UNT Career Opportunities Direction Exploration Series

CODE (Career Opportunities Direction Exploration) is an invited guest series dedicated to connecting alumni and industry professionals with the UNT community. The collaboration between the College of Information, its three departments (Information Science, Learning Technologies, and Linguistics) and the UNT Career Center is designed to help students explore professions in their field of study. Each semester will feature guests who will focus on careers in one of our seven areas of study. These events are open to current and prospective students. Learn more and watch the sessions at https://ci.unt.edu/code.

Speakers for the 2022 - Spring 2023 Season Include:

Shad Griffin, Data Scientist at IBM, “Building AI that is Fair, Transparent, and Trustworthy.”

Mike Widener, U.S. Advisor for Bibliopathos, “The Joys and Challenges of Working in Special Collections.”

Sowmya Vajjala, Research Officer at National Research Council, Canada, “An Interview with a Computational Linguist.” Interviewer: Kristy Phillips, Information Science Ph.D. student, Linguistics Concentration

Liz Philippi, School Program Coordinator at Texas State Library and Archives Commission, “Adventures in School Libraries.” Interviewer: Ruchi Shewade, Information Science Ph.D. student

Tisha Poncio, Digital Learning Specialist at Wakelet, “From Classroom Digital Learning Specialist to Industry Expert in Technology for Teaching and Learning.”

Dr. Christopher Hokamp, Principal Applied Scientist at Aylien Labs, “Building Products with Natural Language Processing Technologies.” Interviewer: Kristy Phillips, Information Science Ph.D. student, Linguistics Concentration

Dr. Norman Howden, Academic Information Specialist, “Planning for Success in Special and Community College Libraries.” Interviewer: Ruchi Shewade, Information Science Ph.D. student

Kimberly Reiter, Associate Director Cooke County Library, “Providing Leadership and Coordinating Children’s Classes in the Public Library.” Interviewer: Cynthia Arvizu, M.S. in Information Science student

Melissa Robinson, Linguist/Researcher at Verilogue, “Analyzing Conversational Dynamics between Doctors and Patients.” Interviewer: Kristy Phillips, Information Science Ph.D. student, Linguistics Concentration

Erin Owens, Access Services Coordinator at Sam Houston State University “Getting Started in Research Support Services.”

Dr. Frederick Hartmann, Assistant Professor at UNT Department of Linguistics, “What you Always Wanted to Know about Becoming a Linguist: Career Paths and Doing Research in Academia.” Interviewers: Benjamin Pulliam, Analiese Beeler, Kristy Phillips, and Kinza Alizai

Kate Hebert, Elementary Lead Librarian at Alvin ISD, “The Joys of Elementary School Librarianship.” Interviewer: Kim Krutka, Information Science Ph.D. student