She has also been honored as the Illinois Library Association’s 2019 Intellectual Freedom Award winner in recognition of her work in combating online hate and bullying in LIS, and she was selected as the Association for Library and Information Science Education’s 2019 Excellence in Teaching award winner. Cooke was named a Mover & Shaker by Library Journal in 2007, she was awarded the 2016 ALA Equality Award, and she was presented with the 2017 ALA Achievement in Library Diversity Research Award, presented by the Office for Diversity and Literacy Outreach Services. Cooke’s research and teaching interests include human information behavior, fake news consumption and resistance, critical cultural information studies, and diversity and social justice in librarianship (with an emphasis on infusing them into LIS education and pedagogy).ĭr. in Adult Education from Pennsylvania State University.ĭr. She holds the MLS degree from Rutgers University, and a M.Ed. Cooke is a 2012 graduate from Rutgers University with a PhD in communication, information, and library studies. Cooke is the Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and an Associate Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina. The award presentation and program took place virtually on April 13, 2022.ĭr. Cooke, who has been named the recipient of the SC&I AA’s 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award.
Nicole Cook ‘12 Received SC&I AA 2022 Distinguished Alumni AwardĬongratulations to Dr. Cooke, MLS ’99 and LIS Ph.D ’12 – Augusta Endowed Chair and Associate Professor at School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolinaĭr. Learn More About Our 2022 SC&I Distinguished Alumni Awardee:ĭr. This annual event is an opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, professors, and friends while exploring the changes to SC&I and learning about the school’s plans for the future. Each year, the SC&I Alumni Association hosts the Distinguished Alumni Annual Dinner to honor a notable alumnus with its Distinguished Alumni Award, which recognizes renowned contributors to the fields of communication, journalism, information technology and informatics, or library studies.
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