me to commit myself to a = =E2=80=98fringe=E2=80=99 topic like the study of values within the = context of homelessness=E2=80=A6 The award =E2=80=A6 put a = spotlight on me early on in my program, which had the snowball effect of = people noticing me=E2=80=A6 I am truly grateful for the fellowship = and credit it with being very instrumental to me particularly in those = early years of my Ph.D. program.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CThe characteristics that have often been associated = with Paul=E2=80=94positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination=E2=80=94are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to = the work that I do as a scholar and as a teacher,=E2=80=9D wrote Philip Edwards, 2004 fellowship recipient. Edwards = credits the award with helping to broaden his professional horizons as a = student: =E2=80=9CBecause of this funding, I was able to travel to = conferences which I would have otherwise been unable to attend, and the = interactions I had among other researchers and practitioners at = these gatherings have been more valuable than I could have ever = imagined.=E2=80=9D

Christopher = (Cal) Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is currently a = Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches a variety = of subjects, including archival administration, records management, = digital curation, understanding information technology for managing = digital collections, and the construction of digital repository = rules.

Links to the application forms, as = well as more information about the Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the = application process, are available at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship.

Beth Secrist
Communications Consultant, CNI
beth@cni.org
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