A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation about the Impacts of Misinformation
Visiting Allen Smith Scholar John Budd moderates a panel of interdisciplinary faculty to uncover the wide ranging impacts of mis/disinformation. An Epidemic, a Social Condition, A Human Problem will highlight perspectives ranging from public health to library and information sciences. As John Budd argues, concepts of truth and disinformation are essential, not for studies of "information" abstractly and practically, but within the body politic of today.
Panelists include:
- Leanne Doherty from Political Science
- Daren Graves from Education
- Jessie Quintero Johnson from Social Work
- Erica Moura from Journalism and Communications
- Carolyn Rodgers from Public Health
- Naresh Agarwal from SLIS
The Allen Smith Symposium is an annual conference and visiting scholars fellowship celebrating the life of professor Allen Smith who taught at SLIS for 31 years from 1978 until his passing in 2008. Smith regularly taught courses in reference, humanities, and oral history and was well known for his diverse interests ranging from his expertise in farrier to his definitive writing on the Appalachian dulcimer. Upon his passing, a visiting scholars fellowship was endowed to bring respected scholars who work in the broad areas of reference, humanities, and oral history to come to SLIS and share their expertise.
John M. Budd is Professor Emeritus in the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies of the University of Missouri. He has also served on the faculties of the University of Arizona and Louisiana State University. He has been active in professional associations for more than thirty years, serving as Chair of the ALA's Library Research Round Table. He has also served in many capacities in the Association for Library and Information Science Education. He has also served as President of Beta Phi Mu. Budd has published well over 100 journal articles in some of the most prominent journals, including Library and Information Science Research, Journal of Information Science, Journal of Documentation, and JASIST. His publications also include a number of books, such as The Changing Academic Library, Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives, Democracy, Economic, and the Public Good: Informational Failures and Potential, and Higher Education’s Purpose.