My name is Tim and I am a first year doctoral student. My bachelor’s degree from Ohio University is in media studies with a emphasis in audio production. Armed with this knowledge, I thought I would record rock bands for the rest of my life. Instead, I meandered through a sundry of jobs including seven years as a professional baker. I worked for four years at public libraries in Ohio and Florida performing various duties. During my time in the MLIS program at FSU, I was a graduate assistant in the cataloging department. One of the skills I learned was to copy catalog in languages I do not know such as Arabic and Tibetan.
My research interests include collaborative work organization and data practices, knowledge organization, data curation, and social informatics. Currently, I am trying to narrow my interests down to something a bit more focused. I find the iterative aspect to qualitative research appealing and would like to learn more about it.