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Staff Biography

Patrick Williams

Patrick Williams


Librarian for American Literature, Communication & Rhetorical Studies, Composition & Cultural Rhetoric, Drama, English/Textual Studies, Linguistics, Writing Program, (Acting) Philosophy
Research, Collections & Scholarly Communication
Bird Library

315.443.9520
jpwill03@syr.edu

Subject Areas

American Literature, Communication and Rhetorical Studies, Composition & Cultural Rhetoric, Drama, English Literature/Textual Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Victorian Studies, Writing Program

Research Interests

Computer-supported collaborative learning; digital humanities; interaction design; information & technology literacy; contemporary literature; information visualization and generative art; public history.

Biography

Patrick joined the Syracuse University Library in January 2009. Prior to arriving in Syracuse, he served as Web and Instructional Design Librarian at the College of Staten Island / CUNY and Coordinator of CSI’s Center for Excellence in Learning Technology. Patrick holds a B.A. in English from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an M.S. in Information Studies from the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a doctoral candidate in Information Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His dissertation research focuses on social interaction surrounding texts in online learning environments. Patrick has also worked as a graphic designer, an information architect, a community technology consultant, and a dj.

Selected Publications & Presentations

  • Williams, J. P. (2010) Screen/Print: Annotation as a Trail through Information Studies.  English Department Graduate Colloquium on Print Culture, Syracuse University, April 23.
  • Moeckel, L., Williams, J.P., and Gaubatz, N. (2009). New Approaches to Teaching Information Literacy in Writing Program classes at Syracuse University. Presentation at Western NY/Ontario Chapter ACRL Fall Conference, East Aurora, NY, November 6.
  • Chen, H.  & Williams, J. P. (2009). Pedagogical Design for an Online Information Literacy Course: College Students’ Learning Experience with Multi-Modal Objects. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 33 (1/2)1-38.
  • Chen, H. and Williams, J. P. (2009). Use of multi-modal media and tools in an online information literacy course: College students' attitudes and perceptions. Journal of Academic Librarianship 35(1), 14-24.
  • Williams, J. P., and Chen, H, (2008). Computer-mediated communication and multi-modal instruction in higher education. In Kelsey, S. and St. Amant, K. (Eds.). The Handbook of Research on Computer-Mediated Communication (pp. 128-145). Hershey, Pennsylvania: Idea Group.
  • Williams, J. P., Bias, R.G., and Mayhew, D. (2007). Cost justification. In Jacko, J. and Sears, A. (Eds.). The Human Computer Interaction Handbook (pp. 1265-1275). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Fletcher, R., Keating, E., Iorio, J., and Williams, J. P. (2006). Technology and the limits of free expression: Censorship in a community weblog. Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, November 2 – 4.
  • Bias, R., Williams, J.P., Chung, D., and Burns, S. (2005). An experimental study of the effects of Microsoft's ClearType on programmer productivity. Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Orlando, September 26 - 30.
  • Williams, J.P., Stewart, S., Eichelberger, L., Ovalle, C., Jackson, K., Burns, S., & Robertson, H. (2005). Scaling Information in Cyberspace: A framework for developing online instruction to meet the demands of large classes. Educause Southwest, Austin, Texas, February 16-18.
  • Chang, M., Leggett, J., Furuta, R., Kerne, A., Williams, J.P., Burns, S., and Bias, R. (2004). Collection understanding. Proceedings of the 2004 ACM Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, pp. 334-342. Tucson, Arizona, June 7 – 11.
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