Education

Ph.D. School of Information and Library Science, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2009
M.S. Information Sciences, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2004
B.S. Information Management and Systems, Nanjing University, 2001

Research Interests

Information behavior
Consumer health information search behavior
Users' mental models of information systems
Research methods

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin (2016 - present)
Assistant Professor, School of Information, University of Texas at Austin (2009 - 2016)
Teaching Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2008-2009)
Research Assistant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2005-2008)
User Experience Intern, IBM Software Group, RTP, NC (Summer 2007, 2008)
Research Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2002-2005)