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Dr Kate Davis

Dr Kate Davis
Name Kate Davis
Position Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
Section School of Business
Phone +61 7 3470 4321
Extension 4321
Email
Qualifications BA Qld , GDipLib&InSt QUT , PhD QUT
Homepage http://katedavis.info
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Biography

As a Senior Research Fellow, Kate Davis conducts high quality research and establishes working relationships locally, nationally and internationally within and external to USQ. Kate researches how people experience information, with a focus on people's engagement with information in social media. Kate is kicking off a project that explores how mothers experience information about parenting in social media and how those experiences impact their decision making about health topics. Kate undertakes research consultancy work for library and information organisation. Kate's service responsibilities include conference and advisory committee roles.

Research Career


  • Librarianship ( 080706 )
  • Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies ( 200102 )
  • Higher Education ( 130103 )
  • Library and Information Studies ( 080700 )
  • Human Information Behaviour ( 080703 )
  • Communication Technology And Digital Media Studies ( 470102 )
  • Library Studies ( 461006 )
  • Library And Information Studies ( 461000 )
  • Higher Education ( 390303 )
  • Human Information Behaviour ( 461002 )
  • Communication And Media Studies ( 470100 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )

I research at the nexus of people, information and technology. I’m an interdisciplinary human experience researcher with interests in social media research, information research (particularly in the context of social media), and scholarship of teaching and learning. My work focuses on people’s experience of digital life, related to work, study and their everyday lives. Right now, my primary research focus relates to information experience. Information experience research explores how people engage with information in a given context.

My current research projects are:
* Mothers’ information experience in social media and impact on decision making about health and wellness
* Information experience in Twitter: a Boston-based case study
* Public library staff and professional development: an exploratory study
* Inspiring Australia Queensland STEM Club Framework
* Understanding the post-release technology experiences of women ex-prisoners: Do they have the access and literacies to support employment and study?

I currently supervise a number of Higher Degree by Research students at both USQ and the Queensland University of Technology, in topic areas including information literacy, librarianship, information experience, and higher education.


Associate Member, Australian Library and Information Association
Member, Association of Internet Researchers

Supervision


  • Librarianship ( 080706 )
  • Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies ( 200102 )
  • Higher Education ( 130103 )
  • Human Information Behaviour ( 080703 )
  • Communication And Media Studies ( 470100 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )