Weaving a web of recruitment

Lydia Eato Harris

Box 352840
The Information School
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195

lharris1@u.washington.edu

Degrees:

  • B.A. in Psychology, Wesleyan University
  • M.S. in Human Development and Family Studies with an emphasis in Child and Adolescent Development, Pennsylvania State University
  • Master's in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

town: Port Washington, New York; currently from Ashland, Oregon

Research Interests: Information Sources and Services; Human Information Behavior, specifically Information Seeking in Context; and the applicability of Activity Theory to Human Information Behavior Research

Career Goals: To teach in an LIS institution, as well as continue to conduct research in human information behavior, and consult with community organizations

Hobbies: An avid reader and writer of mystery novels

Personal Info: Married to a retired Alaska State Trooper; 6 children; 10 grandchildren; Lived in Alaska for more than 17 years.