SLIS congratulates Dr. Allison Sivak who successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on Monday March 21, 2016. Dr. Sivak's PhD is awarded jointly by SLIS and the Department of Elementary Education; her supervisors are Dr. Margaret Mackey from SLIS and Dr. Jill McClay from Elementary Education. Her research explores the role of aesthetics in shaping how people respond to information objects. Dr. Marlene Asselin of the University of British Columbia served as the external examiner.
Dr. Sivak currently works in the H.T. Coutts Library at the University of Alberta Libraries.