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Associate Professor
School of Information Science
Columbia, South Carolina
Feili Tu-Keefner, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Science (iSchool) at the University of South Carolina. She is a founding member and current academic advisor of the Certificate of Graduate Study in Health Communication program jointly administered by the Arnold School of Public Health and the College of Information and Communications at the University. Her area of expertise in both research and teaching is in health informatics and health sciences librarianship. Dr. Tu-Keefner recently completed the Information Manager training program sponsored by the WHO and the CDC, and she is a WHO-certified infodemic manager. Therefore, she is well familiar with the issues related to science literacy and the infodemic. In addition, Dr. Tu-Keefner has led teams to complete three case studies (between 2015 and 2019) that illustrate libraries’ value in facilitating emergency response and recovery during three disasters. Dr. Tu-Keefner has co-edited a book, Health Librarianship: An Introduction, and she has authored a number of journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters in subject areas related to library and information science, health information studies, and public health. In addition, she serves on the editorial board for the Health Information and Libraries Journal and Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, April 29, 2022
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CT
