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Tiffany C.E. Veinot Assistant Professor
BA in women's studies and MLS in library sciences, University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
(734) 615-8281
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E-mail: tveinot@umich.edu
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| Specialization(s): LIS
Tiffany C.E. Veinot joined the School of Information faculty on
September 1, 2008 as an assistant professor. Her primary
academic area of interest is Library and Information Services. She
received her Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario.
Veinot's dissertation was on "HIV/AIDS Information Exchange
in Rural Communities: A Mixed Methods Study of Social Capital
in Rural Ontario, British Columbia and Newfoundland."
Veinot's research falls into three principal areas. She describes them as understanding health-related information
behavior within communities, investigating service models for
marginalized populations, and using sociological theories of lay
health and scientific knowledge to understand the socio-cultural
production of information and information practices.
"In my research, I pay particular attention to the roles of
intermediate (meso) levels of social organization, including
networks and local organizations, in facilitating information
exchange within communities, " she says. "In my
dissertation research, I examine information exchange using a
form of social capital theory that defines social capital as
'networks of social relations that provide access to needed
resources,' and that sees information as a key resource that is
shared through these social networks.
"Extending this perspective, I adopt a critical approach
that focuses on the development and distribution of networks
and resources (social capital) for HIV/AIDS information exchange
in three rural Canadian communities. I plan to build upon my
dissertation research with future, comparative investigations of
HIV/AIDS information exchange within different types of
communities so as to develop a broader view of community-
based health information exchange."
Veinot says her second line of research is strongly informed by
10 years of experience as an information specialist, in which she
provided information services and training to marginalized
populations, implemented a number of community development
and outreach initiatives, and conducted program evaluation
research.
"Academically, I pursue these interests using community-
based research strategies, such as in my previous collaborative
research regarding treatment information provision for HIV-
positive youth via the Internet. In the future, I plan to extend my
dissertation research through subsequent investigations of
HIV/AIDS information provision strategies for rural
residents," she adds.
Veinot says her third area of research draws primarily on
practice theory, as in her research on information practices in a
blue-collar occupation. "In a recent study, I also use
Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine government policy
discourses regarding 'empowerment' through consumer health
information. I anticipate that my future research in this area will
focus on my emerging interest in the socio-cultural production
of consumer health information by health social
movements."
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