Goodyear Endowed Professor in Knowledge Management
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio, United States
Kendra Albright, Ph.D., is the Goodyear Endowed Professor in Knowledge Management in the School of Information at Kent State University. She has taught a range of graduate and undergraduate level courses in knowledge management and including Business Intelligence, Environmental Scanning, and Information Economics at four institutions in three countries, including the University of South Carolina and the University of Tennessee, the University of Sheffield in the UK, and the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in Tbilisi, Georgia. Dr. Albright’s research interests focus on the ways in which users understand and use information and knowledge to facilitate positive change and solve organizational problems within the global economy. Her current work focuses on investigating and comparing worldwide KM educational competencies and programs, developing a theoretical framework for KM practice through a systematic review process, and assessment of curricular areas for KM education. She maintains a social justice focus at the center of her work.
Dr. Albright has served as a consultant to numerous corporations and government agencies. She recently served as program reviewer for the Master of Science program in Intelligence Studies at the University of South Florida. She also worked for Information International Associates, Inc., the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Whittle Communications. Dr. Albright has been invited to speak and keynote at numerous conferences including the Henley Knowledge Forum in the UK. She is Director of the International Collaboratory on Knowledge Management Research (ICKMR).
Dr. Albright is the author of the highly cited, “Environmental Scanning: Radar for Success,” published in the Information Management Journal in 2004. With over 100 publications, she also serves as Editor-in-Chief for Libri, the international journal of libraries and information studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Communications, a Master of Science in Library Science, and a B.S. in Human Development.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EDT
